Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. Networking. As Alec shares in the article, it turns out that adding Tor to a “standard” DoH configuration doesn’t significantly impact performance (as measured by latency). Servers/Hardware.

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IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 97

Network World

MARCH 29, 2017

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an incredibly diverse space, encompassing a large variety of hardware form factors and software ecosystems unlike anything we have seen in technology. RELATED: 8 tips for building a cost-effective IoT sensor network. How do they keep up with updated or new operating systems?

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Internet Network How To Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 7, 2023

Networking Jeff McLaughlin discusses what he calls the “war on expertise.” Links to the previous three posts are embedded in the article. Servers/Hardware Manoj Kumar provides a beginner’s guide to Trusted Platform Module (TPM). This article provides a comparison of Apache APISIX 3.0

Applications 97

Applications Comparison Cloud Operating Systems 97

CTOvision

DECEMBER 3, 2014

We say that now and in the future, we enable our customers’ applications to run faster than the networks they need to manage and protect. Napatech is the world’s leading supplier of accelerators for network security applications. Investment protection of your software by allowing you to keep your hardware current.

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Applications CTO Network Operating Systems 254

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In any case, I’ve spent the last month collecting links to articles and tutorials from around the web on all the various technologies that us IT folk are likely to encounter in our day-to-day adventures. Networking. Ivan Pepelnjak addresses the idea that network automation is harmful. Servers/Hardware. Good stuff!

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Open Source Apple Vmware Cloud 79

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! Networking William Morgan’s 2022 service mesh recap captures some of the significant events in service mesh in 2022, although through a Linkerd-colored lens.

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Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Networking Brent Salisbury shares some code intended to help you “ChatGPT your project documentation.” 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. What about preventing it?

Vmware 74

Vmware Network Hardware Cloud 74

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. Networking. As Alec shares in the article, it turns out that adding Tor to a “standard” DoH configuration doesn’t significantly impact performance (as measured by latency). Servers/Hardware.

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IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 60

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). Networking. Numerous Networks has some information on optimizing Wi-Fi 6E networks for Apple devices.

Network 74

Network Vmware Cloud Operating Systems 74

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! DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. Networking. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 90

Linux Storage Virtualization Hardware 90

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. Networking.

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Virtualization Storage Programming Network 79

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. For example, did you know about the secret macOS network quality tool? Networking. Servers/Hardware.

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Cloud Tools Applications Policies 87

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Networking. Thanks to this article , that oversight is now corrected. Oh, and the article shares a handy Python script to help implement bogon filtering in NSX-T. Oh, and the article shares a handy Python script to help implement bogon filtering in NSX-T. Servers/Hardware. Seriously.).

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Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The list of articles is a bit shorter than usual this time around, but I’ve still got a good collection of articles and posts covering topics in networking, hardware (mostly focused on Apple’s processors), cloud computing, and virtualization. Networking. Servers/Hardware. At least, I hope so.)

Vmware 74

Vmware Cloud Network Hardware 74

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

The collection of links shared below covers a fairly wide range of topics, from old Sun hardware to working with serverless frameworks in the public cloud. Networking. The first is a post on Cilium and F5 load balancer integration , while the second discusses implementing Kubernetes network policies with Cilium and Linkerd.

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Vmware Hardware Load Balancer Apple 60

Network World

JUNE 2, 2016

The OpenSwitch Project took a significant development step this week when it became the first full feature network operating system project of the Linux Foundation. More on Network World: Feeling jammed? To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Linux Operating Systems Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2021

This is the last Technology Short Take of 2021, so hopefully I’ll close the year out “with a bang” with this collection of links and articles on various technology areas. Networking. Ivan Pepelnjak has a post on running network automation tools in a container. Servers/Hardware. Bring on the content!

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Open Source Virtualization Applications Security 94

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Networking. 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. Want to understand kube-proxy , a key part of Kubernetes networking, a bit better? Servers/Hardware. Cabling is hardware, right?

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The list of articles is a bit shorter than usual this time around, but I’ve still got a good collection of articles and posts covering topics in networking, hardware (mostly focused on Apple’s processors), cloud computing, and virtualization. Networking. Servers/Hardware. At least, I hope so.)

