Networking Stories for 2018

NVIDIA 'GeForce NOW Recommended Routers' Program Helps Gamers Choose Networking Gear 126
Mapping the Spectral Landscape of IPv6 Networks 163
Germany Proposes Router Security Guidelines 62
Alphabet's Cybersecurity Group Touts Its New Open Source Private VPN 106
Creating the First Quantum Internet 52
China Telecom Hijacks US, Canadian Internet Traffic On a Regular Basis, Report Says 64
Ask Slashdot: Can You Install a Wifi Mesh Network in a Barn? 97
Network Middleware Still Can't Handle TLS Without Breaking Encryption 101
CloudFlare's IPFS Gateway Makes it Easy To Create Distributed Web Sites 40
Native Support For Windows File Sharing Coming To Chrome OS 51
The Linux Foundation Is Changing The Fabric Of Networking 31
Wifi Could Be Used To Detect Guns and Bombs, Researchers Say 32
Encrypt NFSv4 with TLS Encryption Using Stunnel 83
Malicious Faxes Leave Firms 'Open' To Cyber-Attack 77
Security Researchers Express Concerns Over Mozilla's New DNS Resolution For Firefox 301
A Fifth Undocumented Cisco Backdoor Has Been Discovered 118
Amazon Web Services Isn't Making a 'Commercial' Networking Switch, Cisco Says 51
Amazon Plans To Challenge Cisco in Networking Market With Much Cheaper Switches, Report Says 126
Critical Bug Last Year Allowed Bypassing Authentication On HPE ILO4 Servers With 29 'A' Characters 59
Algeria Shuts Off Entire Country's Internet To Stop Students From Cheating 123
Google, Roku, Sonos To Fix DNS Rebinding Attack Vector 56
The Internet Is Finally Going To Be Bigger Than TV Worldwide 60
Vint Cert Warns IPv4 Users: 'Time To Get With the Program' 282
'Pirates' Tend To Be the Biggest Buyers of Legal Content, Study Shows 108
German Spy Agency Can Keep Tabs On Internet Hubs, Federal Court Rules 54
America's Teens Are Choosing YouTube Over Facebook 78
There Are Real Reasons For Linux To Replace ifconfig, netstat and Other Classic Tools 478
Pornhub Launches VPNhub, Its Own Virtual Private Network App 68
Ask Slashdot: Which Is the Safest Router? 386
Wi-Fi Alliance's Wi-Fi EasyMesh Certification Aims To Standardize Mesh Networks 39
Equifax's Data Breach By the Numbers: 146 Million Social Security Numbers, 99 Million Addresses, and More 69
Vulnerabilities Affecting Over One Million Dasan GPON Routers Are Now Under Attack 27
On This Day 25 Years Ago, the Web Became Public Domain 87
Cyber-Espionage Groups Are Increasingly Leveraging Routers in Their Attacks 22
'Vigilante Hackers' Strike Routers In Russia and Iran, Reports Motherboard 121
Zuckerberg On Facebook's Role In Ethnic Cleansing In Myanmar: 'It's a Real Issue' 136
Cloudflare Launches 1.1.1.1 Consumer DNS Service With a Focus On Privacy 225
Shodan Search Exposes Thousands of Servers Hosting Passwords and Keys 41
Ask Slashdot: How Can I Prove My ISP Slows Certain Traffic? 203
1 in 3 Michigan Workers Tested Opened A Password-Phishing Email 119
Massive DDOS Attacks Are Now Targeting Google, Amazon, and the NRA 121
How Are Sysadmins Handling Spectre/Meltdown Patches? 49
AMP For Email Is a Terrible Idea 177
Trump's Infrastructure Plan Has No Dedicated Money For Broadband 103
Comcast Sues Vermont Over Conditions On New License Requiring the Company To Expand Its Network 180
Apple Deprecates More Services In OS X Server 145
Is It Time For Zero-Trust Corporate Networks? 150
Walmart Teams Up With Kobo To Sell EBooks and Audiobooks 35
Lenovo Discovers and Removes Backdoor In Networking Switches 42
Can Mesh Networks Save a Dying Web? 201
France's President Macron Wants To Block Websites During Elections To Fight 'Fake News' 299
White House Bans Use of Personal Devices From West Wing 205
Roombas Will Soon Build a Wi-Fi Coverage Map While They Clean 58
US Calls On Iran To Unblock Social Media Sites Amid Protests 135
New Year's Resolutions For Linux Admins: Automate More, Learn New Languages 139