Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Networking. Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. Travis Downs explores a recent Intel microcode update that may have negatively impacted performance. Operating Systems/Applications.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 20, 2023

Understanding VDI As a virtual desktop solution, VDI enables remote workers to interact with an operating system and software the same way they would if working locally—on a network-delivered endpoint device. This means IT can provide productive, collaborative end user experiences, running company applications and full desktops.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

Networking. Operating Systems/Applications. Jorge Castro tears into the “wasting disk space” argument against the Flatpak application package format. Edwin Weijdema shares how he uses VMware Fusion 12 on his MacBook Pro (Intel-based, I’m assuming) to run a mobile lab with nested ESXi hypervisors.

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Network World

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Apple launched its newest operating system, macOS Sierra 10.12, on Tuesday and aside from new and interesting features , it has a large number of important security fixes. The new OS patches 65 vulnerabilities in various core and third-party components.

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Apple Security Operating Systems Intel 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Networking. Losing to Apple—whose M-series chips are widely regarded as faster and more efficient than Intel’s chips—has apparently stung the chip giant into revving up the innovation engine. These details on their 12th-generation H processors shows that Intel appears to be intent to regain the lead.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014 this week in San Francisco. Intel has a very large consumer presence: PCs, ultrabooks, tablets, phones, 2-in–1/convertibles, all-in–1 devices. Bare Metal, Containers, and Virtualization: The Growing Choices for Cloud Applications.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Networking. Via BlueCat Networks, John Capobianco shares his network automation journey. Via BlueCat Networks, John Capobianco shares his network automation journey. AnandTech has some coverage of the latest Intel processor announcements , which totally flew by my radar. 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. Networking. ” Specifically, this post talks about Kubernetes networking. Ben Wilcock shares his experience with an Intel NUC 11.

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Linux Academy

JUNE 3, 2019

In a nutshell, serverless computing lets you build and run applications without thinking about servers. Normally, when it comes to running an application from the cloud, you have to deal with setting it all up, which can take hours, days, or even weeks. Serverless Computing: What is it? Install software packages.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Networking. Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. Travis Downs explores a recent Intel microcode update that may have negatively impacted performance. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Networking. The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Check this out.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Networking. Russ White tackles the issue of networking engineers needing to learn to code. Jason Messer has an article describing how networking works with Windows containers. Tom Hollingsworth discusses how the rise of overlay networks killed large layer 2 networks and tools for building large layer 2 networks, like TRILL.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 8, 2018

Networking. If you’re a networking pro and didn’t understand most of that last sentence, I’d content that you’ve got some learning to do. If you’re a networking pro and didn’t understand most of that last sentence, I’d content that you’ve got some learning to do. Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Networking. Will Robinson talks about how to structure your Ansible playbooks in the context of using Ansible to control your network gear. This is an interesting project to watch, I think—it’s porting OVN (Open Virtual Network) from a “traditional” OvS back-end to an IOVisor-based back-end (IOVisor implements the data plane in eBPF).

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

Networking. Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.). (Cue The article specifically calls out SR-IOV as well as Intel Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) support within Open vSwitch (OVS).

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

Networking. While his post specifically addresses the AWS CDK, I think that some of his conclusions could also be applicable to other “infrastructure-as- actual -code” tools like Pulumi. Operating Systems/Applications. I still have quite the backlog of links to read!) Career/Soft Skills.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 16, 2021

This time around, the Networking section is a bit light, but I’ve got plenty of cloud computing links and articles for you to enjoy, along with some stuff on OSes and applications, programming, and soft skills. Networking. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #142!

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Networking. Matt Oswalt has a great post on the need for networking professionals to learn basic scripting skills—something he (rightfully) distinguishes from programming as a full-time occupation. Further, he follows that up with a post on how automation is more than just configuration management ; it’s about network services.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Networking. I mean, if they aren’t willing to embrace the abstraction and automation that a cloud management platform brings, will abstraction and automation at the networking layer provide any significant benefit? Don’t think this “software-defined networking” thing is going to take off? x86 marches on!

