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2019-05-28

SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Satellites (video)

SpaceX puts up 60 Starlink satellites

Launch is first step in the Elon Musk-backed company’s attempt to create a space-based internet connectivity service that competes with traditional networks. Financial Times (ft.com) video above published May 24, 2019.

Domain: starlink.com
"Starlink is targeted to offer service in the Northern U.S. and Canadian latitudes after six launches, rapidly expanding to global coverage of the populated world after an expected 24 launches. SpaceX is targeting two to six Starlink launches by the end of this year."--starlink.com


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2017-10-25

The Global Race to 5G Wireless Networks (video), Qualcomm $QCOM

The Global Race to 5G Wireless Networks

Video above published Sep 11, 2017: Meredith Attwell Baker, Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association president and CEO, discusses the future trends in mobile tech with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."

Qualcomm's (QCOM) CEO Steve Mollenkopf on Citi 2017 Global Technology Conference - Transcript | SeekingAlpha.com: "... what we're seeing is that in the preparations for 5G, which are accelerating, we – we're seeing just a bigger pipeline, a bigger funnel of industries that want to come talk to us, which is great. That's sort of environmentally what's going. For Qualcomm, it's a very good thing. We always do well in these transitions. We think we're in our leadership position. We have been assembling assets, things like the RF front-end that we're doing, the RF business. We want to be able to abstract all the complication of 5G for all these new industries that are not prepared to deal with cellular. So it's a great opportunity for us and it’s one of the reasons why we’re doing the acquisition of NXP is to put us in a position from technology to market to go-to market to really take advantage of that."


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2016-03-29

ISIS and the Internet: Networks, IP Addresses, Domains (videos)

January 2014:
Obama: "If a JV team puts on Lakers uniforms, that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant. I think there is a distinction between the capacity and reach of a bin Laden and a network that is actively planning major terrorist plots against the homeland versus jihadists who are engaged in various local power struggles and disputes, often sectarian." Remnick: "But that JV team [ISIS] just took over Fallujah." Obama: "I understand. But when you say took over Fallujah –" Remnick: "And I don’t know for how long."
Obama: "But let’s just keep in mind, Fallujah is a profoundly conservative Sunni city in a country that, independent of anything we do, is deeply divided along sectarian lines. And how we think about terrorism has to be defined and specific enough that it doesn’t lead us to think that any horrible actions that take place around the world that are motivated in part by an extremist Islamic ideology is a direct threat to us or something that we have to wade into." (source: Politifact.com, emphasis added).

April 6, 2015: #OpISIS Anonymous publishes a list of 70 pro ISIS websites | Security Affairs "The companies managing the websites are accused of supporting ISIS and its activities. The list contains the names of 70 websites and the name of their hosting provider, among them there is also the popular service ... that provides a content delivery network and distributed domain name server system used to protect customers’ web services ..."

December 14, 2015: Hackers trace ISIS Twitter accounts back to internet addresses linked to Department of Work and Pensions - Mirror Online "We learned that the British government sold a large number of IP addresses to two Saudi Arabian firms. After the sale completed in October of this year, they were used by extremists to spread their message of hate."

February 29, 2016: U.S. Cyber Command Ramps Up Offensive Against ISIS | Haaretz.com "Defense Secretary Ash Carter prodded his cyber commanders to be more aggressive in the fight against Islamic State ... They declined to discuss details, other than to say that the attacks include efforts to prevent the group from distributing propaganda, videos or other types of recruiting and messaging on social media sites such as Twitter, and across the Internet in general ..."


Disrupting the ISIS Support Network (video above) - Counterterrorism investigators in Europe are coming to grips with how wide the ISIS support network stretches. FT.com defence and security editor Sam Jones explains. Published March 24, 2016


Former CIA Director Mike Morell: ISIS Has A Large Network In Europe - Mike Morell: “I think there's sort of a macro picture here and a micro picture. The macro picture here is that the network that ISIS has built in Europe is large and its sophisticated. As a result of the Paris investigation we've learned that they've got bomb makers. We've learned that they've got forgers. We've learned that they're able to move money on very sophisticated network. So I think after Paris we've done very, very little to degrade that network so that's part of the story of what happened today. The other part of the story, the micro part of the story about what happened today is, I think, it's a reflection of the arrest of the logistics chief Salah Abdeslam last Friday. We know that he was involved in additional attack plotting. I think when he was arrested the individuals that he was working with decided to move quickly in case he talked to the police. I think what happened today is a reflection of that as well. We’re still not degrading ISIS enough to degrade their ability to attack us in the West. So this is a big win for them.” Published March 22, 2016.


