My colleague @jtk and I worked on a small piece on insights by #Netscout on the DNS root server system. Despite all of the nuisance traffic reaching the root servers, our #DDoS telemetry does not yield terribly much. This is not a bad thing though, and can be explained through the ubiquity of #anycast on the 13 root server instances.

#DNS #criticalinfrastructure #internet #resiliency

@censys published a blog post on #NoName057(16) and their rotation through #DDoSia #C2 servers. I am a bit surprised that Censys did not join the party to track DDoSia until mid 2025, but I am glad they started to do so nonetheless. What I am missing is, what of the 3-layered architecture the authors are tracking.

#DDoS #malware #threatintel

May I present to you a lexicographically sortable #UUID alternative? A simple and intuitive design is presented in ULID. It embeds a timestamp in the first 48 bits, followed by a random suffix of 80 bits.

#bigdata #databases

"Kimwolf was so crazy that it really shot the entire Internet."

A #DDoS #botnet that launched 1.7 billion DDoS attacks in just 72 hours:

Kimwolf Botnet

#Infosec #botnet #android #malware #mirai

Third tool announced by #Astral. This time it's a type checker and language server: ty.

This is it. I will now integrate uv, ruff and ty in my workflow. These folks produce such high quality #software. It's amazing!

#Python #ruff #uv #ty #foss #opensource

Wow. I just had a popup on #Claude in which it allowed me to opt-in on storing historical chats for context. I thought, for my enterprise account that cannot hurt. So, I opted in. That very moment, Claude started a new conversation with "Hi Claude, what were some highlights from our recent conversations?", and showed me context from previous conversations.

So what was it now? Did I just opt in, and everything before that should have not been stored? Or did my opt-in not matter at all, because the conversations are store no matter my decision? Man, I am really tired of these dishonest tricks.

#LLM #GenAI #GenerativeAI #privacy

Reaching out to anyone who configured their DNS transport protocol. If you intentionally configured your home router's or your devices DNS service, what did you pick, and why?

Please retoot for reach.

#DNS #Survey #AskMastodon #AskFedi #AskInfosec #DoT #DoH #DoQ #TLS #QUIC #TCP #UDP #HTTPS

#Telegeography blogged about the expansion of #Starlink and how it conquers markets where conventional cabling fall short.

On the one hand, it's great to see increased connectivity in those areas, on the other hand, I am a bit concerned that a single legal entity has so much power about so many nations and their citizens.

#Starlink #Oceania #Micronesia #Pacific #Internet #Connectivity #Satellite

It appears the Constitutional Court of #Germany stopped widespread surveillance through monitoring #DNS requests. Read more here.

I saw the necessity of #DoT, but I have to admit, I never convinced myself to go that router, other than just small test-runs. Maybe, I should setup DNS over #TLS over the Christmas break.

#encryption #cryptography #privacy #surveillance #karlsruhe #verfassungsgericht