Author Archives: Michael Wyres

Melbourne or Mekong?

Oh dear. April Fools Day again. This story from the Herald-Sun in Melbourne is so funny – not for the story itself, but for the cleverly constructed group of comments. Chinese Bid to ‘rename’ MCG Some I am sure are from real people – but plenty I am equally sure have been cleverly crafted to […]

Prevent DNS Hi-Jacking

Steve Gibson, of Gibson Research Corporation spoke recently to Leo Laporte on their regular “Security Now!” podcast in regards to a trojan that has been doing the rounds of the internet for quite some time. Security Now 176: Drop My Rights This trojan – and others like it – infect networked computers via any number […]

SPF – Is It Worth It?

Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is a system whereby special records – of the TXT type – are placed into the Domain Name System (DNS) to specify the IP addresses of all mail servers that are allowed to send email to the public internet, for that particular domain. Receiving mail servers can look at an incoming […]

Sorry Telstra!

Telstra are already whinging after being excluded from the National Broadband Network (NBN) tender process, after submitting a non-compliant bid. What did they expect? Telstra Loses $6bn in NBN Hit The bottom line is, even if their bid was compliant, their projected cost of $39.95 per user, per month, for 12Mb speeds, with only 200MB […]

Australia to Get FttP Network?

Finally some common sense in regards to Australia’s pending National Broadband Network (NBN), currently in the tender stage. The government proposal is for a Fibre-to-the-Node (FttN) solution, with a target minimum of 12Mb end-user speed, using current xDSL technology for “last mile” reach into customer premises. However, Canadian-based bidder, Axia NetMedia have revealed many of […]

Uniting Against Australian Internet Censorship

Australia’s Rudd Federal Government is planning to introduce compulsory internet censorship on Australia. While some of the content they intend to block might be questionable and worthy of blocking in some people’s eyes – I have only one question. Who are they to decide what Australians can and cannot view on the internet? We did […]

Spam Down Between 35% and 75%

Various news and internet security agencies are reporting between 35% and 75% of internet email spam has dropped over the last few days, after a rogue San Francisco/Bay Area ISP, McColo, was disconnected from the internet by its upstream provider. Major Source of Online Scams and Spams Knocked Offline After reports of large amounts of […]

Some Re-Engineering

I’ve recently had some issues with my ISP – (who I plan to move away from, as soon as technical barriers are gone) – and have been having some trouble my all of my websites. As the first stage of removing the “technical barriers”, I’m currently in the process of re-engineering a couple of backend […]

Bathurst is Finally Here!

The annual wait is over – with yesterday’s (Thursday) commencement of practice and qualifying for this year’s Bathurst 1000. These two cars are, however, unlikely to start on Sunday, after a massive accident on top of the mountain. Drivers Paul Weel, and Chris Pither are believed to be okay.

Ha Ha!

While I certainly don’t want to direct this towards all Geelong supporters, living in this town, I have seen a certain arrogance this year in regards to Geelong’s quest for back-to-back AFL premierships. Many had themselves convinced that the second premiership was already run and won months ago. One Geelong supporter even had himself tatooed […]