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Domain Name Service (DNS): In the early days of the ARPANET, the forerunner to today's Internet, there were only a small number of computers attached to the network. As the ARPANET continued to grow, it became clear that ARPANET needed a better solution. Several proposals were generated based on the concept of a distributed...; Tags: ARPAnet, DNS, Domain Name, Domain Names, Networking, Internet; White papers

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Internet origins: I just downloaded Dr D C Misra's 20 questions about the internet and was surprised at his view that it all started at CERN in 1989. A better view was offered by john@genart.se that it started from ARPANET in the 60's when dial-up hackers began to use the military net...; Tags: Dialog, Internet, Proctor, programming, sgkester@...; Discussion threads 2004-12-14
Understand network addressing architecture by studying its evolution: In the early days of the development of networks, major issues with addressing were ignored in favor of simple -- and adequate -- solutions. Unfortunately, addressing architecture hasn't kept pace with network growth. This sample chapter from Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals offers a detailed look...; Tags: Network, Prentice Hall Inc., Networking; Book chapters 2008-04-29
Fighting spam for thirty years: One of the most common types of questions I get from my users concerns spam e-mail: how can you stop junk e-mail; how can you make sure legitimate e-mails don't mistakenly get trapped in various spam filters; how can one's own e-mail address be used to send that very person...; Tags: Junk E-mail, Spam E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Joe Rosberg; Blog posts 2008-05-15
I met the 'Father of Spam' at Interop 2007: Twenty-nine years ago this spring, Gary Thuerk sent a "mass e-mail" to 600 West Coast computer geeks on ARPAnet to let them know that his company, Digital Equipment Corp., was about to unveil its latest computers at a pair of open house events in California.Thuerk, who was the marketing manager...; Tags: Spam, Interop07, Interop, Email; Blog posts 2007-05-25

