Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Here’s a handy list of deprecated Linux network commands and their replacements. Intel NUC or SuperMicro E200-8D? Konstantin Ryabitsev has a series going on securing a SysAdmin Linux workstation. Operating Systems/Applications. Yves Fauser discusses NSX integration with Kubernetes in this blog post. Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Operating Systems/Applications. You may have heard of eBPF, the Linux technology that is reshaping Linux applications (and in some ways reshaping Linux itself). You may have heard of eBPF, the Linux technology that is reshaping Linux applications (and in some ways reshaping Linux itself).

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Trends in the Living Networks

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

In the plethora of announcements, what stands out for me is the increasing clarity of the emerging platforms battle, which is happening on two levels: mobile operating system and applications. In addition Intel and Nokia are merging their Linux mobile platforms to create MeeGo , which will run across almost any kind of connected device.

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Galido

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Today, most applications are now on the cloud, meaning, you don’t need much to run many applications, as all the processing is done on the server in the cloud. Today you can get a $200 laptop and get useful functions and hardware like an HD display, Windows 10, HDMI port, a decent hard drive, and sometimes even touch screen.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Jason Messer has an article describing how networking works with Windows containers. This is something I’ve been watching for a couple of years, since attending my first Intel Developer Forum (IDF). Intel clearly has its sights set on expanding beyond just “servers” into many more platforms, including network hardware platforms.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

I’ve been a Mac OS X user for a long time; I switched from Windows to OS X in 2003 when the OS X flavor of the day was 10.2 “Jaguar.” Don’t be surprised, then, to see me start talking more about switching away from OS X, and exploring applications and tools that work on other platforms. Apple on Intel.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

This is a liveblog of the day 2 keynote at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2013 in San Francisco. Eul takes the stage; he’s the VP and General Manager of the Mobile and Communications Group at Intel. It appears it’s running some flavor of Windows. Here is the link for the liveblog from the day 1 keynote.).

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Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

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. Kevin Campusano discusses Linux development in Windows 10 with Docker and WSL 2.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Jake Bennett discusses strengthening your AWS security posture by protecting application credentials and rotating EC2 and IAM keys. In case you’re interested, here’s more details on CVE-2016-5195 , aka “Dirty Cow,” and how it might be used to allow a user to escape from a Linux container (like a Docker container). Larry Smith Jr.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Is Intel having second thoughts about software-defined infrastructure? That’s the core question in this blog post , which explores the future of Intel in a software-defined world and the increasing interest in non-x86 platforms like ARM. Preston Bannister took a look at cloud application backup in OpenStack. LTS server.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

This is my irregularly-published collection of links and articles from around the Internet related to the major data center technologies: networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications/OSes, storage, and virtualization. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. See this related article as well.).

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

The article specifically calls out SR-IOV as well as Intel Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) support within Open vSwitch (OVS). This article is an interesting read on some work being done by Microsoft Research to leverage Intel SGX to address some security concerns with today’s cloud-heavy architectures/usage models.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The first was on RESTful control of Cumulus Linux ACLs (this one isn’t actually sFlow-related); the second was on combining sFlow telemetry and RESTful APIs for visibility and control in campus networks. Frank Denneman (with an admittedly vSphere-focused lens) takes a look at the Intel Xeon Scalable Family in a two-part (so far) series.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Jointly authored by VMware, Microsoft, Red Hat, and Intel, this new protocol proposal attempts to bring together the strengths of the various network virtualization encapsulation protocols out there today (VXLAN, STT, NVGRE). Via Kevin Houston, you can get more details on the Intel E7 v2 and new blade servers based on the new CPU.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 22, 2015

Golub says that Docker has become a fundamental part of how companies build, ship, and run distributed applications, and that Docker is a key part of how industries and cultures are being transformed. Golub reviews the “5 steps in the future of distributed applications”: Create a lightweight container. Create an ecosystem.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

In this post, William Lam explores the potential benefits of Intel’s VMCS Shadowing functionality on nested virtualization. Operating Systems/Applications. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? and Windows Server 2012 NFS. Technology Short Take #16.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

In this post, William Lam explores the potential benefits of Intel’s VMCS Shadowing functionality on nested virtualization. Operating Systems/Applications. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? and Windows Server 2012 NFS. Technology Short Take #16.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Intel announced the E5 2600 v2 series of CPUs back at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2013 (you can follow my IDF 2013 coverage by looking at posts with the IDF2013 tag ). Although I’m just now catching Kevin’s posts, they were published almost immediately after the Intel announcements—thanks for the promptness, Kevin!).

