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Troubleshooting QUIC Traffic – Not Easy
Post Views: 152 As QUIC has emerged to begin its takeover of the Transport Layer (OK – we will never see TCP totally disappear), I have written multiple articles on QUIC. You can look them over here. In the early days Google made this really easy right within the Chrome web browser. As time has

Troubleshooting C15 and MGCP Protocols for VoIP
Post Views: 114 Let’s start with some simple definitions of these protocols and how they work together. In Voice over IP (VoIP) to PSTN (telephone) network integration, MGCP and C15 can work together as part of a layered signaling architecture that bridges IP-based call control with traditional PSTN switching systems. Here’s how they fit and

Do VPN applications really protect your traffic, and if so, what exactly are they doing to my packets?
Post Views: 179 Yes, VPN applications do protect your traffic. A VPN is like wearing a costume or a mask because it masks your real identity and location, just like a costume or mask hides who you are in real life. Here’s the breakdown of the analogy: VPN vs. Costume Analogy VPN Function Costume Equivalent

Teaching Kids Hexadecimal and Binary
Post Views: 216 Teaching hexadecimal and binary, especially around bits, nibbles, and bytes, is an awesome way to introduce kids to how computers “think.” Let’s face it their world is fully computerized and networked. All communications is done in binary, bits, nibbles, and bytes. Heck, its the way computers think. Here is a deeper dive

Teaching Kids About Networks/Networking
Post Views: 287 Teaching kids about networking (the digital kind, not social networking) can actually be a lot of fun if you break it down into simple, relatable concepts and use interactive activities. I have written other articles like teaching kids programming and teaching kids electricity. Here I want to talk about networking. Here’s a

Teaching Kids Programming Skills
Post Views: 203 I previously posted an article on teaching kids electricity with Squishy Circuits, as well as teaching kids about networks/networking, and someone asked what about programming. Great question. Back in the day (2005) there was a special computer (the XO) you could buy that was tuned to kids learning programming. It was called
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