Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Tony Sangha took PowerNSX (a set of PowerShell cmdlets for interacting with NSX) and created a tool to help document the NSX Distributed Firewall configuration. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a walkthrough to install Arch Linux on VirtualBox. Thinking of virtualizing Linux on Hyper-V? What’s that? Virtualization.

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Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Verplanke believes that DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) and virtualization are key to virtualizing workloads that move around lots and lots of packets, such as firewalls, routers, and other similar functions. In recent years, we’ve seen more devices running off-the-shelf software (like Linux). Intra-VM communication.

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Virtualization Intel Cloud Data 113

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Anthony Burke gives a little bit of a sneak peek at some functionality from the upcoming v3 release of PowerNSX: searching NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) rules. Operating Systems/Applications. This post by Jason Valentino describing the move of Capital One’s largest customer-facing applications to AWS is a really good read.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Anthony Burke gives a little bit of a sneak peek at some functionality from the upcoming v3 release of PowerNSX: searching NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) rules. Operating Systems/Applications. This post by Jason Valentino describing the move of Capital One’s largest customer-facing applications to AWS is a really good read.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

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. Grab this Headline Animator ( Thank you.

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Tools Applications Network Firewall 94

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

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. Operating Systems/Applications. Have fun reading! Networking. Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 27, 2017

specifically, the new container network firewall functionality. When I was using Fedora, I needed some useful information on firewall-cmd , and found this article to be helpful. For what it’s worth, I’ve never tried NetBSD, but I have yet to run into any similar issues with any distribution of Linux I’ve tried.

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Firewall Virtualization Network Storage 60

Galido

JUNE 28, 2018

Application monitoring. PRTG monitors all types of systems, devices and applications in your IT infrastructure: SNMP: Ready to use and with customization options. SSH: For Linux / Unix and MacOS systems. More than 190 types of sensors cover all aspects of network monitoring. Web monitoring. Monitoring of virtual servers.

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Network LAN VOIP Licensing 60

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. This feature is particularly useful in environments where only HTTP traffic is allowed, such as in a web proxy or firewall. What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?

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Virtualization Network Linux Windows 36

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

This is kind of cool, and (in my humble opinion) a sign of changing times: Juniper has Vagrant boxes as well as a Vagrant plugin for working with vSRX (virtual firewall) VMs (via this article from Matt Oswalt). Here are some general guidelines for configuring syslog forwarding on a Cisco ASA firewall. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Anthony Burke gives a little bit of a sneak peek at some functionality from the upcoming v3 release of PowerNSX: searching NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) rules. Operating Systems/Applications. This post by Jason Valentino describing the move of Capital One’s largest customer-facing applications to AWS is a really good read.

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Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

This popular gathering is designed to enable dialogue about business and technical strategies to leverage today’s big data platforms and applications to your advantage. Before joining NASA in 2003, Dan worked on highly parallel applications for the Department of Defense (DoD). Eddie Garcia. Audie Hittle. Juliet Hougland.

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Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Big Data 150

CTOvision

JANUARY 18, 2015

This popular gathering is designed to enable dialogue about business and technical strategies to leverage today’s big data platforms and applications to your advantage. Before joining NASA in 2003, Dan worked on highly parallel applications for the Department of Defense (DoD). Eddie Garcia. Audie Hittle. Juliet Hougland.

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Program Management Fractional CTO CTO Programming 150

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

I recently spoke at Interop 2016 in Las Vegas, and while I was there I scribbled down some notes pertaining to how decomposing applications into microservices-based architectures was similar in some respects to decomposing networks into an overlay network and an underlay (physical) network. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

I highly recommend you read the entire post, but in short the five skills Matt recommends are software skills (which includes configuration management and software development tools like Git ), Linux, deep protocol knowledge, hypervisor and container networking, and IPv6. Operating Systems/Applications. What does this mean?

