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Alphabetti spaghetti: What Wall Street isn't telling you about Google
The Register Botnet armies generate clicks, the campaign is “fulfilled”, and all without the target audience being aware. Google still retains the cash. … Google Play grew 30 per cent, as Android rolled on, grabbing huge market share in emerging markets. But … |
“ISP wants a /24 back, what’s it worth?” The question comes from a user of the Reddit section devoted to networking … and I’m afraid the answer eventually boils down to “it depends.”
First of all, a /24 refers to a block of 256 contiguous IPv4 addresses, which as everyone knows have become a scarce commodity. The Reddit user explains:
“I work for a school district that is also involved with community Internet service. Because of this, we have had 3 separate public /24 IPv4 address blocks since about 1995.
“Every time we contact our ISP for something, they ask for a /24 back. We could probably do this if we took some time to restructure everything and moved all our services to the other two /24s. I know we should be good “internet citizens” and just give the address space back … but if we give these addresses up our chances of ever getting another contiguous block on our budget is 0. They want the space back because the addresses are now valuable.
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OPINION | The Nexus Between Cyber Warfare & International Humanitarian Law
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Comodo Internet Security Installs New Browser by Force, Disables All Web Security
Softpedia News Developers have exposed the fact that Comodo Internet Security is actually a security threat for anyone using it. It's using a really aggressive marketing practice that forces the installation of a new browser and replaces many of the user's settings … Chromodo Browser has serious security issues Comodo 'secure' web browser turns off web security Chromodo Browser Disables Same-Origin Policy |