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. Sander Rodenhuis wrote an article on security policies in Kubernetes.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

I found this link in the serverless mullet architectures post, see the “Operating Systems/Applications” section below.). I’ve been messing around with firewalld ever since I switched to Fedora on the desktop, and found this article to be one of the better articles I’ve seen on the topic.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. This post on using SPIFFE/SPIRE, Kubernetes, and Envoy together shows how to implement mutual TLS (mTLS) for a simple application. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Cloud Musings

JUNE 29, 2017

Did you know that the reservations systems of the biggest carriers mostly run on a specialized IBM operating system known as Transaction Processing Facility (TPF). With all the major technologies changes since then, it’s clear that IBM has already accomplished a herculean task by keeping an application viable for over 50 years!

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Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

I hope the collection of links and articles I’ve gathered for you contains something useful for you. Here’s a good article on packets-per-second limits in EC2. Keybase discusses some challenges with encrypted chat applications and how their architecture avoids some of those challenges. Networking.

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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. This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture. A bunch of home Wi-Fi routers are suspectible to attack; see this article for more details. Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 16, 2018

Ahead, lying in wait, is a unique collection of links, articles, and thoughts about various data center technologies. Via Matt Oswalt and Michael Bushong, I came across this article on Juniper’s use of P4. Daniel Álvarez has a good article describing some OVN profiling and optimizing he recently performed. Networking.

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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. I certainly hope not!

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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. I have to say that, in general, I disagree with this architecture.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 12, 2021

This is truly an information-dense article, and if working with the AWS API Gateway falls into your job responsibilities then this is probably a good post to read. This article by Vlad Ionescu on EKS DNS at scale is a great read, well worth your time if you work with Kubernetes. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles discussing the major data center technologies—networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications, virtualization…you name it! (If MTU in OpenStack Neutron has been, as this article by Sam Yaple points out, a bit of a touchy subject. Networking.

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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. I have to say that, in general, I disagree with this architecture.

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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. This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture. A bunch of home Wi-Fi routers are suspectible to attack; see this article for more details. Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

Ivan Pepelnjak has a fantastic article on adapting network design to acommodate automation. This is a great read overall, but one sentence in particular really caught my eye: “30 years ago I was able to write a complete multitasking operating system in Z80 assembly code. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

Here’s a fresh new collection of links and articles from the around the web to propel myself back into blogging. These two articles are interesting (to me) because they combine both network automation and Kubernetes. Operating Systems/Applications. I hope you find something useful here! Networking.

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Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

PaaS provides a platform allowing customers to develop, run, and manage web applications without the complexity of building and maintaining the infrastructure. Its unique power is associated with developing and deploying applications.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

However, hopefully I’ve managed to gather together some articles with useful information for you. Biruk Mekonnen has an introductory article on using Netmiko for network automation. Cossack Labs recently released Acra , a database encryption suite designed to protect applications against data leaks by providing strong encryption.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 12, 2023

This article will provide an overview of the best cybersecurity certifications in 2023 and where you can sign up for them. The course will revolve around real-world system architectures, the threats and exploits that could result in a data breach , and the defense mechanisms that could be employed to protect a network.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This is an older article, but hopefully still useful nevertheless: Brian Mathews explains how to use the linkerd sidecar to find and fix application issues on Kubernetes. Here’s a two-part series (so far) on setting up a multi-architecture Kubernetes cluster ( part 1 , part 2 ). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2020

It is summed up, for me, in this quote: “The crucial architectural difference here is that vSphere wants us to stop thinking about individual physical servers, and AWS wants us to stop thinking about individual VMs.” ” It’s not just about VMotion; it’s about the bigger architectural shifts that need to be made.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

OK, now that I’ve mentioned Skydive, I can talk about this article that provides an example of functional SDN testing with Terraform and Skydive. I found this article on SELinux concepts for humans to be quite helpful. Check out this article that discusses using AWS Spot Instances and spotinst to run low-cost Kubernetes clusters.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

It looks like there will be a follow-up to this article as well, so you may want to check back on Ajay’s site. The sort of things that are possible with Falco—some of which are outlined in this admittedly very vendor-specific article —makes it an intriguing solution (to me, anyway). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Dataconomy

MARCH 21, 2023

In the world of modern computing, containers as a service (CaaS) has emerged as a powerful and innovative approach to application deployment and management. In this article, we will explore the many advantages of CaaS for data science projects and delve into best practices for implementing CaaS in your workflows.

