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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. BGP The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a protocol for exchanging routing information between different autonomous systems (ASes) on the Internet.

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Talking WAN Transformation and Managed Services with Virgin’s Network and Security Architect Frankie Stroud

CATO Networks

Before VA I was with Optus and a few other domestic telecommunications companies. You would certainly need someone who understands the concepts, the protocols, but not necessarily how the platform goes about driving changes throughout the environment. So they have an SD-WAN environment plus one which is driven by BGP protocol routes.

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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. When TLS establishes an encrypted connection, the server must present a valid certificate that vouches for the server’s identity.

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

CloudFaire

They are part of the HTTP protocol and allow communication between clients (such as browsers) and servers. Only 6% was plaintext HTTP (not encrypted). The BitTorrent protocol is a communication protocol used for peer-to-peer file sharing. The GET method is most commonly used.