Akamai buys Speedera

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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 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.

Buyout ends Akamai, Speedera feud

Buyout ends Akamai, Speedera feud 03/22/2005 03:35 PM
The news last week that Akamai Technologies had acquired Speedera Networks confirmed two things: The deal will end the companies' bitter rivalry and the content delivery market has matured out of its turbulent adolescence.

Speedera Networks Inc: Speedera and
Macromedia Announce Availability o

Speedera Networks Inc: Speedera and
Macromedia Announce Availability o 09/09/2004 09:23 AM
UK Wire Sep 9 2004 12:16PM GMT

Speedera Picked for E-commerce Site

Speedera Picked for E-commerce Site 05/14/2004 12:08 AM
theWHIR May 14 2004 4:46AM GMT

Speedera, Macromedia Add Secure Option

Speedera, Macromedia Add Secure Option 04/18/2005 06:30 PM
Web Host Industry Review Apr 18 2005 9:05PM GMT

VSNL to deploy Speedera technology

VSNL to deploy Speedera technology 09/24/2004 09:16 AM
Express Computer India Sep 24 2004 1:40PM GMT

Speedera, Macromedia Streaming Flash

Speedera, Macromedia Streaming Flash 06/08/2004 03:38 PM
theWHIR Jun 8 2004 6:45PM GMT

Macromedia, Speedera Ink Flash Streaming
Deal

Macromedia, Speedera Ink Flash Streaming
Deal 06/08/2004 02:00 PM
Macromedia Flash Video Streaming Service enables companies to deliver streaming Flash video to users on the Web across Speedera's distributed on-demand network.

Macromedia, Speedera Offer Secure Web
Video

Macromedia, Speedera Offer Secure Web
Video 04/18/2005 01:50 AM
Reuters UK Apr 18 2005 4:46AM GMT

Speedera Streaming Live Flash Video

Speedera Streaming Live Flash Video 09/10/2004 02:43 PM
theWHIR Sep 10 2004 7:13PM GMT

Macromedia and Speedera offer secure Web
video

Macromedia and Speedera offer secure Web
video 04/18/2005 01:50 AM
Reuters UK Apr 18 2005 4:55AM GMT

Macromedia, Speedera Offer Secure Web
Video (Reuters)

Macromedia, Speedera Offer Secure Web
Video (Reuters) 04/18/2005 12:14 AM
Reuters - Macromedia Inc. and Speedera Networks on Monday launched a secure delivery system for Internet video aimed at boosting pay-per-view video and other online subscription services.

Macromedia and Speedera team on Flash
video streaming

Macromedia and Speedera team on Flash
video streaming 06/08/2004 07:18 AM
Global content delivery provider Speedera Networks Inc. will deliver video clips using Macromedia Inc.'s Flash video streaming technology, under an agreement announced Monday by the companies.

In Brief: Speedera, Macromedia team on
secure content delivery

In Brief: Speedera, Macromedia team on
secure content delivery 04/18/2005 10:08 AM
Speedera Networks and Macromedia on Monday will announce the addition of secure authentication to Speedera's service for delivering Macromedia Flash video content. Speedera serves as an application host and content delivery provider. The secure video streaming option added to the service, which is called Flash Video Streaming Service powered by Speedera, provides for secure distribution of content such as ads, music, and movie trailers, Speedera and Macromedia said. Options such as such as password- or cookie-based authentication can be provided under the new arrangement.

Speedera and Macromedia Secure Flash
Video Delivery

Speedera and Macromedia Secure Flash
Video Delivery 04/19/2005 11:23 AM
WebHosting.Info Apr 19 2005 1:52PM GMT

Macromedia, Speedera deliver Flash video
streaming

Macromedia, Speedera deliver Flash video
streaming 06/09/2004 10:18 AM
DMeurope.com Jun 9 2004 2:03PM GMT

Speedera Teams with Macromedia for Flash
Video Streaming Service

Speedera Teams with Macromedia for Flash
Video Streaming Service 09/09/2004 08:31 PM
HostReview.com Sep 9 2004 11:25PM GMT

Speedera Posts Another Record Fiscal
Year, Revenue Jumps 60 Percent

Speedera Posts Another Record Fiscal
Year, Revenue Jumps 60 Percent 07/15/2004 03:18 AM
New Services Combined with New Channel Partners and Sales Offices Spur Strong Growth and Profitability [PRWEB Jul 15, 2004]

Mirror Image Internet sues Speedera
Networks for patent infringement

Mirror Image Internet sues Speedera
Networks for patent infringement 06/09/2004 09:58 PM
InternetRetailer.com Jun 10 2004 1:43AM GMT

Speedera and Macromedia Announce
Availability of New Live Version of
Flash Video Streaming Service

Speedera and Macromedia Announce
Availability of New Live Version of
Flash Video Streaming Service 09/09/2004 10:38 AM
Belga Direct Press Releases Sep 9 2004 2:10PM GMT

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 DNS issues

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

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
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Akamai Hangs Five

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

Akamai Having Problems?

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

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 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.

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.

Akamai DNS Outage Messes up Net

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

Akamai 'Zooming in' On Demand

Akamai 'Zooming in' On Demand 04/27/2004 01:19 PM
Content delivery network provider serving up zooming, re-sizing and other dynamic imaging to e-commerce customers, on demand.

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.

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

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.

Akamai says attack hyped by media

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

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.

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
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