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23 Good-To-Know Networking Acronyms and Abbreviations

CATO Networks

MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) routes traffic over telecommunications networks using short path labels instead of longer network addresses. DNS The Domain Name Service (DNS ) is the address book of the Internet.

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A Brief History of the Internet’s Biggest BGP Incidents

Kentik

In November 2018, MainOne, a large telecommunications company in Nigeria, leaked routes received from a number of its peers , including major content distribution networks, to its upstream transit providers. In 2018, attackers employed a BGP hijack that redirected traffic to Amazon’s authoritative DNS service.

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Record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack and global DDoS trends for 2024 Q4

CloudFaire

Only 6% was plaintext HTTP (not encrypted). HTTP vs. HTTPS in legitimate traffic and DDoS attacks: 2024 Q4 Layer 3/Layer 4 DDoS attacks The top three most common Layer 3/Layer 4 (network layer) attack vectors were SYN flood (38%), DNS flood attacks (16%), and UDP floods (14%).