Akamai 'Zooming in' On Demand

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IBM, Akamai Delve Deeper Into On-Demand

IBM, Akamai Delve Deeper Into On-Demand 12/11/2003 05:05 PM
Internet News Dec 11 2003 4:11PM ET

IBM and Akamai expand on-demand deal

IBM and Akamai expand on-demand deal 12/11/2003 08:34 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 11 2003 7:43AM ET

Akamai or Backdoor?

Akamai or Backdoor? 10/28/2003 11:07 PM

Recently my brother contacted me via IM to ask about some strange network behavior on his machine.  He was using sysinternals tcpview, and noticed that svchost.exe was opening connections to two IP addresses; one on 80.66.x.x subnet, and another somewhere beneath a different 80.x.x.x subnet.  He was concerned because the IP addresses in question showed up as "unassigned EU block" in the RIPE database.  The closest assigned block to one of the addresses showed up as being assigned to a company in the Netherlands, and the other to a company in Germany (and GeoIP returned the same information using the original IP addresses).

More interesting was the traceroute.  The address that GeoIP reported being in Germany routed to Hurricane Electric in Fremont, California; with the last hop before 80.x.x.x being a 64.x.x.x router in Fremont.  Could someone in Germany actually be within one hop of a router in Fremont? 

After more investigation, we found a google news posting pointing the finger at Windows Update; and particularly to Akamai servers in the 80.x.x.x range.  With a bit more coaxing, we were able to get the RIPE database to reveal that some small subnets within the unassigned blocks were actually assigned to Akamai.  I knew that Windows Update and many other MSFT sites contract to Akamai for edge-caching services, so this was a very plausible resolution.  However, I am left with a few nagging questions:

• Are there any better tools or techniques to find out exactly what chunk of code is accessing the network?  Knowing that svchost.exe is initiating the connection is not very useful.  More useful would be the exact DLL.
• Akamai works by configuring DNS to resolve differently depending on geographic location (ping download.windowsupdate.com to see this in action).  This is a common architecture for our large globally distributed customers' sites who use routing products like Cisco Global Director and F5 3DNS to accomplish this.  However, it leads to a problem -- using reverse DNS from an IP address is rather unlikely to return the same FQDN that was used to resolve the address in the first place.  So starting with an IP address like 80.67.66.16, you have no way of finding out if that was initiated by a call to download122.windowsupdate.com or spywareupload22.gator.com.  And considering the way that Akamai provides services to spyware vendors as well as to MSFT, you can't necessarily trust a network connection just because it is connecting to a block owned by Akamai.  It would be ideal if Akamai offered an IP address lookup service that could be used to verify which of Akamai customers was being serviced by a particular IP.

Without at least one of the two above requests, the only way to verify that the connections were indeed made on behalf of Windows Update was to bounce the service and watch the connections die (and assume Windows Update DLL hadn't been hacked of course).

~

When I first heard that McDonald's was planning to launch a new ad campaign themed "Lovin' It", I immediately got visions of the horribly tacky "Mentos, the Freshmaker!" commercials.  I envisioned some German ad agency telling hapless McDonald's executives, "We know how to make more teens go to McDonald's; we'll use some real groovy stuff and say the words Lovin' It because then kids will think you are cool!"  So today I saw one of the new ads for the first time, and it wasn't all that bad.  Actually it was kind of nice.  It's kind of a feel-good, "happy memories of carefree times" theme, kind of like the Pepsi spots a few years back.

 

Akamai Hangs Five

Akamai Hangs Five 04/29/2004 03:00 PM
The distributed computing company has grown revenue for five straight quarters.

Akamai Refinances

Akamai Refinances 02/12/2004 12:43 PM
The tech firm proves refinancing isn't just for homeowners.

Po' mans akamai

Po' mans akamai 05/18/2004 02:56 PM
Welcome to FreeCache Got a huge media file you want to link to but are afraid you'll kill the user's bandwidth? The Internet Archive currently has Freecache in beta which provides free edge serving for the rest of us.

Akamai DNS issues

Akamai DNS issues 06/15/2004 09:57 AM

Akamai Having Problems?

Akamai Having Problems? 05/24/2004 10:48 AM

Other News: Akamai Attack

Other News: Akamai Attack 06/17/2004 10:12 AM
A great army of infected Windows computer zombies gets the blame for the attack on Akamai that took out Apple, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft web sites for a while.