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Scott Lowe

MAY 29, 2020

Let’s see what I’ve managed to collect for you this time around… Networking. Ivan Pepelnjak provides a 101-level overview of AWS networking. Andrew Sy Kim tackles explaining a (somewhat) obscure part of Kubernetes networking: the externalTrafficPolicy setting. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Virtualization Security Backup 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Networking. The Intel Management Engine (ME) has received a bit of attention as a potential security vulnerability; in this article , authors Maxim Goryachy and Mark Ermolov expose some new concerns around the Intel ME and its undocumented Manufacturing Mode. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

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Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Networking. Isovalent—the company behind Cilium, the eBPF-powered networking solution for Kubernetes clusters—just launched with a $29M Series A round of funding. Adrian’s operational review readiness template is another great post as well. Operating Systems/Applications. Good stuff!

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Networking. This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. I hope you find something useful! A short while ago I was helping someone (an acquaintance of a friend) with some odd DNS issues. —see this post for an explanation.).

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Networking. Amanpreet Singh has a two-part series on Kubernetes networking ( part 1 , part 2 ). sFlow is a networking technology that I find quite interesting, but I never seem to have the time to really dig into it. Helm is a great way to deploy applications onto (into?) Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Linux Network Cloud 60

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. Networking. Operating Systems/Applications. to VMware NSX 6.2.5

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Scott Lowe

MAY 4, 2017

Networking. There’s lots of talk about applying test-driven development (TDD) principles in various automation contexts, but I like the fact that Ajay Chenampara provides some practical examples in his blog post on applying TDD in network automation using Ansible. If you’re just starting your network automation journey, start small.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

Networking. Chip Zoller takes a look at Antrea , a new Kubernetes CNI (Container Networking Interface) plugin that leverages Open vSwitch (OVS). Ivan Pepelnjak has a fantastic article on adapting network design to acommodate automation. Operating Systems/Applications. Now, on to the good stuff!

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Linux Apple Operating Systems Policies 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Networking. To help resolve this issue, Cumulus Networks (and possibly Metacloud, I’m not sure of their involvement yet) has release an open source project called vxfld. I’d love to hear from more networking pros (please disclose company affiliations) about their thoughts on this matter. Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Networking. The networking “old guard” likes to talk about how x86 servers and virtualization create network bottlenecks due to performance concerns, but as Ivan points out in this post , it’s rapidly becoming—or has already become—a non-issue.

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Galido

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones. Automakers are working to standardize on a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that would make it easier for cars to act more like smartphones.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Networking. Biruk Mekonnen has an introductory article on using Netmiko for network automation. Gabriele Gerbino has a nice write-up about Cisco’s efforts with APIs ; his article includes a brief description of YANG data models and a comparison of working with network devices via SSH or via API. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Networking. This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. I hope you find something useful! A short while ago I was helping someone (an acquaintance of a friend) with some odd DNS issues. —see this post for an explanation.).

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Networking. Paul Fries takes on defining SDN , breaking it down into two “flavors”: host dominant and network dominant. I’d like to add to Paul’s analysis that it’s important to understand that, in reality, host dominant and network dominant systems can coexist. Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Networking. The networking “old guard” likes to talk about how x86 servers and virtualization create network bottlenecks due to performance concerns, but as Ivan points out in this post , it’s rapidly becoming—or has already become—a non-issue.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

Calderon: Paulino Calderon, I'm a senior application security consultant with Websec. For some people, for instance, a router might be internet of things for other people it might not be it might be considered network infrastructure. So what then makes IoT hacking different from say traditional network hacking.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

Calderon: Paulino Calderon, I'm a senior application security consultant with Websec. For some people, for instance, a router might be internet of things for other people it might not be it might be considered network infrastructure. So what then makes IoT hacking different from say traditional network hacking.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 30, 2022

Anyway, what if there was a way to simulate attacks on your networks. I’m Robert Vamosi and in this episode I’m talking about cyber ranges-- simulations that can both teach and improve the security of your networks. A red team would be the enemy and they’d study your network and try to exploit any weaknesses.

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