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

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.

Vmware 74

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 74

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

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. This is useful, in my opinion, because now platform operators have a “starting point” on the specific threats they need to try to mitigate.

Open Source 94

Open Source Virtualization Applications Security 94

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.

Disaster Recovery 90

Disaster Recovery Security Storage Social 90

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. 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). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

IPv6 60

IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 60

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.

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

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. In truth, the answer is exactly as Ivan says at the top of the article: when it comes to migrating container hosts, you don’t. Seriously.). Servers/Hardware.

Storage 79

Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq. A bunch of home Wi-Fi routers are suspectible to attack; see this article for more details.

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

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. Via Alex Mitelman’s Systems Design Weekly 015 , I was pointed to this AWS article on multi-site active-active architectures. Virtualization.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

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

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Internet discussing various data center-focused technologies. 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.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

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.

Vmware 60

Vmware Authentication Virtualization Storage 60

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.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

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. Also see the link to the newer article the author wrote as a follow-up. As fate (luck?)

Programming 96

Programming Policies Network Cloud 96

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. Dmitri Kalintsev examines some options for addressing storage-related connectivity in NSX environments. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 21, 2020

Everyone’s favorite three-letter agency recently released some VPN security guidance, as reported by this InfoSecurity Magazine article. The article also provides some links to said guidance, for those that are interested. Operating Systems/Applications. ” Storage. Virtualization.

Handbook 60

Handbook Linux Storage Windows 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq along the way. A bunch of home Wi-Fi routers are suspectible to attack; see this article for more details.

Linux 60

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

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 12, 2021

I didn’t do so well on storage links; apologies to my storage-focused friends! This is truly an information-dense article, and if working with the AWS API Gateway falls into your job responsibilities then this is probably a good post to read. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Networking.

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IPv6 Network Storage Policies 60

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. ” I highly encourage reading this article. You’re also invited to share relevant links or articles in the comments!

Vmware 69

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

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.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

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. This article is about hardware, just not the hardware I’d typically talk about in this section—instead, it’s about Philips Hue light bulbs. Both are good articles.

Linux 60

Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 2, 2019

Here’s my latest gathering of links and articles from the around the World Wide Web (an “old school” reference for you right there). I’ve got a little bit of something for most everyone, except for the storage nerds (I’m leaving that to my friend J Metz this time around). See this article by Ben Mason.

Storage 60

Storage Applications Programming Firewall 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. Virtualization. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 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. Kaizhe Huang examines Falco versus AuditD from a host intrusion detection system (HIDS) perspective. Eclypsium discusses ways of protecting system firmware storage. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Study Network 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

I have another collection of links, articles, and thoughts about key data center technologies, and hopefully I’ve managed to include something here that will prove useful or thought-provoking. For those that may be new to Terraform, Cody Bunch has a great article that describes a simple use case of Terraform with vSphere. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

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. Of course, I am a fan of network virtualization, since I work with/on VMware NSX.). (Of Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

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). Gert van Dijk has a great article on upgrading your SSH keys to take advantage of new key types and enhanced security. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Intel Virtualization 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.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #31, my irregularly published series that takes a look at links, posts, articles, and thoughts from around the web related to core data center technologies. This is an older article (published in May of last year), and it’s a bit on the lengthy side, but I like the tack the author uses.

Storage 111

Storage Vmware WAN Virtualization 111

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

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. Via Alex Mitelman’s Systems Design Weekly 015 , I was pointed to this AWS article on multi-site active-active architectures. Virtualization.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #34, my latest collection of links, articles, thoughts, and ideas from around the web, centered on key data center technologies. Greg Ferro, aka EtherealMind, has a great series of articles on overlay networking (a component technology used in a number of network virtualization solutions).

Vmware 106

Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Welcome to Technology Short Take #25, my irregularly-published collection of links, articles, thoughts, and rants. Erik Smith, notably known for his outstanding posts on storage and FCoE, takes a stab at describing some of the differences between SDN and network virtualization in this post. Operating Systems/Applications.

Storage 92

Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

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. Operating Systems/Applications.

Storage 60

Storage Hardware Open Source Vmware 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. Virtualization. Networking.

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Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60