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Is there an RFC for hashtags?

Categories: Announcement
Tags: twitter
On May 24, Steve McCanne, Loris Degioanni and I will answer questions sent to us on Twitter via #packetcap. We’ve given talks about the origins of tcpdump, BPF, WinPcap, and Wireshark live but this is the first time we’ll do so remotely and capped at a 140-byte MTU. It should be fun and informative and I hope you’ll join us. Full details on the Riverbed blog.

Should Sunlight Be Streaming In Like That?

Categories: Uncategorized
Tags: rambling

Two days ago my daughter and I were flying home from vacation when a hole tore open in our plane’s roof. The oxygen masks dropped down and we had to make an emergency landing and everything. Luckily the rest of the plane held together and we were able to land quickly.

How To Read IPv6 Addresses

Categories: Info Protocols
Tags: ipv6 rambling

A common complaint about IPv6 is that addresses are “hard to read”. If you’ve been in the networking world any length of time IPv4’s dotted quad is most likely seared into your brain and clumps of hexadecimal digits of varying lengths can can be hard to wrap your head around. However, those clumps can provide useful information.

Below I’ll go over some of the address types I’ve seen and show you what information they provide.