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Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

In the event you accidentally locked yourself out of vCenter using NSX’s distributed firewall, this post by Roie Ben Haim provides a workaround for getting yourself out of this pickle. Operating Systems/Applications. This is a highly technical article on scheduling in the Linux kernel , but it’s well worth reading.

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Linux Network Hardware Vmware 60

Fountainhead

MAY 5, 2009

In the way virtualization abstracts & configures the software world (O/S, applications, etc.), Infrastructure Orchestration abstracts and defines/configures the infrastructure world (I/O, NIC cards, HBA cards, storage connectivity, LANs, switches, etc.). regardless of whether those applications are virtual, or native.

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Data Center Virtualization Disaster Recovery Storage 100

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

A discussion of “statefulness” brought me again to Ivan’s post on the spectrum of firewall statefulness. Operating Systems/Applications. x that involves booting on a Linux CD. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Very good stuff!

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Vmware Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

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. Operating Systems/Applications. ” Get ready to get nerdy!

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Vmware Firewall Storage Comparison 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2020

I think a fair number of folks may not be aware that the Nginx ingress controller for Kubernetes—both the community version and the Nginx-maintained open source version—do suffer from timeouts and errors resulting from changes in the back-end application’s list of endpoints (think pods being added or removed).

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Open Source Vmware Disaster Recovery Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. Via Forbes Guthrie on Twitter, I saw this post on how to setup a CA on Linux and use it in a Windows environment. App Firewall? Operating Systems/Applications. Venky explains it in this post.

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HP Virtualization Hardware Network 106

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2013

I try to keep the information linked to data center technologies like networking, storage, virtualization, and the like, but occasionally other items slip through. Ranga Maddipudi ( @vCloudNetSec on Twitter) has put together two blog posts on vCloud Networking and Security’s App Firewall ( part 1 and part 2 ). Networking.

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Vmware Storage Virtualization HP 109

ForAllSecure

MARCH 30, 2022

This means that if you're an Azure customer, you can use CosmosDB to manage your data for applications. This service holds metadata about the currently running virtual machine instance, such as storage, network configuration and more. Ohfeld: After elevating our privileges to it, we could inspect the firewall rules.

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Firewall Virtualization Authentication Linux 52

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

We all know that security is more than just a host-based firewall, but a host-based firewall can be part of an overall security strategy. This article provides a good introductory overview of Linux iptables commands for configuring host-based firewall rules on your Linux systems. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Windows Firewall Linux Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

The use of VMware NSX for microsegmentation is a really popular use case, and so the topic of scripting distributed firewall (DFW) rules often comes up. Pradipta Kumar Banerjee has an article on using local storage for instances in OpenStack. Operating Systems/Applications. Then again, what do I know? DVM looks handy.

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Vmware Linux Intel Storage 60

Linux Academy

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

This November at Linux Academy, we have loads of new content coming your way! To all of our learners who may know someone who wants to learn more about the cloud or Linux, but they have been on the fence about signing up for a free community edition account, then tell them that right now is a great time for them to sign up!

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Linux Systems Administration Cloud Google 16

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. Via Forbes Guthrie on Twitter, I saw this post on how to setup a CA on Linux and use it in a Windows environment. App Firewall? Operating Systems/Applications. Venky explains it in this post.

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HP Virtualization Hardware Network 61

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 25, 2015

In this post, I’ve gathered links to posts about networking, virtualization, Docker, containers, Linux, configuration management, and all kinds of other cool stuff. Roie Ben Haim, who works in professional services at VMware, has a deep dive on the NSX distributed firewall (DFW). Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Vmware Linux Virtualization Tools 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

This time around, the content is a bit heavier on cloud management and applications/operating systems, but still lots of good content all the way around (I hope, anyway). First, here’s a workaround to the fact that vCA doesn’t (yet) do cloud-init, which makes injecting SSH keys into Linux instances a bit difficult. Networking.

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Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60