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Technology Short Take 136

Scott Lowe

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. Linux may be coming to the Apple M1 chip. Networking. Servers/Hardware.

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Technology Short Take #77

Scott Lowe

There was a fair amount of wailing and gnashing of teeth when Apple updated the MacBook Pro line with the Touch Bar. Vivek Gite over at nixCraft explains how to use ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) on Ubuntu to limit SSH connections. If you’re interested in learning more about some of the new security features in vSphere 6.5,

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Technology Short Take #63

Scott Lowe

At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Russell Pope at Kovarus recently wrote about using security groups to manage the VMware NSX distributed firewall. You may also find this (related) article on memory inside Linux containers to be helpful.

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Technology Short Take #68

Scott Lowe

Sysdig Falco , a behavioral security tool with support for containers (can run in a container and can monitor containers) looks like it could be a useful addition to your security toolset. This is a highly technical article on scheduling in the Linux kernel , but it’s well worth reading. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Fountainhead: Infrastructure Orchestration in use within SPs.

Fountainhead

Savvis In 2004, Savvis set a goal to become the industry’s first totally virtualized utility computing data center, integrating virtualized servers, storage, networks, and security into an end-to-end solution. Profiling questions nobody's asking re: cloud appl. ► July. (2). ► June. (3). ▼ May. (5).

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Technology Short Take 132

Scott Lowe

My list of links and articles from around the web seems to be a bit heavy on security-related topics this time. ” Ivan Pepelnjak attempts to answer the question, “How much do I need to know about Linux networking?” It appears that Apple may have left themselves a “network backdoor” in macOS Big Sur.

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Technology Short Take 139

Scott Lowe

In this post , Jakub Sitnicki digs way deep into the Linux kernel to uncover the answer to the question, “Why are there no entries in the conntrack table for SYN packets dropped by the firewall?” Linux malware is getting more sophisticated. ” Get ready to get nerdy! A browser-based side-channel attack ?

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