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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Detecting Internet routing 'lies'; How to protect your PC against the Downadup worm

3 reasons why Obama's BlackBerry is a national security threat
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Detecting Internet routing "lies"

Carolyn Duffy Marsan By Carolyn Duffy Marsan
Australian Geoff Huston is one of the foremost authorities on Internet routing and scaling issues. We sent Huston a few questions about the U.S. government's plan to bolster R&D to secure the Internet's core routing protocol, the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Here are excerpts of from what Huston had to say. Read full story

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01/21/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Where to watch Obama's inauguration online
  2. Bloggers give Obama marching orders
  3. Why HP is the 'Cisco of network mgmt. software'
  4. Cisco CTO could be tapped by Obama
  5. Obama's BlackBerry equals national security threat
  6. Microsoft layoffs could come next week
  7. U.S. plots major upgrade to Internet router security
  8. Mark Hopkins solves Vo-Fi challenge with smart antennas
  9. How Obama might get his way on BlackBerry
  10. Worm infects 1.1M Windows PCs in 24 hours


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