Computerworld Vertical IT

OCTOBER 11, 2021

While there are a lot of good things in Windows 11 (such as building blocks for better security, especially when connecting to cloud services) the new operating system carries a hardware price tag: Most of us will need to buy our way into a new computer to run Windows 11. To read this article in full, please click here

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Windows Operating Systems Hardware Cloud 98

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2024

Networking This article on running WireGuard in Docker may prove useful if that’s an approach I decide to adopt for my AWS lab infrastructure. Servers/Hardware Alex Ellis provides some details on his workflow for booting Raspberry Pi 5 from NVMe. Security Rory McCune shares some information about a change in kubeadm version 1.29

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Open Source Resources Hardware Network 90

Scott Lowe

MAY 31, 2024

Security Matt Moore, CTO of Chainguard, goes into some detail on how Chainguard intends to honor the principles behind the CISA’s Secure by Design pledge. From my reading of the article, the greatest concern lies with untrusted networks where an attacker could manipulate things in their favor. Because…why not ?

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Linux Network CTO Operating Systems 60

Network World

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

You may have heard that Microsoft has made Windows 10 more secure than any of its predecessors, packing it with security goodies. What you might not know is that some of these vaunted security features aren’t available out of the box or they require additional hardware -- you may not be getting the level of security you bargained for.

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Windows Security Hardware Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 15, 2024

This Tech Short Take is a bit heavy on security-related links, but there’s still some additional content in a number of other areas, so you should be able to find something useful—or at least interesting—in here. Servers/Hardware Menno Finlay-Smits shares information on reducing fan noise on Intel NUCs.

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Linux Vmware Load Balancer Malware 107

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. As Alec shares in the article, it turns out that adding Tor to a “standard” DoH configuration doesn’t significantly impact performance (as measured by latency). Servers/Hardware. Networking.

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IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 97

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

Well, you’ll have to read the whole article to find out for sure, but I have links to articles on…well, lots of different topics! DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. Alex Neihaus provides readers with a walkthrough for adding BGP routes to AWS security groups.

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Linux Storage Virtualization Hardware 90

Scott Lowe

APRIL 7, 2023

Links to the previous three posts are embedded in the article. Servers/Hardware Manoj Kumar provides a beginner’s guide to Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Security GitHub recently had to change their RSA SSH host key ; be sure to check out the details. This article provides a comparison of Apache APISIX 3.0

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Applications Comparison Cloud Operating Systems 97

CTOvision

AUGUST 15, 2016

The Company also designs and sells hardware, and delivers online advertising to the customers. The Company operates in five segments: Devices and Consumer (D&C) Licensing, D&C Hardware, D&C Other, Commercial Licensing, and Commercial Other. Related articles. What Is Microsoft HoloLens?

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Microsoft Enterprise Enterprise Licensing 150

Phil Windley

MARCH 27, 2023

This article is adapted from Chapter 12 of my new book Learning Digital Identity from O'Reilly Media. She's a security expert and focused many of her remarks on the relative security of different multi-factor authentication (MFA) techniques, a topic I cover in my book as well. This is how they work. and try them for yourself.

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Authentication Security Transportation Web Services 40

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

I’ve got another collection of links to articles on networking, security, cloud, programming, and career development—hopefully you find something useful! Servers/Hardware What do you think of the ThinkPhone ? Security Adrian Mouat reviews some of the security-focused changes in Go 1.20.

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Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. As Alec shares in the article, it turns out that adding Tor to a “standard” DoH configuration doesn’t significantly impact performance (as measured by latency). Servers/Hardware. Networking.

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IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

This time around, my list of links and articles is a tad skewed toward cloud computing/cloud management, but I’ve still managed to pull together some links on other topics that readers will hopefully find useful. Lucky for you there’s a link to an article about it below. Servers/Hardware. You didn’t?

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Cloud Tools Applications Policies 87

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In any case, I’ve spent the last month collecting links to articles and tutorials from around the web on all the various technologies that us IT folk are likely to encounter in our day-to-day adventures. Servers/Hardware. Looks like some significant bandwidth increases could be on the horizon; see this article for more details.

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Open Source Apple Vmware Cloud 79

Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

I mean, don’t you want to spend this weekend catching up on some technology-related articles instead of cooking on the grill and gathering with friends and family? Still, for those who need a little technology fix over the weekend, hopefully I’ve included something useful in the list of articles below. Servers/Hardware.

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Virtualization Storage Network Programming 79

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

I have a few more links than normal this time around, although I didn’t find articles in a couple categories. Don’t worry—I’ll keep my eyes peeled and my RSS reader ready to pull in new articles in those categories for next time. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Load Balancer Linux Intel Cloud 90

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This is a slightly older article (from January of this year) in which Josh Saul of Hedgehog pays homage to the achievements of Cumulus Networks in the open networking movement. Security Michael Tsai weighs in on the Microsoft signing key that was stolen, sharing several links with commentary on this matter. What about preventing it?