Other News: Akamai Outage

Other News: Akamai Outage 06/16/2004 10:22 AM
Yesterday's blackout of Apple's and other major web sites is was apparently caused by a mysterious Internet attack on Akamai name servers.

Akamai President Named New CEO

Akamai President Named New CEO 04/05/2005 07:50 PM
Web Host Industry Review Apr 5 2005 10:50PM GMT

Akamai Gains Speed

Akamai Gains Speed 03/17/2005 04:18 AM
What does a $130 million deal mean for a $1.4 billion company? A lot.

Akamai buys Speedera

Akamai buys Speedera 03/17/2005 03:38 AM
Number one buys number two...

Akamai DNS Outage Messes up Net

Akamai DNS Outage Messes up Net 06/15/2004 10:01 AM

Akamai DNS outage causes problems

Akamai DNS outage causes problems 06/15/2004 01:15 PM
DNS server problems at Akamai lead to several major sites being unreachable.

Is There Demand for On-Demand
Supercomputing?

Is There Demand for On-Demand
Supercomputing? 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
The wizards at IBM have hatched a scheme to supply computing power to companies for short periods of time, rather than sticking with their tried-and-true business plan of selling computers outright to customers. IBM calls this new initiative on-demand computing. Will it pay off for Big Blue?

Akamai: Internet Attack Had Little
Impact

Akamai: Internet Attack Had Little
Impact 06/16/2004 06:16 PM
The Herald News,MA-3 minutes ago ... to Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Symantec Corp., FedEx Corp., Apple Computer Inc., AltaVista and Lycos. Akamai spokesman ...

Akamai blames 'zombie' PCs on Web outage

Akamai blames 'zombie' PCs on Web outage 06/16/2004 06:08 PM
ZDNet Jun 16 2004 9:40PM GMT

'Zombie' PCs caused Web outage, Akamai
says

'Zombie' PCs caused Web outage, Akamai
says 06/16/2004 04:21 PM
Attackers built a "bot net" of unknowing home PCs to bring down Google and other sites, the company says.

Q&A: Tom Leighton, chief scientist at
Akamai

Q&A: Tom Leighton, chief scientist at
Akamai 06/16/2004 04:29 PM
Tom Leighton, chief scientist at Akamai Technologies, spoke today about the nature of yesterday's DDoS attack against the company.

Software glitch hits Akamai

Software glitch hits Akamai 05/25/2004 08:43 AM
Computer Weekly May 25 2004 1:12PM GMT

Akamai now says it was targeted by DDoS
attack

Akamai now says it was targeted by DDoS
attack 06/16/2004 04:29 PM
Akamai said today that it was hit by a targeted distributed denial-of-service attack yesterday and wasn't the victim of a broader global incident, as it had earlier claimed.

Akamai glitch slows sites

Akamai glitch slows sites 05/24/2004 03:43 PM

IBM, Akamai shake on hosting deal

IBM, Akamai shake on hosting deal 12/11/2003 12:28 AM
The two companies expand an existing partnership to offer a utility computing service to host applications on Akamai Technologies' Web-based network.

Akamai Streaming Democratic Convention

Akamai Streaming Democratic Convention 07/20/2004 01:07 PM
theWHIR Jul 20 2004 5:06PM GMT

Software glitch knocks out Akamai

Software glitch knocks out Akamai 05/25/2004 04:31 PM
A software glitch hit Akamai servers yesterday, causing "intermittent performance problems and degradation" that made it difficult to reach some of its customers' Web sites for about 90 minutes.

Akamai: Internet Attack Had Little
Impact (AP)

Akamai: Internet Attack Had Little
Impact (AP) 06/16/2004 06:23 PM
AP - A purported Internet attack that affected some of the world's most popular Web sites was "large scale" and "sophisticated" yet had only minimal impact, according to the targeted company.

President of Akamai Adds CEO Role (AP)

President of Akamai Adds CEO Role (AP) 04/04/2005 06:41 PM
AP - Akamai Technologies Inc. President Paul Sagan added the title of chief executive on Monday, replacing the founding CEO of the 6-year-old Web server company that handles much of the Internet's traffic.

