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Oct 2024
2h 53m

SN 998: The Endless Journey to IPv6 - AI...

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  • Apple proposes 45-day maximum certificate life.
  • SEC fines four companies for downplaying their SolarWinds attack severity.
  • Google adds 5 new features to Messenger including inappropriate content.
  • Does AI-driven local device-side filtering resolve the encryption dilemma forever?
  • The very nice looking "Session" messenger leaves Australia for Switzerland.
  • Another quick look at the question of the EU's software liability moves.
  • Fake North Korean employees WERE found to install backdoor malware.
  • How to speed up an SSD without using SpinRite.
  • Using ChatGPT to review and suggest improvements in code.
  • And Internet governance has been trying to move the Internet to IPv6 for the past 25 years, but the Internet just doesn't want to go. Why not? And will it ever?

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-998-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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