Scott Lowe

JULY 5, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Although I’ve by and large moved away from Apple hardware (I still have a MacBook Pro running macOS that sees very little use, and a Mac Pro running Fedora), I did see this article regarding a new keyboard for the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. It provides the basics behind X.509v3 Kubernetes 1.15

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Storage Hardware Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

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. Servers/Hardware. I came across this post on CloudFoundry’s User Account and Authentication Service (the UAA). storage enhancements.

Storage 92

Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Scott Lowe

MARCH 1, 2019

VyOS is an open source Linux-based network operating system.). Servers/Hardware. Part 1 covers auto-unsealing Vault ; part 2 covers authenticating to Vault using instance metadata ; and part 3 discusses authenticating to Vault using an IAM user or role. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Virtualization.

Operating Systems 60

Operating Systems Authentication Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Next, Intel talks about how they have worked to expose hardware features into OpenStack. This involves work in libvirt as well as OpenStack, so that OpenStack can be aware of CPU functionality (which, in turn, might allow cloud providers to charge extra for “premium images” that offer encryption support in hardware).

Intel 60

Intel Storage Open Source Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Servers/Hardware. Nir Yechiel posted an article on using the Cumulus VX QCOW2 image with Fedora and KVM.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

Milind Gunjan shares some tips for troubleshooting Linux bridged networking on a KVM host. Servers/Hardware. Many organizations prefer to use two-factor authentication (2FA) to help protect their systems. Via Ivan Pepelnjak’s site, Albert Siersema shares some information on using Ansible to automate 802.1x configurations.

Open Source 60

Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Flavio Leitner has a nice article comparing OVS internal ports with Linux veth devices. This topic is the subject of some debate given that some claim OVS internal ports perform much better than Linux veth devices. Servers/Hardware. Eric Gray has a nice write-up on using Lightwave for authentication with Photon.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization IPv6 60

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication. When I started writing my first book when gadgets betray us, IoT was still known as hardware hacking, or embedded security.

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication. When I started writing my first book when gadgets betray us, IoT was still known as hardware hacking, or embedded security.

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52

Kitaboo

MARCH 18, 2024

Below are the top nine features of the top eBook creation software that can significantly enhance your eBook creation process: Cloud-Based Storage and Access Look for the best eBook creation software that comes with cloud-based storage and access capabilities. Let’s dive in! Table of Contents: I.

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eBook Software Software Storage 78

Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

This blending of “traditional” network engineering with containers, Linux, and DevOps tooling is how Matt is setting new trends and directions for the networking industry. Servers/Hardware. Chris Wahl touches on the topic of using GitHub personal tokens to authenticate to HashiCorp Vault. Nothing this time around.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2023

Servers/Hardware Kevin Houston provides some instructions on backing up the Dell PowerEdge MX7000 settings and configurations. Security Jeff Warren discusses a potential way for malicious players to bypass multi-factor authentication, aka the “Pass the Cookie” attack. Both are great reads.

IPv6 74

IPv6 Linux Tools Network 74

Scott Lowe

APRIL 21, 2016

Servers/Hardware. Mike Foley recently published a two-part series on two factor authentication (2FA) for vSphere ( part 1 is here ; part 2 is here ). This Yelp Engineering blog post talks about one of these unintended side effects (processes running as PID 1 are treated differently by the Linux kernel). Nothing this time around.

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Vmware Linux Hardware Network 60