SELECTED WORK
Infrastructure, writing
and contributions.
Projects I lead, technical contributions and published perspectives, with links to the original coverage.
Gcore’s global private backbone
Gcore — I lead the backbone initiative, designed the network and procured its connectivity. My article explains the backbone’s footprint and traffic engineering across three continents.
↗DISCOVERY AND INITIAL REPORT · MAY 2019WS-Discovery DDoS amplification in the wild
ZDNet — Identified WS-Discovery being used in real DDoS amplification attacks and reported the findings directly to ZDNet. The coverage describes the first reported large-scale attacks, ahead of the later activity discussed by ZeroBS.
↗INDEPENDENT COVERAGE · WS-DISCOVERYEarly WS-Discovery campaign discovery
Trend Micro — Credits Tucker Preston with discovering the first WS-Discovery DDoS campaign in May 2019 and distinguishes it from later activity reported by ZeroBS.
↗EXPERT COMMENTARY · 2019Carpet-bombing DDoS attacks against ISPs
ZDNet — Technical commentary on attacks spread across an ISP’s address space, the challenges for network defenses and approaches to mitigation.
↗AUTHORED ARTICLE · GCORE-SPONSOREDWhy Is IPv6 Adoption Slow?
The New Stack — An authored technical article on IPv6 adoption. Gcore sponsorship is disclosed by the publication.
↗TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION · AUGUST 2019WS-Discovery amplification and mitigation
ZeroBS — The report credits assistance evaluating amplification factors and mitigation techniques.
↗ATTRIBUTED OBSERVATION · 2017Exposed modem management ports
BleepingComputer — The report cites an observation about changes in exposed port 7547 devices. The contribution is the technical observation, not the attack described in the article.
↗EMPLOYER INTERVIEW · OCTOBER 2024Trends and directions in the CDN industry
Gcore — An interview about CDN industry developments, connectivity and infrastructure.
↗INDEPENDENT COMMENTARY · FEBRUARY 2025AI, automation and networking at NANOG 93
HostingAdvice — A quotation about attendance and AI infrastructure. This item records professional commentary, not a conference speaking slot.
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