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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. CDN Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a geographically distributed network of servers that serve cached copies of web content.

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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. FS: I certainly think so, especially nowadays when organizations want to make changes rapidly and not just through the virtual server or virtual storage 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

And finally, in 2018, a security company Backconnect publicly defended a BGP hijack they admitted to performing in order to regain control of a botnet server responsible for DDoS attacks. 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

HTTP attributes commonly used in DDoS attacks HTTP methods HTTP methods (also called HTTP verbs) define the action to be performed on a resource on a server. They are part of the HTTP protocol and allow communication between clients (such as browsers) and servers. The GET method is most commonly used.