Discover valuable IT security lessons by tracing the history of cybercrime: The phenomenon of cybercrime is as old computers themselves. As soon as the first computer networks were built, some people were looking for ways to exploit them for their own illegal purposes. In this sample chapter from Scene of the Cybercrime: Computer Forensics Handbook, trace the history of cybercrime from...; Tags: Cybercrime, IT Security, Information Technology, Computer, Syngress, Chapter Coverage, Productivity; Book chapters 2007-05-17
Internet growth too much for its own infrastructure?: The exponential growth of content over the Internet could result in a major slow down in coming years, suggests a study by Nemertes Research Group. An excerpt from VNUnet: "Our findings indicate that core fibre and switching/routing resources will scale nicely to support virtually any conceivable...; Tags: Router, Dr., Internet, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Arun Radhakrishnan; Blog posts 2007-11-20
Gore to get lifetime award for Internet: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050505/ap_on_hi_te/gore_award/nc:1212;_ylt=Al8jxkpgEB_SAc3qegfdl4z6VbIF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUlI saw this on yahoo and couldn't help but laugh.If its good enough for Vincent CerfThen its good enough for me. JamesOnion HeadlineThat looks like a headline out of "The Onion"Too funny!And to think no body believed he created the Internet! :pI still don't believe it...No one person created anythingEspecially...; Tags: ITgirli; Discussion threads 2005-05-05
"You are likely to be eaten by a grue" - The rap video: What is a Grue?No one has ever seen one. It lives in the darkest depths, its appetite for cave adventurers tempered only by it's fear of light. If you were dumb enuf to wander into the caves without lighting your lamp (or even remebering to pick up...; Tags: Games, Dr Dij, video, Grue, grue, Zork; Discussion threads 2007-09-14
NMap: A security scanner: Back in the old days of nobody much cared(or often even knew!) what services were running on machines on the Internet.In fact, supporting a lot of services was almost required given that mainframesand large minicomputers were expensive and needed to pay for themselves everysecond they were running, so runing lots...; Tags: David H.M. Spector, Internet, Nmap, scanner, security; Technical articles 2006-10-05
Flow technology based routers for uninterrupted voice and video over the Internet: Anagran, a Redwood City, California-based start up is seeking to solve the fundamental problem in Internet traffic -- differentiating voice and video from other content. The company's product, FR -1000, is a router that uses "Flow-based" technology to transmit voice and video as continuous streams or flows while other data,...; Tags: Router, Network, Voice, Video, Networking Technology Breakthrough, Internet, Corporate Communications, Routers & Switches, Networking, Network Technology, Marketing, Arun Radhakrishnan; Blog posts 2007-08-07
Many members stumped by computer history pop quiz: From the origins of the Internet to the birth of RAM, our computer history pop quiz tested members on key events in computer evolution. Find out what they did and didn't know.Historians trace the evolution of the computer as far back as the abacus, which was known in Egypt by...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Internet, Bill Detwiler, computer, ALTAIR; Technical articles 2002-09-06
Understanding how DNS works, part 1: If you want to use TCP/IP on your network, you'll probably need to set up a DNS server. What is DNS and how does it work? Jim Boyce examines DNS and shows you some of its ins and outs.DNS Domain Name Service is one of the most basic services on...; Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, Network technology, Jim Boyce, DNS, IP address, IP, computer; Technical articles 2000-07-20
Philadelphia reveals Wi-Fi plan: Philadelphia reveals Wi-Fi planarticle rootWhat a crockGovts are supposed to protect us against force and fraud, not go into the telcom biz. std LP lineWhenever govt's do anything it usually costs more due to inefficiency, corruption, theft. (and No, I'm sure Philly is NOT known for years and...; Tags: corruption, Dr Dij, government, network, networking, Philly, Wi-Fi; Discussion threads 2005-04-08
Optical networking: The next generation: Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...; Tags: NETWORKING, Network technology, NLR, network, National LambdaRail, Abilene, optical networking; Technical articles 2004-10-11
It's time to rethink the HOSTS file: In the early days of the ARPAnet, there was asingle downloadable HOSTS file at the Stanford Research Institute, mapping all theIP addresses of all connected machines to user-friendly names. This worked wellwhen 100 hosts were involved; later, it got sticky-- and DNS was created. Theidea of using a local HOSTS...; Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, Hosts File; Technical articles 2005-06-21
Technology and the new class divide: Be careful how you define the "classes."The most important nutritional problem among the poorest Americans today is obesity! You have to delve down into the absolute lowest income percentiles of the population to find people who don't have telephones, TVs, microwave ovens, and automobiles.America's "working poor" and even its welfare...; Tags: DC Guy, security, internet, marketing, reliability, quality, computer literacy, it management, computer; Discussion threads 2005-11-01
Geek Trivia: They say it's your birthday: On what date did the first communication between two router-linked computers occur? Editor's note: The Trivia Geek is out for some extended dorkification at his local science-fiction convention, but we couldn't let the 10th anniversary of Windows 95 pass by without comment. Thus, we've pulled this...; Tags: Internet, Jay Garmon, Network technology, NETWORKING, computer, router, Geek Trivia Newsletter, University Of California At Los Angeles, TechRepublic Inc., Nuclear Energy, Birthday, Packet-switching, Editor, Power Reactor, Productivity; Technical articles 2005-08-23
Old Timers Unite!!!: at 6:00 am PDT Monday October 15 2007 we should all be here to see what trouble we can get going in the discussions ]:)[ gg, that is 1 in the afternoon for you ;) ]Since a lot of us are online at that time anyway, it isn't hard to...; Tags: Jaqui, old timer, Mae, timer; Discussion threads 2007-10-11
Geek Trivia: The cheat goes on: What was the first video game to recognize the famous "Contra Code"? If you're writing a book on the evolution of video games, you need to devote at least one chapter to the various incarnations of Adventure, the cave-crawling action game that appeared on platforms ranging from...; Tags: Games, Jay Garmon, game, Contra Code, Adventure Â, Easter Egg, video game, Geek Trivia Newsletter, Video, Crowther, Personal Technology; Technical articles 2007-03-06

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