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Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Pocket AI is the perfect device for AI developers, professional graphics users, and embedded industrial applications for boosting productivity by improve the work efficiency,” says the official product description. Moreover, the Pocket AI GPU is compatible with both Windows and Linux systems, ensuring widespread usability.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Cossack Labs recently released Acra , a database encryption suite designed to protect applications against data leaks by providing strong encryption. Operating Systems/Applications. Via Cody Bunch, I found this GitHub repository to help set up development environments on Windows. Check back next time! and vSphere.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

Calderon: Paulino Calderon, I'm a senior application security consultant with Websec. So if you already have a background and network testing, that might be the place to start if you have a background in web application security. Woods: My name is Beau Woods, I'm a cyber safety advocate with, Iamthecavalry.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

Calderon: Paulino Calderon, I'm a senior application security consultant with Websec. So if you already have a background and network testing, that might be the place to start if you have a background in web application security. Woods: My name is Beau Woods, I'm a cyber safety advocate with, Iamthecavalry.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

This blending of “traditional” network engineering with containers, Linux, and DevOps tooling is how Matt is setting new trends and directions for the networking industry. Mark Ermolov discusses a vulnerability in the ROM (read-only memory) of the Intel Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME). Good stuff here!

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Dataconomy

JUNE 22, 2023

It’s a robust linguistic model with several potential applications, such as content generation, language translation, creative writing, and it can answer your every question without the need for jailbreak. Visit Intel’s website and conduct a search for your processor’s name to see if it supports AVX2.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Intel has finally started shipping silicon photonics gear, according to this report from El Reg (news coming out of IDF16). This blog post on shielded VMs in Windows Server 2016 is a bit light on details, but the embedded video may be more informative (I didn’t watch it). Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 17, 2017

Hykes says these rules are the impetus behind the separation between Enterprise Edition and Community Edition, and why there are tools like Docker for Mac or Docker for Windows. The demo shows off multi-stage builds and the desktop-to-cloud integration from both Docker for Mac and Docker for Windows. Make the powerful simple.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2014

I’m going to go out on a limb and make a prediction: In a few years time (let’s say 3–5 years), Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) will be regarded as important if not more important than the virtualization extensions. What is Intel SGX, you ask? Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s the Stampede.io

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

I’m back home in Denver after spending a few days in San Francisco at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2013, so I thought I’d take a few minutes to sit down and share a summary of the event and my thoughts. Enhancing OpenStack with Intel Technologies for Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud: [link].

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The Verge

MAY 12, 2021

They are a target market for many manufacturers, due both to the dominance of Google Classroom across many different grade levels and also to Chromebooks’ affordable price tags (compared to similar Windows and macOS machines). But all kinds of Windows laptops at this price point leave this battery life in the dust.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2014

Intel recently announced a refresh of the E5 CPU line; Kevin Houston has more details here. Here’s a quick article on how to assess if your Linux-based server is affected. I recently built a Windows Server 2008 R2 image for use in my OpenStack home lab. Operating Systems/Applications. See here for details.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

The servers (right now, at least) are running Intel Atom S1260 CPUs, which are x86-based and do offer features like Intel VT-x. Via Forbes Guthrie on Twitter, I saw this post on how to setup a CA on Linux and use it in a Windows environment. Operating Systems/Applications. “Best practices” for vCNS 5.1

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

These articles are a bit long in the tooth, but CSS Corp has a useful series of articles on bundling various Linux distributions for use with OpenStack: bundling CentOS , bundling CentOS with VNC , bundling Debian , and bundling OpenSUSE. Operating Systems/Applications. Ben Armstrong shows how here. Technology Short Take #29.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

The servers (right now, at least) are running Intel Atom S1260 CPUs, which are x86-based and do offer features like Intel VT-x. Via Forbes Guthrie on Twitter, I saw this post on how to setup a CA on Linux and use it in a Windows environment. Operating Systems/Applications. “Best practices” for vCNS 5.1

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

Alex Galbraith recently posted a two-part series on what he calls the “NanoLab,” a home lab built on the Intel NUC (“Next Unit of Computing”). Operating Systems/Applications. Windows Backup has native Hyper-V support in Windows Server 2012. Servers/Hardware. Interested in some OpenStack inception?

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2022

I’m reminded of when I trained to use Kali Linux. Vamosi: So ATT&CK started as a workshop exercise to document common tactics, techniques and procedures, TTPS, that advanced persistent threats used against Windows Enterprise environments, advanced persistent threats are just as they seem. So it's it's a fun time.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

Vamosi: ATT&CK started as a workshop exercise to document common tactics, techniques and procedures, T TPS that advanced persistent threats used against Windows Enterprise environments, advanced persistent threats are just as they seem. So it's it's a fun time. Duff: It's not supposed to be realistic. It's supposed to be.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

Vamosi: ATT&CK started as a workshop exercise to document common tactics, techniques and procedures, T TPS that advanced persistent threats used against Windows Enterprise environments, advanced persistent threats are just as they seem. So it's it's a fun time. Duff: It's not supposed to be realistic. It's supposed to be.

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