Thoughts about Software, Networking, and Life
So you’ve just learned something cool on a new subject, and you want to let the world know about your discovery. You go to the project’s wiki, and jot it …
How to Write Wiki Pages So People Will Read Them Read MoreI just sent an email to the reporter from NewsPressNow who posted a typical net neutrality story. A flaw in this kind of reporting is the tacit acceptance of an …
Typical Net Neutrality coverage – accepting untruths from ISPs Read MoreUpdate – November 2017: Added descriptions for the other tools I had investigated. Update – October 2018: Although it’s not based on Netflow, Al Caughy’s YAMon provides a good view …
Netflow Collectors for Home Networks Read MoreThe Battle for the Net site https://www.battleforthenet.com/ no longer seems to have the telephone form(!) But… Boing Boing does. Go to https://boingboing.net/. You’ll see a popup window with a place …
Net Neutrality – Contacting the Congress (update) Read MoreAlthough I usually agree with him, one of my favorite bloggers, Dave Winer, recently said this: One of the ideas circulating is that your ISP has a monopoly, owns the …
Monopoly ISPs are a Fallacy? Read MoreHat tip to Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna on Twitter) for this… A Portugal ISP (with no net neutrality constraints) appears to be charging 4.99€ (about US$5.86) per month for access to …
End of the Internet? Help us prevent it! Read MoreDRY – Don’t Repeat Yourself – is it relevant for documentation? I recently saw this comment on a forum… I’m not sure how useful it is to remove duplication [from …
DRY Documentation… Read More[Part of the series of blog postings on Netflow] Netflow is a network protocol invented by Cisco that provides granular visibility on network utilization. Routers and switches send (“export”) Netflow …
Generating Netflow Records Read More[Part of the series of blog postings on Netflow] A lightweight Netflow collector and web display based on NFSEN/NFDUMP in a Docker container. NFSEN and NFDUMP are documented and hosted …
nfsen-dockerized Netflow Collector Read More[Part of the series of blog postings on Netflow] Webview Netflow Reporter is a lightweight Netflow collector and web display tool based on wvnetflow and flow-tools in a Docker container. …
Webview Netflow Reporter (wvnetflow) Read More