Akamai snaps up rival Speedera

Akamai snaps up rival Speedera 03/17/2005 03:42 AM
ZDNet Mar 16 2005 4:37PM GMT

Akamai to Buy Speedera in Stock Deal

Akamai to Buy Speedera in Stock Deal 03/17/2005 03:23 AM
Akamai says the $130 million acquisition will help it compete against larger managed services vendors.

Zombie PCs caused Web outage, Akamai
says

Zombie PCs caused Web outage, Akamai
says 06/21/2004 05:59 AM
CNET Jun 21 2004 10:25AM GMT

Akamai Names Paul Sagan New CEO

Akamai Names Paul Sagan New CEO 01/05/2005 04:44 PM
theWHIR Jan 5 2005 8:12PM GMT

Akamai Calls Web Attack 'Sophisticated'

Akamai Calls Web Attack 'Sophisticated' 06/16/2004 09:56 AM
TheStreet.com Jun 16 2004 1:49PM GMT

Akamai says attack hyped by media

Akamai says attack hyped by media 06/17/2004 03:52 AM

Akamai -- The Other Huge Distributed
System

Akamai -- The Other Huge Distributed
System 04/21/2004 05:13 PM

Akamai Acquires Speedera Networks

Akamai Acquires Speedera Networks 03/22/2005 05:11 PM
Web Host Industry Review Mar 22 2005 9:21PM GMT

Akamai: How They Fought Recent DDoS
Attacks

Akamai: How They Fought Recent DDoS
Attacks 07/07/2004 02:21 PM

Akamai: Impact of Internet attack
minimal

Akamai: Impact of Internet attack
minimal 06/16/2004 04:51 PM
SiliconValley.com Jun 16 2004 8:18PM GMT

Software glitch briefly knocks out
Akamai

Software glitch briefly knocks out
Akamai 05/24/2004 05:07 PM
A software glitch slowed Akamai Technologies Inc. servers and made it difficult to reach some of its customers' Web sites Monday, the distributed computing company said.
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iPod & iTunes Garage: New Book Authored
by Kirk McElhearn Reveals the Power of
this Dynamic Duet

iPod & iTunes Garage: New Book Authored
by Kirk McElhearn Reveals the Power of
this Dynamic Duet 12/24/2004 12:41 PM
Upper Saddle River, NJ – December, 2004- Hear ye, hear ye! Attention all iPod and iTunes music junkies! Please briefly remove those conspicuous white earbuds and pay attention to hear this! Author...

[[ Visit http://www.macmegasite.com for full article ]]

"how-to record on your ipod (for free) -
ipod hacks - ipod.hackaday.com"

"how-to record on your ipod (for free) -
ipod hacks - ipod.hackaday.com" 12/31/2004 04:38 PM

BB-Shopping Is One of the Best Resources
for Mobile Phone Accessories, Ipod
Accessories (Ipod, Ipod Arm Band)and
Many More

BB-Shopping Is One of the Best Resources
for Mobile Phone Accessories, Ipod
Accessories (Ipod, Ipod Arm Band)and
Many More 02/01/2005 08:46 PM
One Place Resource for Ipod Accessories and other Consumer Electronic Gadgets [PRWEB Jan 26, 2005]

To go Dynamic or Not to go Dynamic

To go Dynamic or Not to go Dynamic 01/15/2003 08:47 AM
One of the hot questions in promotion over the last year has been the effect of dynamic urls in search engines. When to dump them and how to optimize for them. Some often heated an surprising discussion ensues the from WebmasterWorld pros. (subscription required).

"What is Dynamic DNS?"

"What is Dynamic DNS?" 11/16/2003 08:31 PM

Dynamic CSS with PHP

Dynamic CSS with PHP 06/22/2004 11:47 PM
Need to generate style sheets dynamically with PHP to keep presentaion logic together or create environment aware style sheets with PHP and JavaScript? This tutorial shows you how!

Dynamic Languages

Dynamic Languages 08/12/2004 11:41 AM

Dynamic Tools for Dynamic Languages: After reading the " Programmers are Idiots" essay that Joe posted last week, I got to thinking about my situation. Am I actually a programmer? I came to the conclusion that no, I'm not — I'm a scripter. I work predominantly on the Web, and while I can "program" in Visual Basic, I work best in scripting languages like PHP.

