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Threads has entered the fediverse

Engineering at Meta

One way to think about the fediverse is to compare it to email. You can send an email from a Gmail account to a Yahoo account, for example, because those services support the same protocols. But unlike email, your fediverse conversations and profile are public and can be shared across servers. What is ActivityPub?

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Threads: The inside story of Meta’s newest social app

Engineering at Meta

Some people aren’t familiar with the idea of the fediverse (federated universe), but, for me, the easiest analogy is to think of it like email. We don’t think twice that they can send and receive emails to each other, even though one is on a Google platform and the other is on Yahoo.

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Three security tactics for every IT leader to consider this fall

Asana

The ordeal often requires a few hours, several emails to tech support to regain control of the account, and finally, the reversal of credit card charges. Now imagine this happening to a colleague’s work email address. Now, their email is a sieve, leaking private company data. Email nicklucchesi@asana.com.

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How to find applications with NetFlow

Kentik

You can also learn about the protocols in use, the ports being used, the top interfaces, etc. Perhaps you want to know if the traffic you are investigating is related to video streaming, voice or social media. IP protocol. Source port for UDP or TCP, 0 for other protocols. If it’s possible, wouldn’t you like to know?

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What is a TCP Port: Different Between TCP and UDP Ports

NW Kings

TCP ports operate at the transport layer of the Internet Protocol Suite. What is Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)? TCP is a connection-oriented protocol that ensures reliable transmission of data between devices. What is User Datagram Protocol (UDP)? How does the TCP port work? What are the top TCP ports?

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23 Good-To-Know Networking Acronyms and Abbreviations

CATO Networks

SD-WAN Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) is a virtual WAN architecture offering optimized traffic routing over multiple different media (broadband, MPLS, 5G/LTE, etc.). In addition to Internet access, ISPs may also offer other services, such as email, web hosting, and domain registration.

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How Can Organizations Improve Network Performance?

CATO Networks

Similarly, slow networks can lead to painfully slow file transfers for large media files or CAD (computer-aided design). Email, CRM (customer relationship management) software, and collaboration tools may all come from different cloud service providers.

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