Although there are no definitive standards for common field length validations, we can come close using governmental standards, ISO recommendations, and database best practices based on maximum known values. Below are common database fields along with their maximum recommended allowable length and data type.
Category: Technology
Well, that didn’t last long – DDoS record broken again with 990Gbps flood
Security researcher Brian Krebs’ website hit with largest ever DDoS attack – 665 Gbps!
Security researcher Brian Krebs of KrebsOnSecurity reported today that his site was hit with a walloping 665 Gbps DDoS attack. The attack included SYN and HTTP floods and peaked at 153 Mpps (million packets per second). Krebs’ site remained online, the attack mitigated by Akami’s DDoS protection service.
How to tell if you’re on a government watchlist (and how to get on and off the wild ride)
The Cannonball Run transcontinental race – Yes, you can drive from New York to LA in under 29 hours.
They broke laws in 13 states and 93 counties, reaching speeds of 160 mph, on a 2,683-mile trip from New York to Los Angeles. The jaunt should realistically take over 41 hours – they did in under 29 driving an innocuous looking Mercedes that was decked out with more gear than a Oklahoma stormchaser’s rig.
Calm down everyone – Samsung’s not going to make you send your Note 7 back for repairs.
The Samsung Note 7 battery problem is indeed a major blow but not unheard of. Samsung will recover and in fact, there are already rumors they’ve ramped up customer service to save face. Still, with Apple’s new iPhone 7 coming out in mere weeks, the battery grenade problem couldn’t have happened at a more inopportune…
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) – how to create a Linux hacking toolkit that runs on Windows 10
Poodlecorp DDoS attack brings down Blizzard’s battle.net servers
Computer programming is a foundational skill that lets future generations do things with information we can hardly dream of
We live in a world filled with information. This has always been true but today, the tools exist for all of us to see and use that information. Coding and computer programming are the foundational skills that will let future generations do things with the information around us that we can hardly dream of. We…
Meet the new Atlas robot and see how well it reacts to bullying
Atlas is a humanoid robot made by Boston Dynamics (the makers of the ever-popular BigDog military robot). Atlas can walk on two legs and use its “arms” to lift, carry, and climb (and maybe one day, fight back against robot bullies). Atlas is even sophisticated enough to adjust and navigate through tight, cluttered places.








