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Openfactory GmbH expands network presence to the Green Datacenter

We have activated a new point of presence inside the Green Datacenter and connected it directly to the Openfactory backbone with the ASN 58299 and 49192. This POP is intended for customers who are looking for services in a Swiss data center environment while still being part of the same routed platform as our other locations across Europe. Available services from this location:– IP Transit & IP Access– Colocation– Virtual Private Servers– Private networks– Layer 2 transport across Europe into the Green Datacenter– Access to CH-IX The design is identical to our existing infrastructure. Customers can extend existing networks, announce

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Disobey 2026

Between Friday and Saturday I attended together with my colleague Jori (you might know him doing your RIPE Sponsorship tickets or tunnels) the craziest and biggest cybersecurity conference in Helsinki, called Disobey.fi — which has now grown to over 2500 attendees. I started coming here in 2018, when it was still at its previous location Kattilahalli, before it moved to Kaapelitehdas. That first year I joined the volunteers and tried to help around a bit, while it was only my second time ever being in Finland. Over the years I tried to stay with the volunteering while the organisation grew

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Workshop in Finland – OSINT from the perspective of an ISP

We are announcing our next workshop in cooperation with Turkusec.fi: Date: 15.04.2022Time: 18:30Venue: Hub TurkuAddress: Nunnankatu 4 Learn to use the common tools that ISPs are using, to find out as much as they can about a Random IP Address, or an ISP. During the workshop we will cover the following tools and techniques RIR databases Routing Traceroutes WHOIS BGP announcements Reverse DNS Reverse zone delegations Vuln databases Webservers in the same network Requirement: Laptops Due to space limitations, 10 people, we kindly ask you to register: https://forms.gle/WTeKjp3HmrAikT6b6

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You can now visit us in our newly opened office in Turku Finland!

Openfactory is looking forward to becoming part of the Turku culture and community.As part of our endeavour to engage with local entrepreneurs and interested people, we are proud to host a @turkusec workshop at @hubturku in our office today at 18:30 EETDuring this workshop, we will be playing with Wireguard VPN on some Mikrotik router, getting these to work together. There are a number of routers here for us to show real world examples.This workshop is limited to 10 spaces, we still have a few left, get in touch or register here: https://forms.gle/TiF4g7dz8kVc4vJ19Make sure to bring your laptop.This event will

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Connectivity & Community

Connectivity is not just about cables, modems and switches. Being well connected is just as much about community as it is about fibre and data centres. People are just as important. In fact the people are what makes the difference. Having good relationships with your vendors and customers is a large element in our shared success story. Connectivity is about community (spirit) It is about caring for what you do. It is about sharing your experience and know how. This community spirit is one of our drivers for organizing the bi-weekly after work event, known as virtual beering, although having

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