Belgian police say they are making progress in their effort to break the terrorist cell connected to the Brussels airport and subway bombings. A series of raids has turned up fingerprints and DNA evidence linking the bombers to suspects who attacked Paris last November. Allen Pizzey reports from Brussels, Belgium. Published March 27, 2016


House Homeland Security Chair, Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, says the United States is ramping up both “visible and invisible” security measures at airports and train stations across the country. The House Homeland Security chairman says he is wary of recent ISIS-produced videos calling for terrorist attacks on American soil. Published March 27, 2016




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2016-02-04

ICANN, DNS Abuse, New gTLDs: Bad Policy, Horribly Implemented

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ICANN Questionnaire: Measuring DNS Abuse in New gTLDs:
[note: first 5 questions not included as they only asked for contact information of the person answering the questionnaire]

ICANN is seeking input on the effectiveness of nine safeguards put in place prior to the launch of the New gTLD Program that are intended to mitigate abusive, malicious and criminal behavior in the Domain Name System. In particular, ICANN is looking for ways to measure the effectiveness of these safeguards, which include:
  1. Vetting registry operators
  2. Requirement for DNSSEC deployment
  3. Requirement for Thick WHOIS records
  4. Prohibition of “wild carding”
  5. Removal of orphan glue records
  6. Centralization of Zone file access
  7. Abuse contact and documented anti-abuse policy requirements for registries and registrars
  8. Availability of expedited registry security request process
  9. High-security zone verification
Please answer the questions below to the best of your knowledge and from your own perspective.

6. Which activities do you consider to be DNS abuse?

Answer: Launching hundreds of unwanted, unneeded new gTLDs into the global DNS has to be DNS abuse problem #1 of which the known perpetrator is ICANN itself (along with a few hucksters hoping to make money by exploiting trademark owners and domain name registrants generally), while the victims are businesses, registrants, and the entire global internet community. What has been the effect of ICANN's new gTLDs? Financially failing gTLDs, predatory pricing, malware, rampant cybercrime and trademark infringement, "shady" new gTLDs that "fail to work as expected on the internet" (universal acceptance, collisions, etc.), resulting in reputable security firms advising their clients to block new gTLDs "wholesale" in order to protect the safety, stability, and security of their networks and users.

7. If you could put forth a globally accepted definition of DNS abuse, what would it be? This definition should be broad enough to cover various malicious uses of the DNS.

 Answer: Misuse and abuse of the global domain name system (DNS) by ICANN, TLD registry operators, registrars, registrants, or others having access to the DNS.

8. In your opinion, what are the most effective methods to measure the prevalence of abusive activities in the DNS?

Answer: Measure which TLDs are being blocked "wholesale" by network administrators and others globally for reasons of safety and security. Also measure which registry operators, registrars and registrants are connected to domains identified as having abusive activities. Contact firms like IID and Blue Coat to help ICANN staff begin to "understand and comprehend" the magnitude of the problem ICANN has created with its new gTLDs program, and the damage being inflicted upon the DNS and global internet community. ICANN's new gTLDs program is an example of "bad policy, 'horribly implemented.'"

9. As part of the New gTLD Program, ICANN introduced safeguards to mitigate potential DNS abuse in new gTLDs (listed above). How would you propose we measure the effectiveness of these safeguards?

Answer: Since ICANN itself is a source of the problem--see answer to #6 above--accordingly, "ICANN safeguards" were insufficient and ineffective from the start. If ICANN never had a clue how to measure the effectiveness of its own safeguards, ICANN should have never introduced new gTLDs.

 10. What has been your experience, personally or on behalf of an organization, with these safeguards? Please tell us:
A. Which were and/or were not effective? How so and why do you believe they were or were not effective?
B. Are there safeguards that should have been included but were not?

Answer to 10A&B: My experience has been as a user of the internet, domain name registrant, and website developer/publisher/editor. ICANN's "safeguards" were ineffective and insufficient--see answers to #6, #7, #8, #9 above. ICANN's new gTLDs program--bad policy, horribly implemented--is a complete indictment of ICANN and its own peculiar form of the "multistakeholder model" of internet governance.

