Network Break 301: Samsung Dials Up A 5G Contract; Broadcom Announces Fast, Power-Efficient New Jericho Chip - a podcast by Packet Pushers Interactive, LLC

Take a Network Break! We start with an FU from a previous episode on CDNs and serverless, and then dive into the news.

Samsung signs a multi-billion dollar contract to provide 5G gear and services to Verizon, Broadcom announces a new version of its Jericho ASIC that promises performance and power efficiency, and a rash of DDoS attacks in Europe show that this tried-and-true criminal tool isn’t going away.

DNS Flag Day 2020 is fast approaching, a new study says most Zoom bombing is facilitated by insiders, the Blurtooth vulnerability is causing aches in Bluetooth, and Equinix grapples with a ransomware attack.

Links to all these stories are below.

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Show Links:

Samsung’s Massive Verizon 5G Contract Spells Doom for Nokia – SDX Central

Is Samsung’s star rising in the West as Huawei’s fades? – MobileEurope

Samsung Wins $6.6 Billion 5G Verizon Deal as Huawei Stumbles – Bloomberg

Verizon Wireless Selects Samsung LTE Solutions for Indoor Use – Samsung Business Global (from 2014)

Public Disclosures – Samsung Global

Broadcom Samples Industry’s Highest-Performing Routing Chip at 14.4 Terabits per Second – Broadcom

Broadcom Unveils Industry’s First Gen 7 64Gb/s Fibre Channel Switching Platforms Enabling an Autonomous SAN – Broadcom

Broadcom Next-Gen Jericho Chip Gains Speed, Security – SDxCentral

European ISPs report mysterious wave of DDoS attacks – ZDNet

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