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SSL strip with http and https

I  used Wireshark to set up a wireless network.  A Cisco wireless access point has 12 access points as indicated in the IEEE 802.11a standard.  When choosing what channel to use it is possible to use Wireshark to determine how much latency time there is in a channel.  Some protocols take longer than other protocols and use the network more intensively.  A few years ago, I was using a wireless bridge at a church to connect the main building and a second building.  We were wondering why a computer could access a web page but could not access our SQL server.  We used Wireshark to determine that the SQL protocols are more intensive than web traffic.   I have played around with SSL strip and noticed that either adds or r eplaces http with https or the reverse .  For example, should a person log into Facebook with http instead of https we can get access to what they send across as their password.  The lock item appears so they be...
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Open Daylight and OpenFlow

  I came across an interesting page on EdX which talked about virtualizing network activities.  The comparison was drawn from when older computers such as IBM used to be sold, they came with an operating system produced by IBM.  Microsoft came along and produced an operating system which used a hardware abstraction layer so the same software could run on computers made by different manufacturers such as HP.  The same thing is happening with networking equipment.  It used to be that a switch used an ASIC to do certain tasks.  Like how server and storage was virtualized software defined networking defines how switches operate today.  Now with projects such as Open Daylight and OpenFlow which are open-source software.  Facebook was an early developer who made their own switches in hopes of getting the price to go down and they gave their infrastructure code to the community.  Cisco responded by coming up with App Centric Infrastructure which they hoped would stop the bleeding by...
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Financial Interests

                    F inancial Interests           Robert Wahlstedt   University of the People   BUS 5110   Dr. Tadesse   November 15 , 2021             Who might be interested in Facebook funding when investing personal data into Facebook?   How Facebook gains financial resources is important because of the cultural influence of the products. While people who post their profiles are not the clients of Facebook, their unique characteristics of their profiles should be treated with dignity .     Planning to Fund Facebook   Given these details, users should be concerned about the stream of income when deciding whether to invest their personal details into Facebook .   About a billion people log into Facebook per day .  What started as a student project at Harvard University soon engulfed many other schools ( Levy , 2020) ....
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