http://itradio.com.au/networking An independent technology podcast... Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:45:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Whether or not NBN Co was playing politics when it announced that it would configure the NBN with gigabit ports, one thing is certain: the technology is certainly here and now, and given the life cycle of technology, the pre-rollout upgrade probably isn't a bad idea. A Series of Tubes ... http://itradio.com.au/networking/?p=168 It really is happening, although the widespread sense of panic isn't sufficient to stir people as much as a couple of pink batts. We're getting close to exhaustion of the IPv4 address space: only a relative handful of 14/8 blocks remain in IANA's unallocated address pool, and as listeners will hear, ... http://itradio.com.au/networking/?p=165 Like many things, it would be easy to put the notion of Twitter as customer service channel into the "believe it when I see it" basket. But take another look: a great many companies have learned that it's best to respond quickly to someone complaining about a product or service - ... http://itradio.com.au/networking/?p=162 If you thought peace had broken out in telco-land with the NBN finally moving forward, think again. The copper will be around for some years yet, and with it will be the ongoing wrangles over access to copper-based services. Last week, iiNet and Internode launched action in the ACCC over ... http://itradio.com.au/networking/?p=160 Mostly, journalists use the expression “a long illness” as a code word for “cancer”. Not in this case: the gap in the Tubes was the result of my wife’s long illness, now under control, which had her in RPA hospital in April, May, and into June. But all’s well that ... http://itradio.com.au/networking/?p=158 Peter Kazacos has been in the Australian IT industry a long time. He founded and built Kaz Computing into one of the country's strongest locally-owned outsourcing operations - something confirmed when Kaz Computing was later acquired by Telstra. Now, as the result of the acquisition of his company Anittel by ... http://itradio.com.au/networking/?p=154 If the NBN is to justify its price, it has to make itself valuable. Apart from faster Torrents - which certainly will be of interest to some users - what else can make the NBN valuable enough? That question is on the mind of Professor Rod Tucker, telecommunications luminary and ... http://itradio.com.au/networking/?p=149 The problem with trying to find attack patterns on incoming traffic, according to Cisco, is that the world gets into an escalating "zero day" war. Another approach is needed; so hear about Cisco's approach from Andy Norton and Glen Wellby of the vendor's IronPort business and decide for yourself. And in ... http://itradio.com.au/networking/?p=145 I confess: after writing about it for the best part of a decade, I still find quantum communications strange and fascinating. I also get interested in new research companies - especially when they're Australian companies commercialising basic physics - like Quintessence Labs. This week, A Series of Tubes explores both the ... http://itradio.com.au/networking/?p=141 Identity on the Internet is a challenge. How do companies guarantee the identity of their customers? How do users test the identity of the sites they think they're using? In Sydney this week for the APAN conference, Jan Meijer took time to give A Series of Tubes his views on ... http://itradio.com.au/networking/?p=139