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https://serverfault.com/questions/663112/why-cant-mx-records-point-to-an-ip-address

Nirsoft DNSDataView - https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/dns_records_viewer.html

https://www.lifewire.com/free-and-public-dns-servers-2626062
https://blog.cloudflare.com/enable-private-dns-with-1-1-1-1-on-android-9-pie/

https://support.rackspace.com/how-to/about-ttl-best-practices/
http://social.dnsmadeeasy.com/blog/long-short-ttls/
https://practical365.com/exchange-server/mx-record/

https://www.dnsthingy.com/
https://support.forgetcomputers.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023964911-DMARC-Minimize-phishing-email-in-your-inbox?mobile_site=true

What is a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)? VMWare
https://www.vmware.com/topics/glossary/content/virtual-desktop-infrastructure-vdi
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Email services
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/tricks-outlook-microsoft-account-secure/
Linux

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2018/08/enabling-voice-over-wifi-on-the-oneplus-5t-and-three-uk/
http://getwallpapers.com/collection/iphone-6-grid-wallpaper
https://itechify.com/2017/07/18/clear-cache-oneplus-5/ https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/whats-point-clearing-cache-data-android/

Changing Battery
Phone Repairs
https://www.androidauthority.com/cellphone-battery-replacement-982247/
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/how-to-improve-battery-life-tips-myths-smartphones
Amazon Kindle
ipad

Intro to Big Data: Crash Course Statistics #38 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_jZAVLkWJw
NetVersity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkOwlXUaGMM

Facinating blog about how an Apple developer kept Safari secret and was worried about Apple's Class A (now a /8 subnet) network range showing up on logs
https://donmelton.com/2013/01/03/keeping-safari-a-secret/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5006397

History of website that was hosted on early free webspace provided by Tesco and ntlworld
https://jdebp.eu/about-the-site.html

Beigebox, site about old computers. Old computers used to be beige…
https://beigebox.co.uk/

Wired - Uncle Sam: If It Ends in .Com, It's .Seizable
https://www.wired.com/2012/03/feds-seize-foreign-sites/

VPN providers who have logs?
https://torrentfreak.com/purevpn-logs-helped-fbi-net-alleged-cyberstalker-171009/

Wavedine, a DRM technology
https://www.androidauthority.com/widevine-explained-821935/

“The Investigatory Powers Bill has been passed by both Houses of Parliament and received Royal Assent in 2016”
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/ip-bill-law-details-passed

Public USB charging ports may actually have malware that could infect your device, be careful!
https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/dont-use-public-usb-charging-ports

Funland at the Trocedero, London
https://archive.coin-opcommunity.co.uk/blog/2784-arcades-changed-my-life-rip-london-funland/
https://web.archive.org/web/20190925060627/https://archive.coin-opcommunity.co.uk/blog/2784-arcades-changed-my-life-rip-london-funland/
https://www.londontrocadero.com/closure-of-london-trocadero/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/exmmdm/the-sad-decline-of-the-london-trocadero-012

Case of a wedding photographer who got threatened with intimidating legal action by the groom when the photos were actually good
https://petapixel.com/2014/12/09/gary-fong-account-ridiculous-300000-lawsuit-threat-nelson-tang/

Tetris isn't as random as pure random…
https://simon.lc/the-history-of-tetris-randomizers

Dijkstra Algorithm - Shortest path first, used in certain applications like Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) interior gateway protocol
https://medium.com/basecs/finding-the-shortest-path-with-a-little-help-from-dijkstra-613149fbdc8e

Story of a stolen smartphone, but photos took by the their get uploaded dropbox
https://lifeofastrangerwhostolemyphone.tumblr.com/post/41270521796/how-a-stranger-stole-my-phone

DNS hack on POS terminals
https://twitter.com/BleepinComputer/status/1278412677040259073
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-pos-malware-uses-dns-to-smuggle-stolen-credit-cards/amp/

Huawei: What does the ban mean for you?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53407096

Wannacry sinkhole
https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/08/the-wannacry-sinkhole/

Useless Incognito Mode?
https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/y3gzgb/incognito-mode-is-actually-pretty-useless

Intel x86, Apple M1 (Apple Silicon)
https://siliconangle.com/2020/06/26/exiting-x86-apple-microsoft-embracing-arm-based-pc/
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/311529-a-competitive-apple-arm-core-could-finally-break-x86s-long-computing-monopoly
https://medium.com/swlh/is-it-game-over-for-the-x86-isa-and-intel-5ce1b00fbd1

