Category: Code

2010

New Diablo Header System

Sep 09 2010

About

Ex Internet plumber, now leading a fun team of tech and business wizards at Kentik as we bring a fresh approach to visibility into infrastructure performance, availability, and security issues. We're hiring!

Contact Info

email: avi at freedman and .net
aim: avi and bgp
skype: avi and freedman
linkedin
facebook
twitter

Current Gadgets

2015 Macbook 12" *2 (N+1)
Blackberry 9900 w/ fattery
iPhone 6
Galaxy S5 w/ fattery
Ipad mini + Logitech ultrathin
2004 HPA TT R32
Devon Tread 1 and misc other timepieces

Where to find me:

CEO at Kentik Technologies
In and around SF mostly, and usually PHL, BOS, NovA, NY monthly. Eating at Fogo de Chao
Eating at Midwest Grill
Eating at Sagami
Eating at Sushi Sasabune
Eating at Craftsteak
Visiting friends at Akamai
Geeking and Biz-ing at NANOG
Geeking and Biz-ing at RIPE

Deprecated Gadgets

Blackbery Q10 (- BIS + bugs)
Ipad 3 + Logitech ultrathin +
Steampunk ipad case
HyperMac 40wh & 100wh batteries
Droid 3 + 4
Vaio X
Vaio Z (1920x1200 13")
RS6, Jeep SRT8

Old Old Press

A picture from a Forbes article, mostly about netaxs, from Dec 1995.
And the article(poorly formatted copy).
And an except from his December 1996 article.

PPTs/Tutorials

On the Weakness of Firewalls , ACM Queue
An old Multi-Homing FAQ I wrote.
A newer Multi-Homing FAQ I wrote.
Choosing an upstream provider
How to Multi-Home
BGP 101
BGP 102
Engineering robust routers

Boardwatch Articles

Stopping The Flood
Your Own Address Space
Multi-Homing With and Without BGP4
Where We Are In The "Routing Columns"
Ethel the Aardvark Goes BGP Routing
Usenet New Servers - the Simple Version
Configuring a Cisco Router, Part 1
Web Proxy Caches and BW Augment
Satellite-Based Bandwidth Augmentation
IP Space Update, Usenet, IP Filtering
DNS Servers and PI Space

Stuff I Used to Do

Started & Ran Netaxs (PHL's first ISP) (1992-1999)
Ran AboveNet Engineering (1998-1999)
VP Network, Chief Network Architect, Chief Network Scientist, Distinguished (hah) Software Engineer, Akamai (1999-2009)
CTO at ServerCentral, 2009-2014

Avi Freedman's Tech and Biz Topics

on internet plumbing, gadgets, nerd herding, and other related topics

Category: Code

2010

New Diablo Header System