Iran’s Firewall and Election Protests

Craig Labovitz from Security to the Core has some interesting observations on the Iranian firewall. I was most interested in what traffic isn’t filtered: While the rapidly evolving Iranian firewall has blocked web, video and most forms of interactive communication, not all Internet applications appear impacted. Interestingly, game protocols like xbox and World of Warcraft [...]

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Gun sales rising with an Obama presidency on the horizon

In “Gun Sales Thriving In Uncertain Times,” Fredrick Kunkle discusses rising gun sales in the United States with the election as yet undecided: Americans have cut back on buying cars, furniture and clothes in a tough economy, but there’s one consumer item that’s still enjoying healthy sales: guns. Purchases of firearms and ammunition have risen [...]

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