Scott Lowe

JANUARY 5, 2024

This one is really short, which I’m assuming reflects a lack of blogging activity over the 2023 holiday season. Networking Via this blog post , I learned that Ivan Pepelnjak has a GitHub repository of hands-on examples for learning public cloud networking (including both AWS and Azure). x and ESXi 8.x.

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Cloud Network Engineering Operating Systems 60

Storage IO Blog

MAY 31, 2016

In case you missed it, Dell recently announced Storage Center Operating System 7 (SCOS 7) with several enhancements for their SC series storage systems (e.g. The post Dell Updates Storage Center Operating System 7 (SCOS 7) appeared first on StorageIOblog. Compellent).

Operating Systems 40

Operating Systems Dell Storage System 40

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. Networking. Russ White shares Russ' rules for network design. Operating Systems/Applications. Cloudflare recently introduced its own object storage offering, announced in this blog post. Virtualization.

IPv6 97

IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 97

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

Networking. Also on the Sysdig blog, Miguel Hernández recaps his KubeCon EU 2022 talk on how attackers used an exposed Prometheus server to exploit Kubernetes clusters. Ivan Velichko takes readers on a journey of how Kubernetes reinvented virtual machines (in a good sense). Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 90

Linux Storage Virtualization Hardware 90

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Networking. Ivan Pepelnjak has a post on running network automation tools in a container. Tom Hollingsworth likens networking disaggregation to “cutting the cord” and switching away from cable. There’s also some great information in this Google Project Zero blog post. Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 94

Open Source Virtualization Applications Security 94

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Information Technology Blog - - Top Tech Websites 2019 - Information Technology Blog. Thus it is essential to always stay on top of news and information, whether it be by newsletter, following RSS feeds and blogs, tutorials or going back to school. Find the links to these blogs in the descriptions below.

Mobile 77

Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

Scott Lowe

APRIL 7, 2023

Networking Jeff McLaughlin discusses what he calls the “war on expertise.” Operating Systems/Applications In Technology Short Take 166 , I mentioned Nick Schmidt’s article on D2. Howard Oakley has uncovered some changes to the macOS Gatekeeper/app notarization process; see more details in this blog post.

Applications 97

Applications Comparison Cloud Operating Systems 97

Galido

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Information Technology Blog - - How to Choose the Best Vulnerability Scanning Tool for Your Business - Information Technology Blog. For any business today, scanning its systems and network for vulnerabilities is of critical importance. Author Bio: William Harvey is a Technical Blog Writer who works in Hacker Combat.

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Tools How To Malware Network 84

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. Operating Systems/Applications. Programming.

Linux 60

Linux Hardware Network Cloud 60

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Over the last year, IT budgets saw modest growth as departments embraced mobile, cloud and virtualization in record numbers. These factors will prevent some global companies from successfully deploying bandwidth-hungry enterprise IT strategies worldwide, such as virtualization and data center consolidation. – bg.

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WAN Security Enterprise Enterprise 273

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.

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Linux Academy

MAY 31, 2019

We use templates for network devices, workstations, laptops, and servers so that all of our devices match our security templates. This included installing operating system updates, NTP servers, DNS servers, static IPs, audit log options, anti-virus, etc. Network Device Configurations. How do we do this kind of monitoring?

Security 92

Security Backup Linux Operating Systems 92

CTOvision

APRIL 7, 2014

Major Market Demand for Advanced Threat Protection Driving Rapid Platform Adoption and Expansion of Technology Ecosystem; Company Announces Integration With Palo Alto Networks’ Wildfire Platform. To be comprehensive and present the strongest defense requires a proactive posture in addressing risks to our network. Videos: [link].

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CTO Hire Fractional CTO Enterprise Enterprise 255

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Do not expect too many blog posts or twitter updates. It was not until later in the year that I started to recording the readings here on the blog, so I hope this is indeed the complete list. Bar-Yam, Journal of Systems Science and Complexity. Aug 11 - " On the Naming and Binding of Network Destinations ", Saltzer, J.

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Operating Systems Conference Survey System 144

The Verge

JUNE 7, 2021

Apple’s hosting its second all-virtual Worldwide Developers Conference this year, and it seems like the company plans to squeeze in even more hardware announcements alongside its usual software updates. Otherwise, head to these links below for more: Tune in to The Verge ’s Apple WWDC 2021 live blog for commentary and feelings.

How To 73

How To Apple Operating Systems Conference 73

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. Networking. Russ White shares Russ' rules for network design. Operating Systems/Applications. Cloudflare recently introduced its own object storage offering, announced in this blog post. Virtualization.

