Seminar 3/30/11: Network Latency, Tyler Mather

People are always complaining about slow internet speed, or long loading times, but there are some solutions to those problems. Quality of Service and Motion prediction are two methods that can be used to help with network latency issues. Sources: http://www.cnbc.com/id/31331241/The_Next_Generation_of_Gaming_Consoles http://androidforums.com/sprint/237405-comparison-off-all-major-3g-4g-network-speeds.html http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=27382&seqNum=3 http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/hov/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_games

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Seminar 3/9/11: IP Spoofing, Kelly Schafbuch

Internet protocol spoofing is an internet hacking technique that when used effectively can cripple internet sites. The ability to steal another machines identity and use it as your own is a task that is difficult to perform, but if successful is even harder to detect. In order to understand what happens when an IP spoofing […]

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