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The Internet is Held Together With Spit & Baling Wire

Krebs on Security

A visualization of the Internet made using network routing data. Imagine being able to disconnect or redirect Internet traffic destined for some of the world’s biggest companies — just by spoofing an email. Lumen Technologies Inc. Image: Barrett Lyon, opte.org. Based in Monroe, La.,

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Policy vs Technology

Schneier on Security

Sometime around 1993 or 1994, during the first Crypto Wars, I was part of a group of cryptography experts that went to Washington to advocate for strong encryption. Markey was against forcing encrypted phone providers to implement the NSA's Clipper Chip in their devices, but wanted us to reach a compromise with the FBI regardless.

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5 pro-freedom technologies that could change the Internet

Malwarebytes

After a good start, the Internet-enabled, technological revolution we are living through has hit some bumps in the road. To celebrate Independence Day we want to draw your attention to five technologies that could improve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness on the Internet. DNS encryption.

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Encryption is on the Rise!

Cisco Security

When the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) announced the TLS 1.3 When EMA asked many of the same questions in an updated survey of 204 technology and business leaders toward the end of 2022, they found that nearly all the conclusions in the 2018/2019 report still hold true today. Over time, organizations will adopt TLS 1.3

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MY TAKE: Securing the Internet of Everything: why self-healing devices are the next frontier

The Last Watchdog

Were just getting started down the road to the Internet of Everything (IoE.) I had an edifying conversation about this with Steve Hanna , distinguished engineer at Infineon Technologies , a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT, based in Neubiberg, Germany. Governments and standards bodies are taking note.

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Does using a VPN slow down your Internet?

Malwarebytes

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) can stop others from snooping on or tampering with your Internet traffic. It does this by concealing your traffic inside an encrypted tunnel between you and your VPN provider. So, does a VPN slow down Internet speeds? A good VPN may slow down your Internet, but only to a negligible degree.

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MY TAKE: Fostering Digital Trust – the role of ‘post-quantum crypto’ and ‘crypto agility’ in 2024

The Last Watchdog

I had the opportunity to sit down with DigiCert’s Jason Sabin , Chief Technology Officer and Avesta Hojjati , Vice President of Engineering to chew this over. And PKI is the best technology we’ve got to get us there. We met at DigiCert Trust Summit 2023.