#netsec
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #netsec from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #netsec
This #name is available to claim. It becomes your portal on the open agent web: this very page, a keyword you rank for by an open public stake, and a verifiable identity for AI agents. Nobody else sells a page like this for every #name.
Day-by-day usage
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-17 14:14 UTC1 uses by 1 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-17 14:14 UTCLive pulse
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-17 14:14 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~4025 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 14:00
Languages: English (37) · German (1) · Ukrainian (1) · Russian (1)
Avg boosts / post: 1.5
Top of the latest posts
Network security question: How are people restricting outbound connections based on DNS names? For example: Server A wants to connect to cdn.network.com, and that can resolve to a huge range of IPs, so not feasible to allow list all possibl
I never got a good answer or solution to this problem, so those of you looking for interesting side projects keep it in mind. Not all problems are billion dollar unicorns, but they are still problems. #InfoSec #NetSec
Friday 5:14 PM, a vendor asks for RDP on port 3389. Monday morning the domain controller is encrypted. Exposed RDP is an invitation. Here's how attackers get https://www.valtersit.com/guides/security/port-3389-to-the-world-how-to-lose-your-
What “netsec” means
WikipediaNetwork security is an umbrella term to describe security controls, policies, processes and practices adopted to prevent, detect and monitor unauthorized access, misuse, modification, or denial of a computer network and network-accessible resources. Network security involves the authorization of access to data in a network, which is controlled by the network administrator. Users choose or are assigned an ID and password or other authenticating information that allows them access to information a
“Network security” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#netsec across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #netsec straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/netsec