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From AOL to TikTok dummies

From Eternal September to TikTok: The Wild Ride of Internet Culture

The Internet hasn’t always been infinite scroll, viral dances, and “Like & Subscribe” buttons. Long before TikTok trends and meme culture took over our screens, the Internet was more like a weird digital clubhouse where only a few nerds hung out. It was slow, text-based, and full of strange etiquette rules. But everything changed in the fall of 1993 – and the Internet’s never really slowed down since.

From ARPANET to AOL dummies

The History of the Internet: From ARPANET to the Eternal September

The internet as we know it – the vast, interconnected network of computers and digital resources that has transformed nearly every aspect of modern life – did not emerge all at once. Instead, it developed through decades of innovation, experimentation, and collaboration among governments, academic researchers, and private entities. This article traces the history of the internet from its genesis in the 1960s ARPANET project to the early 1990s, culminating in an event known to early internet users as the “Eternal September.”

IRC or Internet Relay Chat

A summary of the history of IRC (Internet Relay Chat)

IRC, or Internet Relay Chat, is one of the oldest real-time Internet communication systems. It was created in 1988 by Jarkko Oikarinen, a Finnish developer working at the University of Oulu. Oikarinen developed IRC to replace an existing communications program called MUT (MultiUser Talk) on the university’s BBS (Bulletin Board System) called OuluBox.

BGP als Königs-Routingprotokoll

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) in der aktuellen Version 4 (BGP-4) wird oft als das “Königsprotokoll” des Routings bezeichnet, insbesondere im Bereich der Internet Service Provider (ISP) und großer Rechenzentren. Es ist das zentrale Protokoll für das Routing zwischen autonomen Systemen (AS) im globalen Internet und ermöglicht es Netzwerken, sich miteinander zu verbinden und Daten effizient über verschiedene Pfade zu transportieren.

Verschiedene OSS VPNs

Es gibt verschiedene offene und Open-Source VPN-Protokolle und Tunneltechnologien, die auch unterschiedliche Eigenschaften, Sicherheit und Einsatzzwecke haben. Ich beschreibe hier die Unterschiede zwischen OpenVPN (mit CA und static keys), WireGuard, IPsec, OpenConnect (SSL VPN), PPtP, IPsec über L2TP usw. sowie L2TP, IPIP und GRE (alles Tunnel) halbwegs detailiert um eine grobe Übersicht der Möglichkeiten zu haben.