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Multi-Path TCP: revolutionizing connectivity, one path at a time

CloudFaire

The Internet is designed to provide multiple paths between two endpoints. Attempts to exploit multi-path opportunities are almost as old as the Internet, culminating in RFCs documenting some of the challenges. As a result, Internet devices usually use a single path and let the routers handle the path selection. 4321 hmac 0x.,nop,nop],

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Kafka Listeners – Explained

Confluent

are shown indented in the following list: KAFKA_LISTENERS is a comma-separated list of listeners and the host/IP and port to which Kafka binds to for listening. KAFKA_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS is a comma-separated list of listeners with their host/IP and port. compute.amazonaws.com port 9092 [tcp/XmlIpcRegSvc] succeeded!

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Behind the scenes with Stream Live, Cloudflare’s live streaming service

CloudFaire

Ingesting a broadcast Broadcasters generate content in real time, as a series of video and audio frames, and it needs to be transmitted to Cloudflare over the Internet. Those broadcasters assume their connection can be fully identified by connecting to a specific port, which was a challenge for our multitenant service.

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BGP Routing Tutorial Series: Part 1

Kentik

Designed before the dawn of the commercial Internet, the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a policy-based routing protocol that has long been an established part of the Internet infrastructure. Why is an understanding of BGP helpful in understanding Internet connectivity and interconnectivity? Introducing BGP.

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AWS Route 53 BGP Hijack: What Kentik Saw

Kentik

In simple terms, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the protocol that routes traffic on the Internet. Each BGP speaking organization is assigned an Autonomous System Number (ASN) that identifies them on the Internet. During a BGP route hijack, an attacker advertises IP prefixes from an ASN that is not the normal originator.

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Building and Operating Networks: Assuring What Matters

Kentik

Hence the importance of the name “internet,” meaning between and among networks. Often referred to as “full routes,” it means that these connections hold the entire reachability for any and all destinations on the internet. IX (Internet eXchange) , also known as “peering fabrics.” Content Networks.

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Kentik Takes a Leap Forward in DDoS Defense

Kentik

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have been a continuous threat since the advent of the commercial Internet. These attributes are added to the NLRI field within the BGP Update Message that’s advertised to peers and define the particular traffic that the Flowspec route will match. Destination port. Source port.