We met Mr. Murphy, of “What can go wrong, will” infamy, in the introduction to failure modes and the discussion of failure modes at the foundation levels. Now we will learn his tricks on shared media ...

In networking and communications, the formats, codes and procedures for transmitting a unit of data (frame, packet) from one node to another. Known as a "layer 2 protocol," the data link protocol is ...

Not long after you begin to work in computing, the truth of Murphy’s Law — “What can go wrong, will” — becomes apparent. As you move on to networking, you realize the reality of Murphy’s Law of ...

I was reading a murder mystery yesterday where a critical plot point was that the villain's MAC address was captured in Apache logs. That appears to be nonsense: IP address yes, MAC, no. He was using ...

Fit within curriculum: core option for Computer Science BS students; Computer Science elective option for Computer Science BA students. Focuses on design and implementation of network programs and ...

A new computer model that describes the evolution of the Internet's architecture suggests that a process similar to natural evolution took place to determine which protocols survived and which ones ...

Simply put, computer networking is the study of how computers can be linked to share data. The concept of connecting computers dates back to the 1960s, when the Department of Defense led the first ...

The National Security Agency (NSA) has shared guidance on how to detect and replace outdated Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol versions with up to date and secure variants. The US intelligence ...