Category Archives: Technology

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 […]

Zero Spam? Definitely!

There is always a lot of debate in regards to the best possible way to eliminate email spam, and there is nothing more annoying than working on the road, connecting to the corporate network, and spending a big chunk of time downloading 30 emails, only to discover that 29 of them are spam. Most off […]

First Image of Planet Orbiting Star

Scientists believe they have captured the first image of a planet orbiting a “sun-like star”, outside of our own solar system. It is located approximately 500 light years from Earth, and believed to be 8 times the mass of Jupiter, making it a truly gigantic planet. Image Captures Planet ‘Orbiting Sun-like Star’ Much like Jupiter, […]

Double Standards?

Only a matter of days ago, the Australian government joined the international chorus of condemnation in regards to the filtering of internet access for visiting media during the Beijing Olympics. Conroy Welcomes ISP Filtering Hypocritically, news is now “filtering” through in regards to the details of the “mandatory” filtering systems, currently being trialled on behalf […]

Internet Censorship?

While maintaining the internet as a safe place for all people, particularly children, is very important, current trials in Australia to implement internet filtering at the ISP level concerns me somewhat. Conroy Welcomes ISP Filtering Having worked in Information Technology for nearly 15 years, and most recently having worked at an ISP, I would be […]