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Beyond Ports and Protocols

September 19th, 2009

Often we talk about how destination port is not an accurate classification for controlling network traffic. At this point, hopefully that is obvious. Everyone knows that just about anything can get out of an enterprise network via port 80 or 443. Lately I have had several discussions with customers curious about protocol validation and ensuring [...]

Joost Opens 1.0 Beta

October 5th, 2007

ALERT – The wait is over… No longer do users need a precious invitation to join the closed Joost beta to experience IPTV at its best. Joost has recently opened their 1.0 beta to the public. Enhancements include a slightly revised user interface and open API for 3rd party widget development. Joost has differentiated themselves [...]

Meebo Repeater: An Evasive Extension to an Already Evasive App

August 20th, 2007

ALERT – If you are trying to control IM use and haven’t heard of Meebo, it is very likely your users have. Meebo’s purpose in life is to allow people to continue using IM even at companies that have a policy to block it. It is a web-based multi-protocol IM client that is accessed via [...]