Sat.Sep 28, 2013 - Fri.Oct 04, 2013

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Back-to-Basics Weekend Reading - Tor: The Second-Generation Onion Router

All Things Distributed

'The anonymity routing network Tor is frequently in the news these days, which makes it a good case to read up on the fascinating technologies behind it. Tor stands for The Onion Router as its technology is based on the onion routing principles. These principles were first described by Goldschlag, et al., from the Naval Research Lab, in their 1996 paper on Hiding Routing Information.

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The Management Revolution that Never Happened

The Agile Manager

In the 1980s, it seemed we were on the cusp of a revolution in management. American business exited the 1970s in terrible shape. Bureaucracy was discredited. Technocracy was, too: "best practice" was derived from people performing narrowly defined tasks in rigid processes that yielded poor quality products at a high cost. There was a call for more employee participation, engagement, and trust.

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Fear, Uncertainty and “Desperation”

All Things Distributed

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