Submitted to ICANN February 1, 2016

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2015-02-05

The Internet Must Be Fast, Fair and Open says FCC Chief Tom Wheeler

"The internet must be fast, fair and open. That is the message I’ve heard from consumers and innovators across this nation. That is the principle that has enabled the internet to become an unprecedented platform for innovation and human expression. And that is the lesson I learned heading a tech startup at the dawn of the internet age. The proposal I present to the commission will ensure the internet remains open, now and in the future, for all Americans."--Tom Wheeler, FCC Chairman, February 4, 2015 (emphasis added, source infra)

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality | WIRED: (excerpt below, emphasis added, read more at WIRED link above):

"... The phone network’s openness did not happen by accident, but by FCC rule. How we precisely deliver that kind of openness for America’s broadband networks has been the subject of a debate over the last several months. Originally, I believed that the FCC could assure internet openness through a determination of “commercial reasonableness” under Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. While a recent court decision seemed to draw a roadmap for using this approach, I became concerned that this relatively new concept might, down the road, be interpreted to mean what is reasonable for commercial interests, not consumers. That is why I am proposing that the FCC use its Title II authority to implement and enforce open internet protections. Using this authority, I am submitting to my colleagues the strongest open internet protections ever proposed by the FCC... my proposal will modernize Title II, tailoring it for the 21st century, in order to provide returns necessary to construct competitive networks. For example, there will be no rate regulation, no tariffs, no last-mile unbundling. Over the last 21 years, the wireless industry has invested almost $300 billion under similar rules, proving that modernized Title II regulation can encourage investment and competition. Congress wisely gave the FCC the power to update its rules to keep pace with innovation. Under that authority my proposal includes a general conduct rule that can be used to stop new and novel threats to the internet. This means the action we take will be strong enough and flexible enough not only to deal with the realities of today, but also to establish ground rules for the as yet unimagined..."

See also: Fact Sheet (FCC): Chairman Wheeler Proposes New Rules for Protecting the Open Internet (pdf)

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2014-11-06

DNS and IoT, Domain Names and the Internet of Things

"While there are 5 billion handsets in the world that we want to connect to, there may be 500 billion devices out there that present a tremendous opportunity"--John Chen
The Internet of Things is here and it's "going to be huge." What's the Internet of Things (IoT)?

"Essentially, IoT refers to connecting everything from washing machines, to toasters and thermostats to the internet. M2M usually refers to devices that require specially designed listening applications to capture data at end points and to transmit it across networks and to generate specific alerts or actions based on that data. IoT includes the attributes of M2M, but its connections are to "things" that don't necessarily require specially designed listening applications. High-end reprographic equipment that phones home to send toner-low messages to service personnel is a good example of M2M, while a toaster that simply broadcasts its asset class, serial number, manufacture date, etc. would be classified as an IoT "thing" as there wouldn't be a specialized listening application processing specific data or alerts. However this is not to say that the toaster could not be promoted to M2M class by issuing a specific "I'm on fire" alert." (source: Seeking Alpha)

Obviously the Internet of Things will have a huge impact on networks and data storage. For example, "To a large extent, the future of the Internet of Things will not be possible without the support of IPv6; and consequently the global adoption of IPv6... will be critical for the successful development of the IoT" (source: Wikipedia)

What will be the naming scheme of the Internet of Things? Will the human-friendly domain name system be used or just IP addresses? Or a separate thing name service? There are various proposals out there--

How to build a domain name system for the internet of things: The same system we use to keep track of web site addresses should be adapted for identifying devices on the internet of things, says Andrew Sullivan, the director of architecture at DYN. In the podcast embedded below, Andrew Sullivan, director of Architecture at DYN, explains why we should use the domain name system for the internet of things (a plan that Google also seems to be endorsing with its Physical Web) and what it might take to adapt URLs for devices. His argument is that other schemes might be technically better, but would require everyone to adopt an entirely new architecture, which is a pretty rare event in the world of tech standards. So by using something that we know can scale and is already in place we can move faster toward devices that can connect to the web and share information on demand. (source: Looking for an architecture for the internet of things? Try DNS) Host: Stacey Higginbotham -- discussion of DNS and Internet of Things starts at 25:40 below--

Discussion of DNS and Internet of Things starts at 25:40 above [recorded 31 Oct 2014]

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