Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

That’s right, it’s time for yet another collection of links and articles from around the Internet on various data center-related technologies, products, projects, and efforts. It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. ” I highly encourage reading this article.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

In any case, here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Net on the major data center technology areas. At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. You may also find this (related) article on memory inside Linux containers to be helpful.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Russell Bryant has a post on Open Virtual Network (OVN) , a project within the Open vSwitch (OVS) community. specifically, the new container network firewall functionality. The NIST and DHS have teamed up on some efforts to secure BGP; more information is available in this article. Virtualization. Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 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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Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

OK, now that I’ve mentioned Skydive, I can talk about this article that provides an example of functional SDN testing with Terraform and Skydive. 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. What’s that? That’s handy.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles discussing the major data center technologies—networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications, virtualization…you name it! (If MTU in OpenStack Neutron has been, as this article by Sam Yaple points out, a bit of a touchy subject. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

Welcome to Technology Short Take #68, my erratically-published collection of links, articles, and posts from around the web—all focused on today’s major data center technologies. Both articles are useful, IMHO, especially considering that MACVLAN is no longer experimental as of the Docker 1.12 Servers/Hardware.

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Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2018

This article will discuss the five reasons that make Ansible one of the most reliable and efficient CM tools out there. It effortlessly integrates with any area of the IT infrastructure, be it provisioning virtual machines (VMs) or creating firewall rules. Ansible—and justifiably so! You may ask why.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

I have here for your reading pleasure an eclectic collection of links and articles from around the web, focusing on data center-related technologies. It tells me that some skills—specifically, Linux, automation/configuration management, software development concepts—are going to be essential for all new IT pros in the near future.

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Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles about the major data center technologies. While I’m talking about the overlay/underlay model, I found this article by Tom Nolle discussing how using the overlay/underlay model could enable agile infrastructure. Welcome to Technology Short Take #66! Networking. Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #50, the latest in my series of posts sharing various links and articles pertaining to key data center technologies. If you’re looking for more examples of how to incorporate these sorts of tools into your own network automation workflow, I’d recommend having a look at this article. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #35, another in my irregular series of posts that collect various articles, links and thoughts regarding data center technologies. Art Fewell takes a deeper look at the increasingly important role of the virtual switch. His follow-up article on disaster recovery of DCE VM with vCHS is also pretty good.

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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. is offered by Udemy and focuses on major operating systems like Windows, Mac OS, and Linux, providing learners with the skills they need to secure systems while preserving privacy and anonymity.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Tor Anderson has an article on using IPv6 for network boot using UEFI and iPXE. Kirk Byers has a helpful article that provides some suggestions and guidelines for how to make your network automation/network scripts become more than just your own personal hobby at work. I highly recommend this article. Networking. Larry Smith Jr.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #33, the latest in my irregularly-published series of articles discussing various data center technology-related links, articles, rants, thoughts, and questions. Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” App Firewall?

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2020

My list of links and articles from around the web seems to be a bit heavy on security-related topics this time. Still, there’s a decent collection of networking, cloud computing, and virtualization articles as well as a smattering of other topics for you to peruse. Here’s a decent article on using tee and xargs.

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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. Virtualization. ” Get ready to get nerdy! Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Firewall Storage Comparison 60

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. Here’s a nice article on using Ansible with Arista EOS. If you haven’t read Brent’s article on building network tools with Docker , I highly recommend it.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #33, the latest in my irregularly-published series of articles discussing various data center technology-related links, articles, rants, thoughts, and questions. Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” App Firewall?

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Dmitri Kalintsev is back with another article in a series of articles on using hardware VXLAN tunnel endpoints (VTEPs) with VMware NSX. 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. Networking. Then again, what do I know?

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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 ). Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 15, 2013

I’ve written before about adding an extra layer of network security to your Macintosh by leveraging the BSD-level ipfw firewall, in addition to the standard GUI firewall and additional third-party firewalls (like Little Snitch ). In this article, I’m going to show you how to use pf on OS X.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #48, another installation in my irregularly-published series that collects links, articles, and thoughts from around the web. Craig Matsumoto of SDxCentral recently published a piece on NFV performance ; that article was based largely on a blog post by Martin Taylor of Metaswitch found here. Networking.

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