Hacker News with Generative AI: Networks

Defense Red Switch Network (wikipedia.org)
The Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN) is a dedicated telephone network which provides global secure communication services for the command and control structure of the United States Armed Forces.

Military, Telecommunications, Security, Networks, Government

8 points by Bluestein 4 days ago | 0 comments

Wi-Fi is one of the great backward compatibility success stories (theverge.com)
My home network is a small miracle of backward compatibility, slinging data across 60-plus devices that span five generations of Wi-Fi.

Wi-Fi, Technology, Backward Compatibility, Networks

23 points by 1317 31 days ago | 0 comments

NSA warns "fast flux" threatens national security. What is fast flux anyway? (arstechnica.com)
A technique that hostile nation-states and financially motivated ransomware groups are using to hide their operations poses a threat to critical infrastructure and national security, the National Security Agency has warned.

National Security, Cybersecurity, Cybercrime, Networks

16 points by bentobean 35 days ago | 2 comments

Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) Overview (3gpp.org)
Non-terrestrial networks (NTN) are networks or segments of networks that use either Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) operating typically between 8 and 50km altitudes, including High Altitude Platforms (HAPs) or satellites in different constellations to carry a transmission equipment relay node or a base station:

Telecommunications, Networks, Satellites, 5G

3 points by teleforce 57 days ago | 0 comments

Unforgeable Quantum Tokens Delivered over Fiber Network (ieee.org)
When Chinese researchers’ announced in May last year they had used a quantum computer to crack RSA encryption, a widely used method to secure private data transmission, it caused a stir in the information security community.

Quantum Computing, Security, Networks, Cryptography

63 points by pseudolus 138 days ago | 25 comments

How Networks of Competence Are Crushing Hierarchies of Authority (forbes.com)
Around 2016, Amazon created a team to build an app for all its drivers that would integrate all of the information about delivery schedules, weather, traffic, routes, and the eventual delivery sites.

Management, Business, Technology, Leadership, Networks

20 points by RyeCombinator 151 days ago | 5 comments

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, What Is the Best Topology of Them All? (cacm.acm.org)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most important emerging technologies of the 21st century, and designing suitable infrastructure for large-scale AI systems is critical.

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Networks

75 points by rbanffy 165 days ago | 8 comments

Route Planning in Transportation Networks (2015) (arxiv.org)
We survey recent advances in algorithms for route planning in transportation networks.

Transportation, Algorithms, Optimization, Networks, Computer Science

27 points by Tomte 201 days ago | 3 comments

Just want simple TLS for your .internal network? (github.com/nh2)
Safely shareable TLS root CA for .internal networks using Name Constraints

Security, .NET, Networks, TLS, Certificates

245 points by nh2 203 days ago | 141 comments

6G tests reach a blisteringly quick 938 GB/s, 5000X faster than 5G (tomshardware.com)

6G, Technology, Telecommunications, Speed, Networks

30 points by WithinReason 204 days ago | 16 comments

Italian music through the lens of complex networks (michelecoscia.com)
Last year I was talking with a non-Italian, trying to convey to them how nearly the entirety of contemporary Italian music rests on the shoulders of Gianni Maroccolo — and the parts that don’t, should.

Music, Italy, Networks, Culture

107 points by mikk14 225 days ago | 26 comments

Seeing Like a Network (strangeloopcanon.com)
We’re living through a phase change that is at the root of a lot of our societal problems. It’s the fact that our information networks have become much more dense.

Networks, Society, Information, Technology, Phase Change

73 points by yamrzou 232 days ago | 12 comments

White House plan looks to secure BGP (nextgov.com)

Security, Government, Networks

5 points by WaitWaitWha 245 days ago | 2 comments

Shift Networks (jeremykun.com)

Networks, Software, Web Development

26 points by boltzmann64 248 days ago | 7 comments

A brief history of barbed wire fence telephone networks (loriemerson.net)

History, Telecommunications, Networks, Rural Communities

130 points by MBCook 251 days ago | 14 comments

The FDN and Gitoyen Networks Are Blocked by AWS, YouTube and Engie (fdn.fr)