In order to further improve the security of accessing NorNet Core resources, SSHFP resource records (RFC 4255, RFC 6594, RFC 7479) are now provided by the NorNet DNS servers. Particularly, this means that the DNS entry for the gatekeeper server Continue reading New security feature for NorNet Core: SSHFP RRs in the DNS
Yesterday, the research node kernels have been updated: Linux kernel: v4.1.24 (before: v4.1.10) Linux MPTCP: v0.91 (before: v0.90) Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN), according to RFC 3168 and RFC 6040, is enabled by default (i.e. net.ipv4.tcp_ecn=1). The update particularly fixes some Continue reading Kernel and MPTCP Update
A happy 17th of May (Constitution Day) to the NorNet users in Norway!
The new NorNet Edge report, with interesting measurement results from the Norwegian mobile broadband networks, is now available for download: Norske mobilnett i 2015 – Tilstandsrapport fra Centre for Resilient Networks and Applications (in Norwegian language).
Today, a major upgrade of the PLC-managed research nodes has been started. While the former installation was still based on the old Fedora Core 18 (F18) Linux distribution, the upgrade brings lots of new possibilities: State-of-the-art Fedora Core 23 (F23) Continue reading Big NorNet Research Node Upgrade
Due to software maintenance, the PLC-managed research nodes, as well as some further services, will be down on Wednesday, April 6 and early Friday, April 8! The maintenance will include: PLC upgrade. The PLC’s TLS certificate will also change. Distribution upgrade from Continue reading Scheduled Maintenance Downtime
The presentation slides of today’s NorNet presentation and tutorial at the Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW Hamburg) are now available for download: Dreibholz, Thomas: «An Experiment Tutorial for the NorNet Core Testbed at HAW Hamburg» (PDF, 4134 KiB), Tutorial at Continue reading Presentation and Tutorial Slides of the HAW Hamburg Workshop available
The NorNet presentation at the Communication and Distributed Systems (CADS) group of the Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW Hamburg) will be held on next Tuesday (March 22, 2016)! Guest are welcome! «TechTalk on NorNet» (presentation and practical tutorial): Date: Continue reading NorNet@HAW Hamburg on Tuesday, March 22
As part of last week’s updates of the NorNet Core software installation, most host machines are now running Linux’s Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM), replacing the former VirtualBox installations. Unlike VirtualBox, which is an external software package requiring its own kernel Continue reading NorNet Core goes KVM
Recently, Hainan University‘s student Arnold Jerry Tchamnda Njikam from Douala, Cameroon has acquired his Master of Computer Science degree for his thesis «Study of Multi-Path Transmission Performance based on NS-2». During his studies, he also worked with the NorNet Core Continue reading New Master Graduate at Hainan University
