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 90

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.

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Cloud Network Engineering Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 7, 2023

Links to the previous three posts are embedded in the article. I’ll admit that his article tagline (“Amazingly, Lambda can sometimes make you less Serverless”) did catch my attention—as I’m sure it was intended to do! The article does a good job of explaining what’s meant by the tagline, though.

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Applications Comparison Cloud Operating Systems 97

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! Via Russ White , RFC 9199 was drawn to my attention (“Considerations for Large Authoritative DNS Server Operators”). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Storage Virtualization Hardware 90

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!

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Virtualization Storage Network Programming 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. —away from the host system. 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. This post on Cedar—a new policy language developed by AWS—is an interesting read. As fate (luck?)

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Programming Policies Network Cloud 96

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.

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 74

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.

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Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

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

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Sign up here for those links: Information Technology Articles. Find the links to these blogs in the descriptions below.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 113

Network World

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

It sounds like a smartphone user's worst fear: Software that starts up before the phone's operating system, intercepting and encrypting every byte sent to or from the flash memory or the network interface. This is not some new kind of ransomware, though, this is the D4 Secure Platform from Cog Systems.

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System Security Operating Systems Storage 60

Galido

MAY 1, 2019

It involves advances in computer technology, machinery, and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge and a branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences. The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. CIO Dashboard.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

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

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. Programming/Development Emily Nakashima tries to answer the question, “What is tech debt?”

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Programming Architecture Linux Construction 60

Network World

MARCH 9, 2017

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. Developers have embraced Docker containers on public clouds because they don’t need help from an IT operations team to spin them up.

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How To Security Operating Systems Applications 60

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. The idea of a software bill of materials (SBOM) is gaining traction; here’s an article on a tool by Anchore that claims to be able to help.

Linux 74

Linux Storage Programming Applications 74

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

Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

It involves advances in computer technology, machinery, and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge and a branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences. The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. CIO Dashboard.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

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

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

Kitaboo

MARCH 29, 2023

In this article, we’ll delve into these learning platforms and their importance. Here, students and instructors interact in real-time through virtual classrooms and video or audio conferring. Learners can participate in active learning by connecting with fellow learners and mentors in the virtual world. Here’s what we’ll cover.

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Education eBook Course Virtualization 78

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

It involves advances in computer technology, machinery, and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge and a branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences. The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. CIO Dashboard.

Mobile 77

Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

In response to my request for feedback in the last Technology Short Take, a few readers responded in favor of a more regular publication schedule even if that means the articles are shorter in length. Michael Hausenblas has an informative article with information on Kubernetes RBAC defaults. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Authentication Virtualization Storage 60

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Sign up here for those links: Information Technology Articles. Find the links to these blogs in the descriptions below.

Resources 66

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 66

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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Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Galido

OCTOBER 18, 2018

If you are reading this article, it means that you want to start studying programming. All those who want to become developers ask themselves this question: what programming languages do we need to know and on which should we aim for the future? And the product we are developing does not always become public or accessible.

Programming 81

Programming Operating Systems Open Source Applications 81

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

This article from Marcos Hernandez shows one way to do dynamic routing in OpenStack. 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). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

SecureWorld News

JUNE 12, 2023

This article will provide an overview of the best cybersecurity certifications in 2023 and where you can sign up for them. Professional networking When completing a certification, you will be given the opportunity to meet other people working in the industry, helping you develop an invaluable professional network.

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Course IBM Security Industry 64

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

JUNE 18, 2017

Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

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. Michael Allen published an article on weaponizing the Yubikey. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

Ivan Pepelnjak has a fantastic article on adapting network design to acommodate automation. This is a great read overall, but one sentence in particular really caught my eye: “30 years ago I was able to write a complete multitasking operating system in Z80 assembly code. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Apple Operating Systems Policies 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Here’s a look at a few of the articles and posts that have caught my attention over the last few weeks. Via Kirk Byers (who is himself a fantastic resource), I read a couple of articles on network automation that I think readers may find helpful. There’s some good information in their article. Networking. Storage.

Network 60

Network Resources Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Justin Pietsch Has a lengthy article on why network engineers need to focus on getting the network out of the way. Sebastian Kurfürst shares some insights on running Cilium in K3s and K3d on macOS (for development purposes). Chip Zoller has a great article on some use cases for Kyverno. Operating Systems/Applications.

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