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Episode 404: Bert Hubert on DNS Security

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Episode 404: Bert Hubert on DNS Security

Bert Hubert, author of the open source PowerDNS nameserver discusses DNS security and all aspects of the Domain Name System with its flaws and history. Host Gavin Henry spoke with Hubert about what DNS is, DNS history, DNS attacks, DNS flaws, DNS privacy, DNS Encryption, DNS integrity, how DNS is used against your privacy, how […]

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SE-Radio Episode 277: Gil Tene on Tail Latency

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SE-Radio Episode 277: Gil Tene on Tail Latency

Gil Tene joins Robert Blumen for a discussion of tail latency. What is latency? What is “tail latency”? Why are the upper percentiles of latency more relevant to humans? How is human interaction with an application influenced by tail latency? What are the economics of tail latency? What are the origins of tail latency within […]

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SE-Radio Episode 233: Fangjin Yang on OLAP and the Druid Real-Time Analytical Data Store

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SE-Radio Episode 233: Fangjin Yang on OLAP and the Druid Real-Time Analytical Data Store

Fangjin Yang, creator of the Druid real-time analytical database, talks with Robert Blumen. They discuss the OLAP (online analytical processing) domain, OLAP concepts (hypercube, dimension, metric, and pivot), types of OLAP queries (roll-up, drill-down, and slicing and dicing), use cases for OLAP by organizations, the OLAP store’s position in the enterprise workflow, what “real time” […]

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