Benjojo - Ben Cartwright-Cox

@ben_cartwright_cox@robot.villas

Ben Cartwright-Cox on internet routing, networking, security, hardware, and unusual computing experiments.

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How far can you go with IX Route Servers only? #Networking #Internet #Routing
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Mar 12, 2026
Some interesting stuff I found on IX LANs #Networking #Internet #Security
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Sep 25, 2025
Picking uncontested private IP subnets with usage data #Networking #IPAddress #Security
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Jun 5, 2025
BGP handling bug causes widespread internet routing instability #BGP #Networking #Security
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May 27, 2025
Building Ultra Long Range TOSLINK #Hardware #Networking #Experiment
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Jan 7, 2025
The "simple" 38 step journey to getting an RFC #Networking #RFC #Internet
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Dec 5, 2024
Flexing the Windows RRAS BGP implementation #Networking #BGP #Windows
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Sep 26, 2024
Better IX network quality monitoring #Networking #Internet #Tech
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Aug 22, 2024
Reclaiming IPv4 Class E's 240.0.0.0/4 #Networking #Internet #IPv4
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May 27, 2024
Sysadmin friendly high speed ethernet switching #Networking #Hardware #Sysadmin
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Apr 18, 2024
Signed but not secure #Security #Networking #Internet
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Mar 21, 2024
Appreciation of automated IX Quarantine LAN testing #Networking #Security #Hardware
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Feb 1, 2024
Where is all of the fediverse? #Fediverse #Networking #OpenSource
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Jan 12, 2024
The browsers biggest TLS mistake #Security #Networking #WebTech
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Jan 7, 2024
Grave flaws in BGP Error handling #Networking #BGP #Security
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Aug 29, 2023
Driver adventures for a 1999 webcam #Hardware #RetroTech #OpenSource
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Apr 28, 2023
Going multipath without Multipath TCP #Networking #Tech #OpenSource
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Feb 24, 2022
Who is squatting IPv4 addresses? #Networking #Security #Tech
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Feb 17, 2022
LTO Tape data storage for Linux nerds #Storage #Linux #Tech
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Jan 27, 2022
Ghost in the ethernet optic #Networking #Hardware #Security
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Jan 13, 2022
One of these JPEGs is not like the other #ImageProcessing #ComputerScience #DataAnalysis
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Nov 19, 2021
Imaging mounted disk volumes under duress #ComputerForensics #DataAcquisition #SecurityResearch
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Sep 20, 2021
Hunting down the stuck BGP routes #Networking #BGP #Security
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Apr 21, 2021
Splitting the ping #Networking #Tech #Internet
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Mar 1, 2021
Hacking Ethernet out of Fibre Channel cards #Networking #Hardware #Security
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Sep 9, 2020
Stressing the network when it's already down #Networking #Internet #Security
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Apr 30, 2020
How 1500 bytes became the MTU of the internet #Networking #Internet #Tech
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Feb 19, 2020
Writing userspace USB drivers for abandoned devices #Hardware #OpenSource #Tech
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Nov 17, 2019
You cannot cURL under pressure #Networking #Security #Tech
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Oct 12, 2019
The year of RPKI on the control plane #Networking #Security #RPKI
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Sep 9, 2019
Teaching a cheap ethernet switch new tricks #Networking #Hardware #Hacking
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Jun 13, 2019
The speed of BGP network propagation #Networking #BGP #Internet
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May 4, 2019
What would a EvE online Internet look like? #Gaming #Networking #Internet
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Feb 3, 2019
A dive into the world of MS-DOS viruses #RetroComputing #Malware #History
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Jan 4, 2019
The state of RPKI: Q4 2018 #Networking #Security #RPKI
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Dec 20, 2018
From VNC to reverse shell #Security #Networking #Hacking
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Sep 23, 2018
Are BGPs security features working yet? #Networking #Security #BGP
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Sep 10, 2018
Building telemetry for tea aka Tealemetry #IoT #Hardware #DIY
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Aug 6, 2018
The death of a TLD #Tech #Internet #DomainNames
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Jul 26, 2018
Calling the world cup goals 5 seconds before they happen #Tech #Networking #Broadcasting
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Jul 10, 2018