In a computer network, the transmission of data is based on the routing protocol which selects the best routes between any two nodes. Different types of routing protocols are applied to specific ...

Network layer routing protocols provide the communication protocols and algorithms for determining routes to every destination and also for distributing the routing information throughout the network.

Routing protocols have far-reaching effects on the performance and reliability of your network, but sorting out the differences between them can be a challenge. Choose the best one for your network by ...

Systems Approach Last year a couple of people forwarded to me the same article on a new method of finding shortest paths in networks.… The underlying research claims to improve on the classic approach ...

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Network Engineers are always looking for new ways to gain some low-cost network testing capabilities. Few companies sufficiently fund networking labs for their networking teams to learn on prior to ...

I love new security testing tools. There is nothing quite like finding some magical bits of code allowing you to use and abuse protocols in unique and unnatural ways. I was introduced to Loki at ...