ComputerWorld IT Management

MAY 18, 2023

In so doing, the company paved the way for Macs to natively run Windows and Windows applications. Initially this capability came via Apple’s dual-boot system, called Boot Camp, followed by Parallels Desktop, software that ran Windows in a virtual environment. To read this article in full, please click here

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Windows Operating Systems Intel Applications 52

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Here’s your weekend reading—a collection of links and articles from around the internet on a variety of data center- and cloud-related topics. I think the article title is a bit click-baity, but the key point in the article—focusing on the expected outcome—is spot on.

Construction 84

Construction Open Source Virtualization Cloud 84

Dataconomy

APRIL 13, 2023

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a technology that has revolutionized the way we access and control remote computers. In this article, we will delve deeper into the world of Virtual Network Computing, exploring its history, technology, and various applications. What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?

Virtualization 36

Virtualization Network Linux Windows 36

Scott Lowe

APRIL 7, 2023

” Ivan Pepelnjak has some very useful and very applicable information on VRF-aware DHCP relaying. Links to the previous three posts are embedded in the article. The article does a good job of explaining what’s meant by the tagline, though. This article provides a comparison of Apache APISIX 3.0

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Applications Comparison Cloud Operating Systems 97

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. Check out the newsletter to get the link to the Istio article.) Operating Systems/Applications Julia Evans has a lovely article on Git commits that is well worth reading.

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Open Source Resources Hardware Network 101

Computerworld Vertical IT

MARCH 31, 2021

Microsoft has begun rolling out its Windows release health dashboard to the Microsoft 365 admin portal, a move the company previewed earlier this month at its all-virtual Ignite conference. To read this article in full, please click here

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Windows Microsoft Program Management Operating Systems 85

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 5, 2024

I think there are some code snippets in Jonathan’s article, but my instance of Firefox wouldn’t render the code snippets (instead only showing empty black boxes). Operating Systems/Applications Nick Janetakis shares another tip for determining how long a Docker container was running. x and ESXi 8.x.

Cloud 60

Cloud Engineering Network Operating Systems 60

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! This article is an interesting discussion on how to treat failure when it comes to breaches or security vulnerabilities. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Storage Virtualization Hardware 90

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

operating system & eye-free operation to specialized built-in apps and content featuring: • Multiple built-in communication services within one powerful device. One common, simple user interface across all system functions, applications and services. Related articles. See More Here: [link].

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Operating Systems Mobile System Development 236

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. This is useful, in my opinion, because now platform operators have a “starting point” on the specific threats they need to try to mitigate.

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Open Source Virtualization Applications Security 94

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). Operating Systems/Applications.

IPv6 97

IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 97

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 9, 2022

This article provides a few practical examples of how using VPC Endpoints to reduce network traffic moving through NAT Gateways can help save money. Rory McCune has a series of articles on PCI compliance in containerized and Kubernetes environments. food references in the title of this article are almost too much.

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Devops Virtualization Engineering Storage 87

CTOvision

AUGUST 16, 2016

From an enterprise IT standpoint, their championing of the Android operating system has earned them a place in the mobility domain, and their Google Apps offering helped show many businesses that the cloud can work for office automation. Its technical infrastructure and Virtual Reality are also included in Google segment.

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Google Cloud Advertising Operating Systems 150

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!

Virtualization 79

Virtualization Storage Programming Network 79

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. Virtualization.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

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! This article on using osquery for behavioral detection of macOS malware was an interesting read. Read this article and you will be enlightened. to version 8.0.

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

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. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Cloud Tools Applications Policies 87

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. a shares a trick for bypassing the macOS TCC protection using older applications. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Storage Programming Applications 74

Network World

JULY 17, 2017

The mainframe, called IBM Z or z14, introduces a new encryption engine that for the first time will allow users to encrypt all of their data with one click—in databases, applications or cloud services—with virtually no impact on performance. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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IBM Data Operating Systems Engineering 79

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). Get more details in this article. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Network Vmware Cloud Operating Systems 74

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been collecting articles I wanted to share with readers on major areas in technology: networking, security, storage, virtualization, cloud computing, and OSes/applications. Also see the link to the newer article the author wrote as a follow-up. As fate (luck?)

Programming 96

Programming Policies Network Cloud 96

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2023

To that end, here’s the latest Technology Short Take, with links to a variety of articles in various disciplines. He’s recently published articles on DHCP relaying in VXLAN segments , DHCP relaying in EVPN VRFs , and most recently DHCP relaying with redundant DHCP servers. I’m here to help, after all.

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Disaster Recovery Security Storage Social 90

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. Rob Salmond has a good article on Prometheus service discovery, Istio, and mTLS. Operating Systems/Applications. Read Dan Moren’s article for details. Virtualization.

Vmware 74

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 74

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. Looks like some significant bandwidth increases could be on the horizon; see this article for more details. Virtualization.

Open Source 79

Open Source Apple Vmware Cloud 79

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). Operating Systems/Applications.

IPv6 60

IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 60

Network World

MARCH 9, 2017

Docker containers have become an important means for organizations to build and run applications in the cloud. There’s a lot of flexibility with containers, as they can be deployed on top of any bare-metal server, virtual machine, or platform-as-as-service (PaaS) environment. Click here to subscribe.

How To 60

How To Security Operating Systems Applications 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq. A bunch of home Wi-Fi routers are suspectible to attack; see this article for more details.

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

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. Warning: I’m not sure the configuration as described in the article will actually work, but the concept is sound.) Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Cloud Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

According to the former Equifax CEO’s testimony to Congress , one of the primary causes of this now infamous data breach was the company’s failure to patch a critical vulnerability in the open source Apache Struts Web application framework. A process to identify vulnerabilities in hardware, operating systems, and applications.

Operating Systems 79

Operating Systems Enterprise Enterprise Virtualization 79

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. As detailed in this article , it turns out BitLocker can be bypassed—assuming physical access to the hardware—with a cheap logic analyzer.

Vmware 74

Vmware Network Hardware Cloud 74

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2023

If you need a foundational review of Amazon ECS, this article is a good starting point. In the end, he comes up with using a general purpose programming language (via CDK in his article) to write higher-level constructs. Virtualization A few months ago the gVisor project released a new high-performance gVisor platform named Systrap.

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Programming Architecture Linux Construction 60

Network World

APRIL 24, 2017

Patching operating systems and applications is a surefire way to block some attacks. A proper discovery service entails a combination of active and passive discovery features and the ability to identify physical, virtual and on and off premise systems that access your network. So, what can be done?

Operating Systems 90

Operating Systems Data Network System 90

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2022

I particularly like how the authors of this post on the principle of ephemerality included a “homework/call to action” section for each of the major areas discussed in the article. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. I really enjoyed this article by Jan Schaumann on learning by lurking.

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System Open Source Cloud Policies 79

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. Seriously.). Servers/Hardware.

Storage 79

Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79

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. Virtualization.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

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.

Architecture 60

Architecture Operating Systems Applications How To 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. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Vmware Cloud Network Hardware 74