There have been estimates that over 35% of all Internet traffic is consumed by BitTorrent. Naturally, we have to be careful with those numbers because the files being transferred on most of the torrents are audio, music, and video files, which are exponentially larger than most e-mails or HTML pages. Still, this 35% stat shows ...

I would argue that we are in the midst of a technology boom, or at the very least a strong upswing. The current “boom” certainly does not resemble the hysteria and unbridled enthusiasm of the dot com years, but it has a much more solid foundation and better prospects for a sustained long-term expansion. Much ...

I have been without Internet access at home for the past four days and it has been miserable. While I am more than mildly upset with Insightbb.com, my service provider, for their inadequate and incompetent server migration, that is not really why I am miserable. I have become dependent on my Internet connection. Up until ...

The Everdream corporation (http://www.everdream.com) has released a service which will encrypt or delete files on a laptop or PC if stolen.  The software runs as an agent on the computer–this connects to the control centre of Everdream which extracts network location details from the computer and if the computer is stolen will either encrypt or ...

Previously, I reviewed both the Debian apt and SUSE YOU update mechanisms. Both systems enable administrators to keep servers up to date with the latest security patches and updates downloaded from internet repositories After touring the features of apt and YaST update mechanisms, it’s clear that if you want to update multiple computers within your ...

This is off topic but I thought some people might find the beauty in it. My daughter is 3.5 years old and the sweetest little thing. The other day, we were playing with the Justice Leage super heroes when she told me that she lost Wonder Woman. I told her that mommy would help her ...

From: Department of Homeland Security Date: March 29, 2006 8:48:17 AM MST To: All US Medical Facilities Subject: World Wide Web cleanup It is necessary to inform all internet dependent facilities that the internet will be shut down for cleaning for twenty-four hours from midnight on March 31 through the early hours of April 2. ...

Whatever the size of your business, Web caching can help optimize performance and save bandwidth. And if you choose the right caching solution, it can grow as your network does without the need for expensive and time-consuming re-structuring.

Is putting Internet Protocol (IP) into everything electronic a dangerous use of technology? While a host of products now feature IP connectivity, Jonathan Yarden says just because a product can use IP doesn't mean it should. Get his take in this edition of Internet Security Focus.

Under the title Newsworthy Schmoozeworthy, I have vowed to blog about news stories that I find interesting and/or disturbing. Here’s a story that I ran across today that truly fits both categories: “S. Korea aims to cool Internet rage attacks.” Just reading the title alone may not stimulate your curiosity enough to click through and check it out, but once you do, ...

Is high-speed Internet access creating a society that has the collective attention span of a flea? Several News.com stories in the past have touched on this concern, such as “At Demo, it’s speed dating for products” and “Internet users judge Web sites in less than a blink.” Hurry up, get that information, moving right along… after all, ...

Over the past few months, a debate has been raging over the concept of "network neutrality" and the possible creation of a "two-tiered Internet," in which telecoms would start charging companies to access customers over the telecoms' networks. What would such a system mean for you? Jonathan Yarden weighs in with his thoughts in this edition of Internet Security Focus.

Peer-to-peer applications and instant messengers can present special threats to your network's security. Here's how you can use HTTP filtering with ISA Server 2004 to block these applications from communicating.

Today I came across a News.com story that I thought was extremely interesting: “Poll finds 30 percent use Net just for fun.” Pew Internet & American Life Project surveyed 1,931 Internet users in November and December of 2005, and 30 percent of the respondents said that they went online “for no particular reason” on the previous ...

Botnets are a rapidly increasing risk to Internet security. These groups of compromised Windows computers are the tools of the trade for all manners of extortion and spam relay on the Internet, and they are growing in numbers. In this edition of Internet Security Focus, Jonathan Yarden examines this growing threat and discusses what it means for Internet security.