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Dataconomy

MARCH 21, 2023

In the world of modern computing, containers as a service (CaaS) has emerged as a powerful and innovative approach to application deployment and management. In this article, we will explore the many advantages of CaaS for data science projects and delve into best practices for implementing CaaS in your workflows.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Christopher Davis has an article discussing a recommended VPC subnet configuration. This is, of course, just one way of handling subnets within a VPC, but some of the principles outlined in Christopher’s article are definitely sound. This article is pretty high-level; I wish it had a bit more depth to it. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 22, 2018

This is a slightly older article by Mitch Beaumont that I’ve had sitting in the hopper for a while. Operating Systems/Applications. This article by Paul Johnston provided (for me, anyway) a very usable and understandable explanation of Lambda Layers and custom runtimes for Lambda.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

This article from Marcos Hernandez shows one way to do dynamic routing in OpenStack. Jason Messer has an article describing how networking works with Windows containers. AlgoSec has a couple of articles published last year before VMworld 2015, but I just now came across them. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Before I present this episode’s collection of links, articles, and thoughts on various data center technologies, allow me to first wish all of my readers a very merry and very festive holiday season. Mustafa Akin has an article on Docker’s new overlay networking functionality. Now, on to the content! Networking.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

In any case, here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Net on the major data center technology areas. Some of Anthony Burke’s work here may also be useful; for example, check out his recent article on using Log Insight to assist with achieving microsegmentation. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

It seems like the natural progression of the Tech Short Takes is moving toward monthly articles, since it’s been about a month since my last one. This article is about hardware, just not the hardware I’d typically talk about in this section—instead, it’s about Philips Hue light bulbs. Both are good articles.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

However, as Major points out in his article, the role works anywhere, OpenStack cloud or not. Lior Kamrat has a multi-part series on an architecture that blends Mesosphere DC/OS, Azure, Docker, and VMware vSphere. Operating Systems/Applications. Tony Reeves shares a procedure for setting up encryption in vSAN 6.6.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

I’ve got a new collection of links and articles from around the Web on various data center-focused technologies. Michael Kashin has a great article on how Open Virtual Network (OVN, part of the Open vSwitch project) implements virtual networks in OpenStack. Have a look at the article for more details. Networking. Good advice.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

(Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.). Tony Sangha has a nice article providing step-by-step instructions on setting up a site-to-site IPSec VPN between VMware NSX and a Cisco CSR 1000v.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2018

For almost eight years (Technology Short Take #1 was published in August 2010), I’ve been collecting and sharing links and articles from around the web related to major data center technologies. I could tell you, but I’d rather you go read the article for yourself. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

VentureBeat discusses Armv9 , a new architectural update for Arm-based CPUs. Operating Systems/Applications. Carlos Fenollosa has a series of articles describing his attempt to move to Linux from macOS, and why he came back. Servers/Hardware. Ben Wilcock shares his experience with an Intel NUC 11.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 24, 2019

As more and more organizations migrate applications and services to the cloud migration of services is becoming more critical to organizations so they can accelerate moving on-premise services to the cloud. In particular, in this article, we will review the high-level process of migrating a virtual machine to the Google Cloud Platform.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

I’ve tried to find a nice range of articles and links, so here’s hoping I was successful and that you find something useful here. see below in the “Operating Systems/Applications” section), Metaswitch has announced a Container Networking Interface (CNI) plugin for Project Calico. No worries—go read the article.

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