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

JUNE 24, 2022

I’d never heard of Pipy before seeing it in this article , but it look like it could be quite useful for a number of use cases. BPFDoor, as it is known, is a passive backdoor that allows threat actors to remotely connect to a Linux shell. Rob Salmond has a good article on Prometheus service discovery, Istio, and mTLS.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

There will be a longer gap than usual before the next Tech Short Take (more details to come on Monday), but in the meantime here’s some articles and links to feed your technical appetite. Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Academy

MARCH 22, 2019

Operationally resilient organizations depend on the help of four cornerstones: Operations , Security , Software , and Infrastructure. The cloud allows you to drive improved SLAs on applications, reduce regulatory compliance complexity, minimize unplanned outages that unexpectedly cut revenue or cost money to address. Operations.

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Network World

JUNE 22, 2016

In a world where any new software project is built in large part on existing third-party code, finding and patching vulnerabilities in popular open-source libraries is vital to creating reliable and secure applications. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Microsoft has expanded its bug bounty programs to cover the open-source.NET Core and ASP.NET Core application development platforms. The.NET Core and ASP.NET Core technologies are used to create server applications that can run on Windows, Linux, and Mac. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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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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Network World

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Announced in June of last year, Cisco’s Tetration Analytics is a turnkey analytics package that gathers information from hardware and software sensors and analyzes the information using big data and machine learning. From there it can learn which applications are dependent on each other throughout their data center and into the cloud.

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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. Redpill Linpro talks to readers about their new routers running Cumulus Linux. This article from Bruce Schneier is worth reading. Both are good articles. Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Academy

MARCH 7, 2019

This required a large, upfront capital investment, a lengthy procurement cycle, and placed the responsibility of creating, running, and maintaining all the hardware and software for the business on a group of dedicated resources. In the next article in this series, I’ll discuss the concepts of business agility and operational resilience.

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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. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Servers/Hardware.

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Dataconomy

APRIL 13, 2023

In this article, we will delve deeper into the world of Virtual Network Computing, exploring its history, technology, and various applications. The viewer software then renders the desktop environment on the local computer screen, allowing the user to interact with the remote computer as if they were sitting in front of it.

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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. Preserving Essential Elements During the conversion process, the software tool ensures that all essential elements of the eBook are preserved.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

Ivan Pepelnjak has a fantastic article on adapting network design to acommodate automation. Jon Langemak is blogging again, and he jumps back into the “blogging saddle” with a post on working with tc on Linux systems. Bruno Hildenbrand shares 20 tips for managing Linux VMs on Azure. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

In this Technology Short Take, I’ve gathered some links for you covering topics like Azure and AWS networking, moving from macOS to Linux (and back again), and more. Operating Systems/Applications. Justin Garrison shares some thoughts on whiteboarding software (and hardware). Let’s jump right into the content!

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Virtualized Greek

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Linux is obviously a major force in the enterprise but traditional enterprises haven’t stopped deploying Windows Server 2012/2008 or 2003 for that matter. My experience has been that companies still embrace packaged software that runs on Windows and use Linux to replace legacy Unix based applications and appliances.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Bruce Schneier writes about how some Chinese hackers are bypassing RSA software token authentication (the title is a bit more broad, implying other forms of two-factor authentication are affected, but the article focuses on attacks against the use of RSA software tokens). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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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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Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Amidst volatile markets, dynamic technology shifts, and ever-increasing customer demands, it is imperative for IT organizations to develop flexible, scalable and high-quality applications that exceed expectations and enhance productivity. If you enjoyed this article , get free updates by email or RSS - © Copyright Kevin L.

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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. At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. At the recent OCP Summit, Microsoft introduced Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC).

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Both the hardware as well as the software have served me well. Yes, there have been issues from time to time (no software is perfect), but—for the most part—I’ve been pretty happy with OS X. Further, I need to ensure that the applications I need to get my job done will be present on my next platform.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

As usual, I’ve gathered what I hope to be a useful but varied collection of articles and links on key data center technologies. The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 12, 2021

You may want to have a look at this software supply chain attack that takes advantage of the way these package managers handle dependencies. 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. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Ready for another round of links, articles, and thoughts on data center technologies? If you’re using CloudFormation to manage your AWS security groups in an infrastructure-as-code approach, you owe it to yourself to check out this article by Jose Luis Ordiales. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Devices first started as tightly-coupled hardware and software solutions. In recent years, we’ve seen more devices running off-the-shelf software (like Linux). Is the Linux bridge efficient enough? These challenges can be summarized as: I/O-intensive application virtualization. Intra-VM communication.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Philippe Bogaerts has an article on how to use tcpdump effectively in Kubernetes. A new VPN security flaw has been uncovered that affects a wide range of UNIX- and Linux-based systems. I found this article on chaos engineering to be helpful in understanding the principles and concepts. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

I have here for your reading pleasure an eclectic collection of links and articles from around the web, focusing on data center-related technologies. It tells me that some skills—specifically, Linux, automation/configuration management, software development concepts—are going to be essential for all new IT pros in the near future.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

As usual, I’ve gathered what I hope to be a useful but varied collection of articles and links on key data center technologies. The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. 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

JANUARY 19, 2018

Today I have another collection of data center technology links, articles, thoughts, and rants. ” Those familiar with networking concepts will identify well with the ideas in this article, I think. Barry Peddycord shares an update on Ansible support for the Cumulus Linux NCLU. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Academy

MARCH 28, 2019

Fast and frequent releases of production-ready software now slide though automated tests, staging and into production infrastructures. A big reason is the proliferation of micro-services based applications in highly redundant and highly available cloud infrastructures.

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Galido

MARCH 25, 2019

In the world of software development, it is very important never to forget about the testing phase. In this article, we will focus on a specific case. It is a web application, developed in any language. Selenium is a set of tools that will allow us to automate web browsers to create sets of tests on web applications.

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Hacker Earth

JANUARY 22, 2020

Information security software developers. Software engineer. An article by the Dev Community speaks about how Java is unarguably one of the most popular programming languages in the world today and how tech giants are using the language to build large portions of their infrastructure and backend services. . WordPress developers.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

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. Roie Ben Haim has an article on how to improve the NSX GUI user experience. Trevor Roberts recently posted an article discussing Windows images in your OpenStack cloud.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Welcome to Technology Short Take #44, the latest in my irregularly-published series of articles, links, ideas, and thoughts about various data center-related technologies. Is Intel having second thoughts about software-defined infrastructure? Preston Bannister took a look at cloud application backup in OpenStack. Networking.

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Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Containers , like Docker, that makes deploying software much easier and faster. Our society is experiencing a fundamental shift in information technology’s overarching mission, with the support-and-maintain mind-set giving way to a more strategic, software-centric vision for IT. Jackson 2016 ) Follow me at [link].

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Cloud Musings

JANUARY 30, 2017

Cloud Operations: This module helps you study the management of cloud operations and addresses the application need for compute power, managing CPU scaling, and meeting both structured and unstructured storage requirements. If you enjoyed this article , get free updates by email or RSS - © Copyright Kevin L.

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