tcp ip in news
CIO Essentials: Open source, green tech, women in IT
News We presume the CIOs who think this do not use TCP/IP/HTML/HTTP/Apache/Tomcat/Java/FTP/SCP/Ping/Route and many other open source systems embedded in our daily lives. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on... [19 Jun 2007]
Cracked: The Great Firewall of China
News The researchers found it was possible to circumvent the Chinese intrusion detection systems (IDS) by ignoring the forged TCP resets injected by the Chinese routers, which would normally force the endpoints to abandon the... [04 Jul 2006]
Microsoft issues largest patch batch to date
News The "moderate" bulletins covered an RPC Mutual Authentication problem and a TCP/IP problem in Windows. Microsoft has issued patches for 21 flaws in its software, saying all but two of them could let an... [14 Jun 2006]
Cerf's up: Google's net guru looks for UK talent
News Cerf is known as an internet founding father for his role in developing packet switching networks and TCP/IP. One of the founding fathers of the internet will tour the UK to recruit engineers for Google. [07 Mar 2006]
Text service to save NHS time and money
News We then send the information via a TCP/IP encrypted connection from our server, which enables automatic text messaging. The information is only passed through the NHS intranet, and is encrypted, while... [19 Dec 2005]
Google puts Vint Cerf on the payroll
News Cerf, who co-designed TCP/IP (transmission control protocol/internet protocol), will help Google develop architectures, systems and standards for next-generation applications, the company said. In 1973,... [09 Sep 2005]
Vint Cerf: If I were young, I'd work on space networks
News In 1973, as an assistant professor at Stanford University and a DARPA scientist, Cerf co-designed the net's underlying architecture, TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), for the US... [29 Jul 2005]
Microsoft claims DoS attack flaw is not serious
News In this latest advisory, Microsoft is responding to reports from French Security Incident Response Team about a flaw in Microsoft's implementation of TCP/IP, a network component in Windows. Microsoft has... [19 May 2005]
Hollywood wants to use BitTorrent, says Cerf
News Cerf, who co-created the original TCP/IP protocol suite and is currently chairman of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), told a roundtable on internet governance in Sydney... [18 Apr 2005]
Icann warns regulators off VoIP
News Cerf - known as the 'father of the internet' due to his part in developing the TCP/IP protocol which enables internet communications - said legislators needed to update their thinking for the new... [15 Apr 2005]
Microsoft update includes five 'critical' Windows fixes
News The updates include "critical" fixes to Windows' TCP/IP networking (the standard behind the internet and other networks), Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Office and Exchange. Microsoft released on... [13 Apr 2005]
Gmail to thwart phishing with a big red box
News The IETF is the body that defines standard internet protocols such as TCP/IP. Google's popular free web-based email service is testing phishing protection designed to alert members to potential email... [05 Apr 2005]
Microsoft staking claim to internet protocols?
News Microsoft's agreement covers core protocols such as TCP/IP, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Simple Network Management Protocol v2 (SNMP), Domain Name System and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol v3... [11 Nov 2004]
IT staff hit back over Oxford student hack attack
News All they did was sniff some tcp/ip traffic. Disgruntled IT staff at Oxford University have hit back after two students working for the university newspaper claimed to have hacked its network and exposed... [27 Jul 2004]
Symantec makes another anti-spam acquisition
News Using features inherent in the TCP/IP, it can limit the amount of traffic being sent from these sources. Security company Symantec has acquired anti-spam specialist TurnTide for $28m in cash, a sign of... [13 Jul 2004]