VPN protocols are the foundation providing a secure, encrypted connection for a virtual private network.

There’s an often-impenetrable alphabet soup of protocols, standards and technologies around the Internet of Things. Here’s our attempt to wipe away some of the fog, in the hopes of making the ...

We explain what is NTP (Network Time Protocol), and SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and they are used for.

Getting a handle on the invisible part of your network—the protocols that are in use—can be of enormous value in helping you detect problems.

The researcher behind the five critical Cisco flaws, collectively called CDPwn, talks about why Layer 2 protocols are under-researched when it comes to security vulnerabilities.

Protocol Standards The management of network protocols shall be performed by information systems administrators and network administrators to assure the efficiency, availability, and security of the ...

How does the Interledger Protocol work? The Interledger Protocol (ILPv4) lies at the heart of Interledger, defining how nodes transfer value across the network.

Aging networking protocols still employed by nearly every Internet-connected device are being abused by hackers to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.