I guess I like to think that I solve problems, regardless of method. I may not fire up a C++ IDE and compile stuff right and left, but my company comes to me with IT problems every day (every hour, sometimes), and I manage to solve 90% of them. I use all sorts of languages and technologies, but at the end of the day, problems are solved and business continues to improve.

(I will admit, however, to a concerted attempt lately to program some things in VB.Net. Why? Because while I may not consider myself a "programmer," I do enjoy getting paid like one. And, sadly, you don't see many job postings for "problem solver.")

Related to all this is the essay linked above. It's a Very Important Thing. It's very long, but it has good headings, so you can skim it.

The author attempts to redefine traditional "scripting" languages like Perl, Python, and PHP as "dynamic languages." It's essentially a call for respect — these languages may be as glamourous as Visual Basic, Java, and C++, but they solve as many problems. Oftentimes more.

Just as Linux was suddenly recognized as a significant platform choice after years of being "snuck in through the back door", high-level open source programming languages are becoming recognized by mainstream analysts as key pieces of an effective approach to building software.

[...] The strengths of these languages derive from their open source nature, from their pragmatic approach, and from their constant evolution in response to real user needs. Ignoring them is equivalent to ignoring the hammer in your tool chest because you've just been sold a fancy screwdriver.

So, am I a programmer? Or am I a scripter? Or am I just a guy who solves problems through a broad base of experience with what a lot platforms, languages, and applications can do?

If it were up to me, I'd much rather hire someone who knew a little about a lot, and who could analyze a problem from that perspective before coming up with a solution that was centered around making the problem go away rather than using one language over the other. Of course, sometimes you need a specific type of programmer, but just as often, you don't — you really just need a problem solver.

But maybe I'm just making excuses because I don't have CS degree and I hate compiling stuff. Perhaps I'm just bitter.

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Dynamic Java

Dynamic Java 12/17/2004 06:37 PM
It’s pretty clear that dynamic languages are a hot area, maybe the hottest, in the world of software development. We need to do more to make them easily usable by people in the Java ecosystem. So on Tuesday we held a summit here at Sun, with a few of our internal Java leaders, and on the dynamic-languages side, Larry Wall and Dan Sugalski (Perl and Parrot), Guido van Rossum, Samuele Pedroni and Sean McGrath (Python), and James Strachan (Groovy). It was an educational day for us; herewith some take-aways and pictures...

Dynamic in a Flash

Dynamic in a Flash 04/13/2005 03:29 AM
Usatoday.com - Tue Apr 12, 08:11 pm GMT

Dynamic IP redirection

Dynamic IP redirection 10/30/2003 04:50 AM
Those working on the internet as webdevelopers or webdesigners more than often find the need to host webservers on their own machines to let their clients follow their work. The problem is that as the IP changes, the address they gave their clients will stop working. To solve that, several companies offer you the chance to update your dynamic IP everytime it changes allowing you to keep a static URL pointing to your working, localhost machine.

Dynamic vs Static

Dynamic vs Static 11/20/2002 12:42 PM
Phil Ringnalda proposes a "Half-baked, and a little fried" hybrid dynamic/static weblog system: While browsing through Rasmus's Tips and Tricks...

Dynamic categories

Dynamic categories 01/16/2004 11:27 AM
A while back I stopped assigning the items I post here to categories. It wasn't because I couldn't be bothered to do the categorization. Quite the contrary, I'm really interested in achieving that result, and more than willing to put some effort into it. But, although I'm generally a huge proponent of the publishing technique I call static serving of dynamically-generated pages, it increasingly seemed like the wrong way to deal with categories. ...

PerlIO-via-dynamic-0.10

PerlIO-via-dynamic-0.10 09/06/2004 10:37 AM

TZO Dynamic DNS Client v3

TZO Dynamic DNS Client v3 06/09/2004 08:47 PM
TZO uses true dynamic DNS client/server technology to fix static domain name to a dynamic IP addresses. This lets Internet users with Cable, DSL and dialup Internet connections host their own website, FTP server, mail server, game servers, or any other TCP/IP service. [Shareware $25.00 30 Days 3.5 MB]

PerlIO-via-dynamic-0.11

PerlIO-via-dynamic-0.11 09/15/2004 11:38 PM

PerlIO-via-dynamic-0.02

PerlIO-via-dynamic-0.02 02/17/2004 10:32 AM

Simple Dynamic DNS 0.2

Simple Dynamic DNS 0.2 11/11/2003 03:26 AM
A light set of scripts which provide DNS support for dynamic IPs.

