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Security with Block Chain Technology: Part 3 Security by Design | Researching in Smart Contracts- Block Chain If you are a block chain enthusiast, user, miner or any person involved with the usage of block chain, you will know about Smart Contracts. For people who are new to it, let’s state in simple lines about Smart Contracts: What are smart contracts? Smart contracts are part of executable code that automatically runs on the block chain model to execute agreement presets between multiple parties involved in the transaction. Smart contracts allow the performance of credible transactions without third parties. These transactions are trackable and irreversible. Implementation relies on- Byzantine fault-tolerant  algorithms which allows digital security through decentralization to form smart contracts. Notable examples of implementation of smart contracts include the following: ·          Bitcoin   ·   ...

A walk down Telecom Security Testing on IP TVs: What is IP TV? IPTV is one of the emerging technologies that provides IP-based digital TV, video-on-demand, and streaming services over the Ethernet. A more enhancement over IP TV is the “Fiber to the Home” (FTTx) and “Local Loop Unbundling” (LLU) enhancement. Most of the service providers offers this as a package which is referred to as triple play services including (Data, Voice and IPTV). The feature is served to home connections over a single broadband transmission medium. On a quick note, it is useful to note the classification of IPTV services in the four broad types: ·          Live television / live media - With/without related interactivity ·          Time-shifted  media : C atch-up TV  (which allows replaying a TV show, start-over TV (replays the current TV show from its beginning); ·       ...