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    After a couple of weeks on the hot seat, VeriSign CEO Stratton Sclavos is turning up the fire on his company's most severe critics.

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    Pipe Networks' chief, Bevan Slattery, may have found his "cash-out" door from the company that helped internet service providers snub Telstra, but many of those customers are not happy that a direct competitor could now control it.

  • Pipe's submarine cable to proceed

    Pipe Networks' undersea fibre-optic cable network linking Australia to Guam and international internet backbones will go ahead, the company announced this morning.

  • Internet gridlock to occur in just two years

    The US telecoms giant AT&T has claimed that, without investment, the Internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010.

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    Internet service providers are vulnerable to a flaw in Cisco routers that could cause some Web sites and servers to become inaccessible, according to a major telecommunications company and network administrators familiar with the issue.

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    The next-generation Internet Protocol, IPv6, has been much discussed but long in coming around the world.

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    The potential acquisition of Pipe Networks by SP Telemedia has raised the question about whether vertically integrated backhaul providers will mean higher wholesale prices for ISP customers.

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    If the world's homes are to enjoy the same high speed connectivity as its offices, the current thinking goes, then fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) will soon become necessary. However, not all Internet economies were created equal.

  • Westpac phishing victim numbers drop

    Phishing complaints from Westpac customers have massively declined since the height of the hoax last year, according to the bank.

  • Mesh: The next step for wireless

    Mesh technology allows new wireless networks to be created, or existing WLANs to be extended, without needing a wired connection to each base station. Additional reading: WLAN Resource Centre

  • Hackers: Under the hood

    Mudge, Kevin Mitnick, Adrian Lamo, Jericho and Raven Alder speak to ZDNet Australia about the making of a hacker.

  • Fighting DoS attacks

    Choosing the right weapon against denial-of-service attacks is more challenging as new technologies hit the shelves. Learn how some enterprises chose solutions, and find out what tech issues came into play.

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    The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.

  • Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router

    The Linksys EtherFast Four-Port Cable/DSL Router offers small offices with a broadband Internet connection or an Ethernet backbone a simple and affordable solution to get all of their PCs interconnected and online.

  • Data centre 101

    Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.

  • Look mum, no wires!

    Deploying 802.11 wireless Ethernet can bring many benefits to most companies. Plus, it could make "you" a hero. David Berlind's own wireless experiment has left him high on Wi-Fi.

  • Sharper than your average server: 3 Blades tested

    Vendors are hyping blade servers as the latest and greatest, but do you really need them? We put blade servers from three vendors through their paces and find out what the big deal is.

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