Dynamic Pages

Dynamic Pages 05/12/2004 05:18 PM
WebDevInfo May 12 2004 8:18PM GMT

No dynamic XAML?

No dynamic XAML? 11/10/2003 11:11 PM

Let's assume for a moment, that XAML is HTML "done right" for rich clients (suspend disbelief if you have to).  It apparently SVG like elements, if nothing else.  It doesn't have CSS, but apparently there are other ways of solving similar problems being proposed.

Apparently, one can embed small amounts of code in the markup.  Unquestionably controversial, but often handy.  This corresponds roughly to the role that JavaScript plays in HTML... or does it?

What about Dynamic HTML?  Namely the ability to modify the rendering and content of the document on the fly?  Isn't that lost by a compile to bytecode approach?

ATI Dynamic Brancing Demo

ATI Dynamic Brancing Demo 07/02/2004 04:53 AM

Dynamic drop-down menus

Dynamic drop-down menus 07/26/2004 05:37 AM
CNET Jul 26 2004 10:23AM GMT

Pin Dynamic Instrumentation Tool 2.0

Pin Dynamic Instrumentation Tool 2.0 07/16/2004 03:27 PM
Software instrumentation of executables for Linux.

Creating Dynamic PDF and FlashPaper

Creating Dynamic PDF and FlashPaper 02/07/2005 01:56 AM
Transform ordinary web content into printable, portable documents in PDF or Macromedia FlashPaper 2 format.

How dynamic categories work

How dynamic categories work 01/22/2004 02:05 PM

In the spirit of the lightweight browser-based solution, I decided to create an equally lightweight server-based version based on Python and libxml2/libxslt. (I'm also working on a slightly heftier, but more powerful variation based on Berkeley DB XML; we'll explore that one next time.) [O'Reilly Network]

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Use a commercial domain name with a
dynamic IP

Use a commercial domain name with a
dynamic IP 06/29/2004 08:58 AM
The process below describes how to use an "always on" connection like cable or DSL to create your own server with a fully qualified domain name -- like you would purchase from a registrar (e.g. .com, .org, etc). In most cases...

Pin Dynamic Instrumentation Tool 2.0.3

Pin Dynamic Instrumentation Tool 2.0.3 08/05/2004 04:01 PM
Software instrumentation of executables for Linux.

Features: Very Dynamic Web Interfaces

Features: Very Dynamic Web Interfaces 03/14/2005 05:44 PM
Drew McLellan explains how to use XMLHTTPRequest and Javascript to create web applications with very dynamic, smooth interfaces.

Greetings from a dynamic shopping mall

Greetings from a dynamic shopping mall 05/29/2004 03:07 PM

I've always seen collections of boring postcards but always wondered where people found such random tributes to a humble gas station or burger joint. A few days ago I found this deliciously boring postcard of the Forum shopping mall in Helsinki which is described as "The dynamic, continental shopping centre in the heart of Helsinki." Wow, what's a dynamic shopping centre?! Who would send this postcard to someone and what would they say?

Darling Veronica,

Salutations from Helsinki! The shopping center is nothing like Palm Beach but they have a food court with two McDonalds! They have this shop, Merimekko, that is just like Lilly only with a bit more of the kitchen curtain appeal! They have electricity, plumbing, and FedEx! Can you believe it? I always thought Russia was filled with a bunch of people living in yurts or something and riding reindeer! What a scream! Those Japanese wireless Nokia phones sure seem popular around here, too, as everyone seems to be talking into them. Can't understand a single word they're saying though. Nothing seems to be open all night, except for the sunshine [no tanning rays :(], so we have to run and go find something to eat before everything closes. The cruise ship heads for Stockholm tomorrow, bork! bork! bork! Love to Mopsie!

XXXOOO Boopsie and Trip

Dynamic Array Library

Dynamic Array Library 01/27/2004 08:40 PM
libbuffer-0.0.1 released -- thread-safe

Pin Dynamic Instrumentation Tool 2.0.5

Pin Dynamic Instrumentation Tool 2.0.5 08/19/2004 02:50 PM
Software instrumentation of executables for Linux.

Akamai 'Zooming in' On Demand

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