Thursday, 6 December 2018
Thursday, 6 December 2018
Australian Assistance and Access Bill 2018: Amendments
In a great hurry, Australia’s house of representatives today passed the controversial Assistance and Access Bill 2018. However, there were some last-minute amendments slipped in. Currently, it’s being debated in the Senate.Tuesday, 27 November 2018
Designing Headers for HTTP Compression
One of the concerns that often comes up when someone creates a new HTTP header is how much “bloat” it will add on the network. This is especially relevant in requests, when a little bit of extra data can introduce a lot of latency when repeated on every request.Thursday, 15 November 2018
Do you Trust Australia? Part Four
On 20 August, I went to Canberra to participate in an Internet Society experts' panel on encryption.Sunday, 19 August 2018
Do you Trust Australia? Part Three
Not that long ago, the US government attempted to compel Microsoft to reveal a customer's data that was located in Ireland.Thursday, 16 August 2018
Do you Trust Australia? Part Two
After a couple of sleeps, I think my concerns about the proposed Assistance and Access Bill 2018 have crystallised.Tuesday, 14 August 2018
Do you Trust Australia?
This morning, the Australian Department of Home Affairs released the Assistance and Access Bill 2018 for consultation.Tuesday, 31 July 2018
How to Read an RFC
For better or worse, Requests for Comments (RFCs) are how we specify many protocols on the Internet. These documents are alternatively treated as holy texts by developers who parse them for hidden meanings, then shunned as irrelevant because they can’t be understood. This often leads to frustration and – more significantly – interoperability and security issues.Wednesday, 7 June 2017
How (Not) to Control Your CDN
In February, Omer Gil described the Web Cache Deception Attack.Thursday, 11 May 2017