Category Archives: Networking



Better Late than Never: following up on Google HTTPS using DHE cipher suites

[Above image is the famous Caesar Cipher] One of the things that irked me about how Google handled the security of their HTTPS traffic was the lack of DHE ciphers.  I banged out a post “Google and Amazon do not … Continue reading

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Today, a new advancement in VRS calling

It’s days like this that make me proud that I’m part of the engineering team at ZVRS. This morning, at the NAD conference, ZVRS worked with Google on a demo of our prototype ZVRS app for Google+ Hangouts. The ZVRS … Continue reading

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Finding IP address of a device on a network.

[zippy] I get asked this question once in a while: “When I plug in a new device to the network, fresh out of the box and it defaults to getting an IP address via DHCP: how the heck do I … Continue reading

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Ubuntu: Installing RRDtool 1.4.5 and php->RRDtool bindings

Installing RRDtool 1.4.5: Ubuntu 11.04 repo only offers older RRDtool 1.4.3, so if need to have a more recent RRDtool on your system: Run the following commands as superuser: sudo su apt-get install libpango1.0-dev libxml2-dev wget http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/pub/rrdtool-1.4.5.tar.gz tar -zxvf rrdtool-1.4.5.tar.gz … Continue reading

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Bypassing Verizon FIOS Actiontec router and using your own router instead

Verizon loans you the Actiontec router when they come over to install the FIOS service at your home. It is an excellent router in all respects except for one flaw.  The router contains a very small (1K) NAT table which … Continue reading

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