Engineering at Meta

MARCH 6, 2024

Implementing an end-to-end encrypted protocol First, we need to protect the underlying security that keeps communication on Meta E2EE messaging apps secure: the encryption protocol. WhatsApp and Messenger both use the tried and tested Signal protocol as a foundational piece for their encryption.

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NW Kings

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Understanding TCP ports is essential for managing network traffic and ensuring effective communication. But what is a TCP port? This blog will delve into what a TCP port is, how it works, its significance in networking, and the different types of ports, including well-known and dynamic ports. What is a TCP Port?

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Kentik

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Yesterday the world’s largest social media platform suffered a global outage of all of its services for nearly six hours. The result was that users worldwide were unable to resolve any domain belonging to Facebook, effectively rendering all of the social media giant’s various services completely unusable. 24 and 129.134.30.0/23.

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Kentik

JANUARY 24, 2022

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. Source IP address. Destination IP address.

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Kentik

MAY 8, 2023

While redundancy is a significant contributor to network resilience, other mechanisms, protocols, and methods can also contribute to overall network resilience. Many network protocols have been designed to handle different aspects of this process. Let’s highlight some of the primary protocols.

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CATO Networks

JUNE 1, 2020

Similarly, slow networks can lead to painfully slow file transfers for large media files or CAD (computer-aided design). Proxy TCP Connections Fundamentally, TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) connections inherently add more overhead than their UDP (User Datagram Protocol) counterparts.

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Kentik

AUGUST 25, 2017

Google sped up TCP/IP. TCP/IP is the internet’s main protocol for data transmission. The company analyzed 92 million comments over a 16-month period, written by almost 2 million authors on more than 7,000 forums that use the software,” according to the media channel’s new interactive story.

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