MXToolBox now also checks DKIM:

http://mxtoolbox.com/dkim.aspx

To use, enter your domain name follow by a colon (:), then the DKIM selector to check (e.g. default)

Example:

mydomain.com:default

A look at the throughput graph clearly showed a drop to almost zero around 12:20 UTC+2:

A temporary outage on the AMS-IX internet backbone caused an extended outage of internet traffic across Netherlands.

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Dear Tech-L subscribers,

Today Wednesday 13/05/2015 at 12:20 UTC+2 an installation engineer working on the PE under maintenance in EQUINIX AM3, while testing one of the newly installed 100GE modules, accidentally placed a loop on the ISP peering VLAN.

DETAILS:

The loop caused a high CPU on all backbone and customer modules resulting in many BGP sessions dropping.
The incident lasted 10 minutes.
BGP sessions are restoring.

The situation has normalized again.

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For my own reference, the port and LED layout of a Belgacom/Proximus B-Box 2 wireless router:

LEDs

Ports

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Found this online blacklist lookup tool. It checks even more lists than the one at mxtoolbox.com:

http://multirbl.valli.org/lookup/

To generate an SPF-record for your domain with the proper syntax, you can use the wizard at:

http://www.spfwizard.net/

To verify an SPF-record after it's in place:

http://mxtoolbox.com/spf.aspx

Read more on SPF: http://www.openspf.org/

Use these to set up mobile internet on your device:

• APN name: gprs.base.be
• Username: base
• Password: base

Read here why it is not, and why you should migrate to Joomla 2.5 as soon as possible:

http://www.itoctopus.com/is-joomla-1-5-26-still-secure

An interesting read about the "rules of engagement" (or rather, lack thereof) when dealing with Joomla websites:

http://www.itoctopus.com/10-reasons-why-your-joomla-website-got-hacked

http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

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Never unsecurely transmit passwords and other sensitive info via e-mail again. Just use One Time Secret will ensure that the sensitive information can be viewed only once. This allows for easy and secure transmission of passwords, VPN keys and the likes.

https://onetimesecret.com/

A good explanation about setting up SPF-records for domains can be found here:

http://www.openspf.org/SPF_Record_Syntax

http://www.juniper.net/us/en/company/press-center/press-releases/2010/pr_2010_11_16-09_00.html

Those looking for an easy way to implement dynamic charts in your websites, should check out Open Flash Chart.

It accepts data in JSON format, allowing an easy and uniform way to create all kinds of charts. Check out its website for more information on its features.

A lot of the server infrastructures currently located in Frankfurt will relocate to the new state-of-the-art Datadock data center in Strassbourg. This includes this website's hosting (Server4you) as well. The exact time of relocation is currently unknown, but estimates by the end of 2010.

The official site: http://www.datadock.eu/en/index.php.

(10:00): There are currently some general routing problems, affecting the majority of the customers at Belgacom. The problems started around 7am this morning. I've contacted Belgacom, and they said the problem would be resolved by 11am.
Unofficially, rumor has it that the police has raided Belgacom because of suspected fraud. Whether this has got something to do with the routing problems is unknown. More details and corrections will follow.

Update (12:00): after careful testing and a bit of a hick-up (routing between Telenet and Belgacom still gave troubles), everything seems to be in order again. Additional news about the alledged raid will follow as soon as I have more info.

A list of internet speed tests:

• Telenet: http://speedtest.telenet.be/ – uses a Flash-based test.
• EDPnet: http://speedtest.edpnet.be/ – uses http based test (web only).
• Microsoft Online: http://speedtest.microsoftonline.com/ – a Java-based test, used by Microsoft to test their quality of service to their subscribers.