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. Looks like some significant bandwidth increases could be on the horizon; see this article for more details. Using Auth0?

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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. Sander Rodenhuis wrote an article on security policies in Kubernetes.

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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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Network World

JUNE 22, 2016

In a world where any new software project is built in large part on existing third-party code, finding and patching vulnerabilities in popular open-source libraries is vital to creating reliable and secure applications. Libarchive is an open-source library first created for FreeBSD, but since ported to all major operating systems.

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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. Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. Networking.

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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. Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Open source has become so critical to so many aspects of our computing infrastructure. This article is chock-full of useful information that, typically, can only be gathered from direct experience (like the note on using istioctl instead of the Istio Operator to avoid an issue when upgrading from 1.6 Good stuff here!

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 15, 2021

This article by Joshua Fox outlines how and when to use each of the various types of firewalls offered by AWS. The popular open source cryptography library known as Bouncy Castle has uncovered a severe authentication bypass vulnerability. More details are available in this article. Operating Systems/Applications.

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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. BPFDoor, as it is known, is a passive backdoor that allows threat actors to remotely connect to a Linux shell. Tetragon is Isovalent’s newly open-sourced security framework.

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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 particular Technology Short Take is a tad heavy on cloud computing, but there’s a decent mix of other articles as well.

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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. Michael Kashin has a good post on source IP address selection in Linux. Exploiting cloud VMs via a remote serial/console service?

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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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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

As usual, I’ve gathered what I hope to be a useful but varied collection of articles and links on key data center technologies. The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

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. Components involved include the open source Kuma service mesh (in turn leveraging Envoy), anycast BGP, and mutual TLS (mTLS). Seriously.). Servers/Hardware.

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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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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. Redpill Linpro talks to readers about their new routers running Cumulus Linux. This article from Bruce Schneier is worth reading. Both are good articles. Servers/Hardware.

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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. Brian Boucheron provides a great article on how to inspect and debug Kubernetes network primitives. Sathyajith Bhat covers five open source tools for container security.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

As usual, I’ve gathered what I hope to be a useful but varied collection of articles and links on key data center technologies. The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 2, 2020

I’m back with another collection of articles on various data center technologies. This time around the content is a tad heavy on the security side, but I’ve still managed to pull in articles on networking, cloud computing, applications, and some programming-related content. More details are found in this article.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. It’s a radical rethinking of how we even view our current choices of UNIX-derived operating systems.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Today I have another collection of data center technology links, articles, thoughts, and rants. ” Those familiar with networking concepts will identify well with the ideas in this article, I think. Barry Peddycord shares an update on Ansible support for the Cumulus Linux NCLU. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Until then, here’s some data center-related articles and links for your enjoyment. Andrey Khomyakov shares some information on automating the setup of whitebox switches running Cumulus Linux in part 2 of this series on learning network automation. Operating Systems/Applications. Alpine Linux 3.5 Networking.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

I have, however, finally managed to pull together this list of links and articles from around the Internet, and I hope that something I’ve included here proves useful to readers. Milind Gunjan shares some tips for troubleshooting Linux bridged networking on a KVM host. ” Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 1, 2019

Daniel Dib has a great article on how network engineers need to evolve. VyOS is an open source Linux-based network operating system.). Operating Systems/Applications. If you’re looking for a reasonably gentle introduction to the concept, check out this article. Networking.

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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. Operating Systems/Applications. I’ll try to correct that for the next one. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Skydive is (in the project’s own words) an “open source real-time network topology and protocols analyzer.” 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. I found this article on SELinux concepts for humans to be quite helpful.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

Via Ivan Pepelnjak, I was pointed to Jon Langemak’s in-depth discussion of working with Linux VRFs. Hari Rana has a detailed discussion of security concerns regarding Flatpak (a packaging format for Linux applications). Alessandro Perilli has a very lengthy article on NoOps. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Galido

OCTOBER 18, 2018

If you are reading this article, it means that you want to start studying programming. When programming applications for the operating system of Apple, iOS, and therefore to create apps for iPhone and iPad, you must use the Objective-C language. It is available for GNU / Linux. Kotlin is an open source language.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 5, 2019

I also appreciate that Jon included a “Lab time” section in his article that encourages readers to try out the concepts he’s explaining. If you’re unfamiliar with public key infrastructure (PKI), digital certificates, or encryption, you may find this Linux Journal article helpful. Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Ready for another round of links, articles, and thoughts on data center technologies? If you’re using CloudFormation to manage your AWS security groups in an infrastructure-as-code approach, you owe it to yourself to check out this article by Jose Luis Ordiales. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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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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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Philippe Bogaerts has an article on how to use tcpdump effectively in Kubernetes. The one caveat to his approach that may be worth mentioning is that some policies (a PodSecurityPolicy or the use of Open Policy Agent) may prevent the user from launching a Pod connected to the host’s network namespace. Nothing this time; sorry!

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Dataconomy

APRIL 13, 2023

VNC has also opened up new possibilities for remote collaboration, enabling teams to work together on projects even when they are in different parts of the world. In this article, we will delve deeper into the world of Virtual Network Computing, exploring its history, technology, and various applications. and the open-source community.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #37, the latest in my irregularly-published series in which I share interesting articles from around the Internet, miscellaneous thoughts, and whatever else I feel like throwing in. Martijn Smit has launched a series of articles on VMware NSX. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Here’s a quick post on nftables , the (eventual) Linux replacement for iptables. Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux. Operating Systems/Applications. This was the source of some confusion in the past; the move to Moby sidesteps those concerns. Virtualization.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Here’s a quick post on nftables , the (eventual) Linux replacement for iptables. Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux. Operating Systems/Applications. This was the source of some confusion in the past; the move to Moby sidesteps those concerns. Virtualization.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

As we start a new year, here’s a collection of links and articles from around the web. Nir Yechiel posted an article on using the Cumulus VX QCOW2 image with Fedora and KVM. Here’s an article on an effort to add Cisco IOS support to NAPALM. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Servers/Hardware.

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