Summary In this episode of The Defenders Log, Paul Mockapetris, the architect of DNS, discusses the evolving role of the Domain Name System from a simple directory to a sophisticated security tool. He ...

With over seven years of experience as a freelance technology writer and reporter, Tim Keary has a range of experience breaking down complex technologies into simple and accessible content. His work ...

Laced across the cold depths of the world's oceans is a network of multimillion-dollar cables, which have become the vital connections of our online lives. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 ...

An open-access network can offer fast fiber, but it works differently than what's offered by typical broadband providers. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist ...

Among the most significant cybersecurity threats this year comes via the Internet of Things (IoT), and they are increasingly becoming more sophisticated and targeted. Proactive cybersecurity is needed ...

Discover the key types of network traffic and their role in optimizing performance plus real-world examples to see how they impact data flow. Identifying network traffic types is vital because it ...

The Tor network was created in the early 2000s as a project at the Naval Research Laboratory, a research institute of the U.S. Army. Since 2006, the independent non-profit organization The Tor Project ...

Network cables at the HLRS supercomputing center in Stuttgart, Germany, 2021. (Photo by Marijan Murat / picture alliance via Getty Images) What is the Internet, and who owns it? These are not simple ...

After more than a decade of accumulating smart plugs, speakers and sensors, I realized parts of my setup were quietly ...

One of the seemingly simplest things you can do to get more out of your network is to start sharing files and other stuff between different devices. It was always easy in the past and you don’t have ...

In the realm of the Internet, few things carry as infamous a reputation as the Dark Web. Widely utilized for cybercrime, theft, money laundering, terrorism, and human abuse, it remains the target of ...

Like so many millennials, I entered the online world through AOL Instant Messenger. I created an account one unremarkable day in the late nineteen-nineties, sitting in the basement of my childhood ...