China-linked threat actors have installed “sleeper cells” in telecom networks as part of sustained espionage campaigns, ...

AnyWare handles both standard or custom protocols for hardware or software. Whether implemented in hardware or software, network protocol stacks are complex structures. As such, most are purchased ...

It used to be that if you used one particular vendor’s automation products or sensors, you were locked in forever. With today ...

Multiparty Session Types (MPST) provide a rigorous formalism for specifying and verifying the correctness of communications in distributed systems. Rooted in the notion of behavioural types, MPST ...

Once again, too many standards are vying for dominance in solving a relatively simple problem. The IT industry needs to break this counterproductive pattern. You know the routine: The IT industry, ...

Do we really need new network protocols? The short answer is yes. Sure, the existing set of network protocols have worked surprisingly well, and attempts at improving them have frequently resulted in ...

Network protocols are formal standards and policies consisting of rules, procedures, and formats that define how data is exchanged over networks. They ensure that devices can communicate effectively, ...

Profinet, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, CC-Link, Mudbus, OPC UA are common in industrial automation. SNMP, REST, SMTP, POP, HTTP, FTP, ODBC, OLE-DB and OPC UA (again) are protocols common in the IT space.

Jini—Network Service Location Embedded network devices use infrastructures, like Sun's Jini, to locate network-based services. Jini thrives because most embedded devices support Java. Gateways provide ...