Passwords NCSC
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/passwords-passwords-everywhere
(the passwords list https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/static-assets/documents/PwnedPasswordsTop100k.txt)
Lastpass breach https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/22/23523322/lastpass-data-breach-cloud-encrypted-password-vault-hackers

Cyber Security Challenge UK - How I won the first cipher challenge
http://www.jibble.org/cyber-security-challenge-uk-winner/

Log4j vulnerability
https://www.wired.com/story/log4j-flaw-hacking-internet/

https://www.quantamagazine.org/alan-turings-most-important-machine-was-never-built-20230503/

BadUSB, Hak5 O.MG cable, Human Interface Device Spoofing
https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-a-usb-drop-attack/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPF9f-PLDPc

“How To Become a Network Engineer In Less Than a Year In 5 Simple Steps “
https://blog.nexgent.com/network-engineer-in-less-than-a-year/

https://www.rogerperkin.co.uk/ccna/become-network-engineer/

YouTube Offline 2008 Incident
https://www.wired.com/2008/02/pakistans-accid/
https://www.cnet.com/news/how-pakistan-knocked-youtube-offline-and-how-to-make-sure-it-never-happens-again/
https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/industry-developments/youtube-hijacking-a-ripe-ncc-ris-case-study
Routers, The Internet & YouTube Offline - Computerphile https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkxqkoxErRk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzLPKuAOe50

BGP Routing Table Size Limit Blamed for Tuesday's Website Outages (Aug 2014)
https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2014/08/13/bgp-routing-table-size-limit-blamed-for-tuesdays-website-outages
512k routes, TCAM limit to 1 million, Cisco 7600 (Catalyst 6500) routers.
https://lists.gt.net/cisco/nsp/180548
Cloudflare outage, BGP routes https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-outage-on-july-17-2020/amp/
http://archive.is/kW4XL (archive of http://www.ipv4depletion.com/?p=672)

Issues with Private IP Addressing in the Internet
https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-grow-private-ip-sp-cores-01.html

GRC.com DoS https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2001/jun/05/hacking.security, https://www.geek.com/news/grccom-surrenders-545393/, http://archive.is/P1T7z
How I survived a DDoS attack - Jeff Geerling https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/three-ddos-attacks-on-my-personal-website https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPcYMgTYQs0

DEF CON 18 - Zoz - Pwned By The Owner: What Happens When You Steal A Hacker's Computer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwpg-AwJ0Jc
https://gizmodo.com/what-happens-when-you-steal-a-hackers-computer-5717309
BBC News, How I bickered and bonded with a Spotify hacker https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/technology-56026200

from 2015 “Is the internet on the brink of collapse? The web could reach its limit in just eight years and use all of Britain's power supply by 2035, warn scientists” Daily Mail
http://archive.is/3twwZ

https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-verizon-and-a-bgp-optimizer-knocked-large-parts-of-the-internet-offline-today/

https://petri.com/how-30-and-32-bit-ip-subnet-masks-can-help-with-cisco-networking

https://www.wired.com/2016/01/new-discovery-around-juniper-backdoor-raises-more-questions-about-the-company/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/11/europe-is-fresh-out-of-ipv4-addresses/

Fake Counterfeit Cisco switch analysis
https://labs.f-secure.com/publications/the-fake-cisco/
https://www.wired.com/story/counterfeit-cisco-switch-teardown/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/perlcom-domain-stolen-now-using-ip-address-tied-to-malware/

https://www.theregister.com/2021/02/03/ncsc_bgp_best_practice/

Google.com.ar domain whoops https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56870270

https://www.wired.com/story/submarine-internet-cables-egypt/

https://forums.thinkbroadband.com/general/4739073-how-does-sogea-work.html

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/bad-habits-you-must-break-immediately-to-improve-your-life-in-the-next-100-days https://www.forbes.com/sites/carminegallo/2020/11/01/watch-bill-gates-give-brilliant-30-second-answers-to-common-job-interview-questions/ https://forge.medium.com/a-guide-to-developing-a-deep-reading-habit-f439e4eee872

Clever dynamic chart showing Formula 1 points
https://formula1.markwessel.com/
Cryptii - Web app offering modular conversion, encoding and encryption online. Translations are done in the browser without any server interaction.
https://cryptii.com/

Routers
Tablets
Broadband Internet

https://www.skillsyouneed.com/num/real-world-math.html

Smart motorways

http://archive.is/

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Covid 19

Slavehack https://www.slavehack2.com/
Movies wiki
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