Tee Emm’s Window to Pakistan
In my post earlier this month about spam prevention and education, I mentioned a talk that “Tee Emm” of Supernet gave about Greylisting. […]
Author: Ahmed
The (mal)practice of forwarding chain mails
I just sent a relatively harsh reply to a friend who had forwarded me a chain letter (the one about xyz company paying the […]
Happy Birthday Pakistan
It’s 14th August, Pakistan’s independance day. The mood everywhere is one of partying and celebration. All prominent buildings in Islamabad are covered […]
What flying was like in the 1960s
Someone (I think Stuart) sent in this nice piece on flying in the 60s. I’m quoting some interesting facts below, together with my […]
McDonalds arrives in Rawalpindi
I’ve been hearing rumors of a McDonalds opening here in Islamabad/Rawalpindi for more than 3 years now. Every once in a while, […]
A different Karachi
I’m back in Islamabad. Got here yesterday morning and thankfully the PIA flight was on time despite the unrelenting rain. Though I’ve […]
Recursive DNS attacks
Zaeem Arshad gave an insightful presentation on the hazards of running open DNS servers. He talked extensively about how these can easily […]
Spam prevention and education
One of the interesting topics under discussion here at SANOG was how to stop spam and spammers. Champika Wijayatunga from APNIC did […]
The phone that was broken
In a recent fit of rage (don’t ask why), I bombed both of my phones onto the hard cemented floor of my […]
SANOG 8
I’m at SANOG 8’s second day. Listening to Zaeem’s talk about recursive DNS attacks. Am learning some very interesting and good stuff. […]