IPv6 60

IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 60

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. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Network Tools Hardware 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. release of netsim-tools in this blog post. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Linux 74

Linux Storage Programming Applications 74

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Networking. More information on the script is in his blog post. Russ White tackles the issue of networking engineers needing to learn to code. Jason Messer has an article describing how networking works with Windows containers. Drew Conry-Murray shines a light on Intel’s network ambitions. Is it necessary?

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Networking. In the last Technology Short Take , I mentioned that some testing with macOS Big Sur indicated that Apple had left itself a backdoor for network traffic from its own applications. How did I not know about Network Time Security (NTS)? Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

SMB 60

SMB Cloud Fashion Vmware 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. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Fountainhead

MARCH 18, 2013

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Amazon Web Services recent (re) announcement of its Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) functionality as it ventures into the enterprise ( on AWS Blog ) as well as their recent teaming with Equinix and Netapp. Subscribe to this blog. Fountainhead.

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Strategy Cloud Vmware Data Center 210

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 does that mean, exactly?

Vmware 74

Vmware Network Hardware Cloud 74

Linux Academy

MAY 13, 2019

When isolating infected workstations, they should be left powered on with the network cables removed and all network adapters disabled within the operating system. When isolating infected virtual servers, a C-level executive must give permission to isolate a server. The virtual server is to remain powered on.

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Security Exercises Operating Systems Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

For example, did you know about the secret macOS network quality tool? Networking. Operating Systems/Applications. Dan Petrov writes about the secret macOS network quality tool. Virtualization. You didn’t? Lucky for you there’s a link to an article about it below. Read on to get all the details!

Cloud 87

Cloud Tools Applications Policies 87

Scott Lowe

MARCH 12, 2021

Networking. Isovalent, the folks behind Cilium, recently unveiled the Network Policy Editor, a graphical way of editing Kubernetes Network Policies. Ivan Pepelnjak, the font of all networking knowledge, has been discussing cloud networking in some detail for a good while now. Operating Systems/Applications.

IPv6 60

IPv6 Network Storage Policies 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 21, 2020

I’ve had this blog post sitting in my Drafts folder waiting to be published for almost a month, and I kept forgetting to actually make it live. Networking. gNMI, by the way, stands for gRPC Network Management Interface (more information on gNMI can be found here ). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Handbook Linux Storage Windows 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Networking. The networking “old guard” likes to talk about how x86 servers and virtualization create network bottlenecks due to performance concerns, but as Ivan points out in this post , it’s rapidly becoming—or has already become—a non-issue. The Dell VRTX made its debut recently.

Vmware 106

Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

Scott Lowe

JULY 16, 2021

This time around, the Networking section is a bit light, but I’ve got plenty of cloud computing links and articles for you to enjoy, along with some stuff on OSes and applications, programming, and soft skills. Networking. release recently; here’s the announcement blog post. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Cloud Network Virtualization Guidelines 60

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. See this blog post from Fabrizio Pandini for more details.

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Vmware Cloud Network Hardware 74

Kitaboo

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

With networks and infrastructures extending beyond the safe school walls nowadays, cyber-attack threats against educational institutions are on the rise. A denial-of-service attack attempts to overwhelm or shut down a network, rendering it unusable to legitimate users. There is a heightened focus on remote learning and online classes.

Education 78

Education Malware eBook Backup 78

CTOvision

JANUARY 28, 2015

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that grew the company’s portfolio in isolation, containerization and detection techniques for protecting operating systems from targeted attacks. Follow Invincea: Invincea Blogs: [link]. 8,935,773 for “Malware Detector.”. The demand is high across all sectors. Webinar Series: [link].

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Malware Dell Security Enterprise 150

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Networking. Matt Oswalt has a great post on the need for networking professionals to learn basic scripting skills—something he (rightfully) distinguishes from programming as a full-time occupation. Further, he follows that up with a post on how automation is more than just configuration management ; it’s about network services.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Networking. see below in the “Operating Systems/Applications” section), Metaswitch has announced a Container Networking Interface (CNI) plugin for Project Calico. First up, Matt goes on a bit of a rant regarding SDN and network automation. Both these articles came out of Network Field Day 11 , by the way.).

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Operating Systems Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Networking. 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. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2023

Prior to the recent Spousetivities post , it had been a few months since I posted on the site; life has been busy, and it hasn’t left much time for blogging. Networking Navendu Pottekkat offers readers a comprehensive guide to API gateways, Kubernetes gateways, and service meshes. OK, let’s get on to the content!

Programming 60

Programming Architecture Linux Construction 60

Storage IO Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

This means that the drives should be transparent to the operating systems or hypervisors on servers or storage controllers without need for special adapters, controller cards or drivers.

Storage 83

Storage Vmware Architecture Operating Systems 83