Network Break 274: Let’s Encrypt Revokes Millions Of Certificates; Microsoft Pitches SMB Over QUIC

Take a Network Break! Let’s Encrypt revokes millions of digital certificates due to a bug that failed to validate domain ownership, Microsoft floats the idea of running SMB over QUIC, and Cisco and Google extend free trials of conferencing tools in the face of COVID-19. Microsoft will pay hourly campus workers their full salary during work slowdowns, the county of Santa Clara asks big tech companies to postpone or cancel public events and cancel public travel*, and Verizon gets 800Gbps on a single wavelength on a fiber optic network. Mellanox acquires Titan IC, a privately held company that makes acceleration hardware; Chinese holding company Geely plans to launch its own satellite network for self-driving cars, Cumulus announces an Ansible-based automated configuration and deployment tool, and HPE announces its Q1 2020 financial results. Get links to all these stories below. *At the time of recording, the SXSW festival was still scheduled to take place. It has since been canceled. Sponsor: ThousandEyes ThousandEyes gives you performance visibility from every user to every app over any network, both internal and external, so you can migrate to the cloud, troubleshoot faster and deliver exceptional user experiences. Sign up for a free account at thousandeyes.com/packetpushers and choose a free ThousandEyes t-shirt. Tech Bytes: ThousandEyes Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with ThousandEyes about getting performance visibility all the way to user devices with its end point agent, which measures device performance with real-time application session data or synthetic transactions. Get a 90-day free trial of end user monitoring at thousandeyes.com/remote. Show Links: Let’s Encrypt Revoking 3 Million TLS Certificates Issued Incorrectly Due to a Bug – Hacker News Revoking certain certificates on March 4 – Let’s Encrypt 2020.02.29 CAA Rechecking Bug – Incidents – Let’s Encrypt Community Support Check whether a host’s certificate needs replacement – Let’s Encrypt SMB over QUIC: Files Without the VPN – Microsoft Helping businesses and schools stay connected in response to Coronavirus – Google Supporting customers during this unprecedented time – Cisco Webex As we work to protect public health, we also need to protect the income of hourly workers who support our campus – Microsoft Atmosphere – Aruba Network...