Vmware 60

Vmware Cloud Network Hardware 60

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. Servers/Hardware. Having recently needed to dig into Open Policy Agent (OPA) , I took renewed interest in this slightly older article by Chip Zoller that compares OPA/Gatekeeper with Kyverno.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Internet discussing various data center-focused technologies. Networking. The Pivotal Engineering blog has an article that shows how to use BOSH with the vSphere CPI to automate adding servers to an NSX load balancing pool. Servers/Hardware. Check this out.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Here’s another collection of articles and blog posts about some of the common technologies that modern IT professionals will typically encounter. Networking. Brian Boucheron provides a great article on how to inspect and debug Kubernetes network primitives. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Hardware Open Source Vmware Linux 60

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. Servers/Hardware. maximizing revenue per hardware instance).

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Linux Hardware Network Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

It seems like the natural progression of the Tech Short Takes is moving toward monthly articles, since it’s been about a month since my last one. Networking. Said van de Klundert has a post on screen scraping basics for network engineers. Said van de Klundert has a post on screen scraping basics for network engineers.

Linux 60

Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 15, 2021

Networking. This article by Joshua Fox outlines how and when to use each of the various types of firewalls offered by AWS. Servers/Hardware. More details are available in this article. Heidi Howard and Ittai Abraham illustrate some of the challenges of the Raft consensus protocol when there is a network partition.

Linux 60

Linux Firewall Open Source Vmware 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. Networking. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #154! Enjoy the content!

Linux 74

Linux Storage Programming Applications 74

Scott Lowe

MARCH 1, 2019

Networking. Daniel Dib has a great article on how network engineers need to evolve. The network isn’t going away, it’s just changing. I referenced part 1 of Ajay Chenampara’s series on the Ansible network-engine command parser back in Technology Short Take 102 (July of last year). Virtualization.

Operating Systems 60

Operating Systems Authentication Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

I have a few more links than normal this time around, although I didn’t find articles in a couple categories. Don’t worry—I’ll keep my eyes peeled and my RSS reader ready to pull in new articles in those categories for next time. Networking. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Load Balancer Linux Intel Cloud 90

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Networking. Russ White tackles the issue of networking engineers needing to learn to code. 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. Servers/Hardware. Is it necessary?

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Network World

APRIL 5, 2017

A critical vulnerability in the widely used Xen hypervisor allows attackers to break out of a guest operating system running inside a virtual machine and access the host system's entire memory. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here The new vulnerability affects Xen 4.8.x, x, and 4.4.x

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Virtualization Operating Systems Open Source Data Center 60

Cloud Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

Equifax also waited a week to scan its network for apps that remained vulnerable. [1] Patch management is the process of identifying, acquiring, installing, and verifying patches for products and systems. A process to identify vulnerabilities in hardware, operating systems, and applications.

Operating Systems 79

Operating Systems Enterprise Enterprise Virtualization 79

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Networking. Arthur Chiao cracks open kube-proxy , a key part of Kubernetes networking, to expose the internals, and along the way exposes readers to a few different technologies. This is a good read if you’re trying to better understand some aspects of Kubernetes networking. Servers/Hardware. Now, on to the content!

Linux 60

Linux Network Tools Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Networking. Brian Linkletter has a post on how to run the Antidote network emulator on KVM for better performance. Antidote, as I understand it, is the network emulator that runs the labs on the NRELabs web site (which is another cool thing in and of itself). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Linux Hardware 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. Networking. 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.

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Network Resources Devops Vmware 60

Network World

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

What you might not know is that some of these vaunted security features aren’t available out of the box or they require additional hardware -- you may not be getting the level of security you bargained for. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Windows 60

Windows Security Hardware Operating Systems 60

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 Networking. MTU in OpenStack Neutron has been, as this article by Sam Yaple points out, a bit of a touchy subject.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Networking. I never found the root cause, but we did find a workaround; however, along the way, someone shared this article with me. Servers/Hardware. Dan Lorenc’s article on policy and attestations does a great job of covering key concepts like signatures, attestations, and provenance. Plastic microchips ?

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90