Savannah W-ITS

This is not a technical video – it does, however, present some ideas about the evolution of Internet access in China – a talk with Kaiser Kuo of Youku.com.   It was taped in 2010 during South-by-Southwest by WebProNews (great resource for SEO and other content.)
“Note: This video was shot in mid-March and therefore contains [...]

Hmm, imagine this – The C-HACK! of 2009
Update (2/7/2010) – it will be interesting to see ‘the facts’ for this event – A post by Bruce Schneier (1/23/2010) on the CNN web provides some additional thoughts, i.e. Are we doing this to ourselves? (Do our national policies increase the chances that these types of events [...]

GEO Blocking network access – blocking specific IP blocks (GEO-blocking – do you really need those connections from Asia?)
CAVEAT: The flow of packets through your system is fairly complex – I am limiting this discussion and I encourage you to RTM as well as the tutorial referenced in below…
There are a number of approaches to [...]

What are your shoe’s like?  Comfortable? How do your feet feel in a garden of needles where you are endlessly/randomly pricked?
Isn’t my ISP supposed to protect me? Hmm – yes & no.   Your ISP provides connectivity and attempts to allow the connectivity without intruding  – privacy concerns loom – how is the ISP supposed [...]

Part 101b:  Some example rules for your Linux Firewall

Creating a custom chain
Creating a LOG rule
Creating a  DROP rule

Some basic/simple rules you should implement – blocking RFC 1918 (or similar) traffic at your gateway.
Your Internet Gateway is the connection between your internal network and the public Internet.  For many consumers and small businesses this is [...]