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Vmware Network Hardware Cloud 74

Network World

APRIL 5, 2017

A critical vulnerability in the widely used Xen hypervisor allows attackers to break out of a guest operating system running inside a virtual machine and access the host system's entire memory. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here The new vulnerability affects Xen 4.8.x, x, and 4.4.x

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Virtualization Operating Systems Open Source Data Center 60

CTOvision

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Napatech is the world’s leading supplier of accelerators for network security applications. Use the latest standard servers whatever their architecture and operating systems – unleash their full capabilities. Investment protection of your software by allowing you to keep your hardware current. Related articles.

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Applications CTO Network Operating Systems 254

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

This article contains some good information on IPv6 for those who are just starting to get more familiar with it, although toward the end it turns into a bit of an advertisement. Servers/Hardware. Cabling is hardware, right? Fatima Silveira has a good article on using the Kubernetes Horizontal Pod Autoscaler. Networking.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2021

This is the last Technology Short Take of 2021, so hopefully I’ll close the year out “with a bang” with this collection of links and articles on various technology areas. Servers/Hardware. Aqua Security has a write-up on some of their analysis here. I found this article on NSO/Pegasus a very interesting read.

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Open Source Virtualization Applications Security 94

Network World

MAY 3, 2017

The Xen Project has fixed three vulnerabilities in its widely used hypervisor that could allow operating systems running inside virtual machines to access the memory of the host systems, breaking the critical security layer among them. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Data Center Operating Systems Virtualization Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2023

If you’re new to this site, the Technology Short Takes are essentially “link lists”—I collect links and articles about various technologies and I share them about every 3-4 weeks (sometimes more frequently). Servers/Hardware. Get more details in this article. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Network Vmware Cloud Operating Systems 74

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

The collection of links shared below covers a fairly wide range of topics, from old Sun hardware to working with serverless frameworks in the public cloud. Servers/Hardware. John Gruber’s post on “Secure Intent” on Apple devices was, for me at least, an informative read. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Hardware Load Balancer Apple 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Thanks to this article , that oversight is now corrected. Oh, and the article shares a handy Python script to help implement bogon filtering in NSX-T. In truth, the answer is exactly as Ivan says at the top of the article: when it comes to migrating container hosts, you don’t. Servers/Hardware. Seriously.).

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Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79

Scott Lowe

APRIL 29, 2022

My link of links and articles from around the Internet is a bit light on networking and virtualization this time around, but heftier in the security, cloud, and OS/application sections. Servers/Hardware. GitHub recently shared details on a Git security vulnerability. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 74

Linux Storage Programming Applications 74

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I never found the root cause, but we did find a workaround; however, along the way, someone shared this article with me. Servers/Hardware. Dan Lorenc’s article on policy and attestations does a great job of covering key concepts like signatures, attestations, and provenance. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Network World

JANUARY 4, 2017

The China-based electronics company recently acquired rights to design, manufacture and sell smartphones under the BlackBerry name with BlackBerry's security and service software installed. The deal puts TCL in the driver's seat on hardware and the first phone under the new deal was previewed on Wednesday.

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Apple Sports Operating Systems Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 15, 2021

The content this time around seems to be a bit more security-focused, but I’ve still managed to include a few links in other areas. This article by Joshua Fox outlines how and when to use each of the various types of firewalls offered by AWS. Servers/Hardware. More details are available in this article. Networking.

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Linux Firewall Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Here’s another collection of articles and blog posts about some of the common technologies that modern IT professionals will typically encounter. Brian Boucheron provides a great article on how to inspect and debug Kubernetes network primitives. Servers/Hardware. Networking. This has generated a lot of discussion.

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Hardware Open Source Vmware Linux 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The list of articles is a bit shorter than usual this time around, but I’ve still got a good collection of articles and posts covering topics in networking, hardware (mostly focused on Apple’s processors), cloud computing, and virtualization. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Cloud Network Hardware 74

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

Information technology is the use of any tech devices, infrastructure, software and processes to create and process, store, secure and exchange all forms of digital data. Our articles are typically focused on software recommendations, business, security, interesting topics and search engine optimization and marketing.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 113

The Verge

JULY 27, 2021

Windows 11 is a visual overhaul to the operating system, with a new Start menu, updated design, and an overall simplification of Windows. Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and Series S consoles are now on their third quarter of sales, after helping grow hardware revenue in recent months.

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Windows Microsoft Report .Net 106

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Internet discussing various data center-focused technologies. The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based.

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Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Cloud Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

Patch management is the process of identifying, acquiring, installing, and verifying patches for products and systems. Patches not only correct security and functionality problems in software and firmware, but they also introduce new, and sometimes mandatory, capabilities into the organization’s IT environment.

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Operating Systems Enterprise Enterprise Virtualization 79

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Servers/Hardware. Having recently needed to dig into Open Policy Agent (OPA) , I took renewed interest in this slightly older article by Chip Zoller that compares OPA/Gatekeeper with Kyverno. Via Alex Mitelman’s Systems Design Weekly 015 , I was pointed to this AWS article on multi-site active-active architectures.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Kitaboo

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In this article, we’ll explore the mechanisms white label ed platforms use to convert, adjust, optimize, and distribute eBooks across different formats. White label ed platforms understand that their eBooks need to be compatible across devices that vary in screen size, resolution, and hardware capabilities.

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eBook Quality Assurance Operating Systems Education 78