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. I use OTR with Adium on OS X, and OTR with Pidgin on my Fedora Linux laptop.).

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

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. First up is a treatise from Mircea Ulinic on whether network automation is needed. I first ran into Forward Networks a few years ago at Fall ONUG in New York.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Networking. At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Here’s another topic that came up at the recent DevOps Networking Forum: Spotify’s SDN Internet Router (SIR). Here’s some information on Nuage Networks’ experimental Docker Network plugin.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

Networking. Lindsay Hill walks through using Telegraf, InfluxDB, and Grafana to monitor network statistics. Via Ivan Pepelnjak, I found this article by Diane Patton at Cumulus Networks talking about container network designs. Christian Kellner talks about work done on Thunderbolt 3 security levels for GNU/Linux.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Networking. Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend. Apparently Dell’s new docking stations support firmware updates via Linux. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Servers/Hardware. Michael Allen published an article on weaponizing the Yubikey.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Networking. I enjoyed Dave McCrory’s series on the future of the network (see part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , and part 4 —part 5 hadn’t gone live yet when I published this). Michael Kashin has a handy little tool that functions like ssh-copy-id on servers, but for network devices (leveraging Netmiko).

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Networking. 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). Using Python and Netmiko for network automation is the topic of this post by Colin McAlister.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

Networking. Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.). (Cue Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.).

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

Networking. Matt Oswalt tackles the topic of unit testing (specifically with regard to network automation) with a post on unit testing JunOS with JSNAPy. Jérôme Petazzoni test drives AppSwitch , the “network stack from the future.” Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Tirumarai Selvan has a comparison.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

Networking. Netmiko, if you haven’t heard, is a fantastic Python library that’s really useful when writing Python-based network automation scripts. First up, there’s a great article on using IPVLAN with Docker and Cumulus Linux (with a tie back to sFlow, naturally!). Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

Networking. I love this post from Matt Oswalt on five next-gen skills for networking pros. It tells me that some skills—specifically, Linux, automation/configuration management, software development concepts—are going to be essential for all new IT pros in the near future. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Networking. 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). Using Python and Netmiko for network automation is the topic of this post by Colin McAlister.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2020

Apple’s cloud ban and Fortnite feud have made it gaming’s latest villain Apple has always had a complicated relationship with the game industry, but this month that relationship slid into a bitter and very public legal and regulatory war that could shape the future of iPhone apps. APPLE, FORTNITE, AND THE HIDDEN THREAT OF CLOUD GAMING.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Networking. Biruk Mekonnen has an introductory article on using Netmiko for network automation. Gabriele Gerbino has a nice write-up about Cisco’s efforts with APIs ; his article includes a brief description of YANG data models and a comparison of working with network devices via SSH or via API.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 22, 2014

Any Docker hosts you’re running must have Docker configured to listen on a network-accessible socket. Any Docker hosts that will be orchestrated by Heat must have an IP address assigned that is reachable from the server where Heat is running (typically the cloud controller). ”) In my case, I selected TCP port 2345.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Networking. Tyler Christiansen recently published a post on a network automation workflow that was based on a presentation he gave at the SF Network Automation meetup. This article by Russell Bryant is a great overview and update of the work going on with Open Virtual Network (OVN). Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Virtualized Greek

APRIL 11, 2013

It’s very difficult to imagine an enterprise Cloud that both would co-exist. This isn’t about directly comparing vCloud and OpenStack Public Clouds. The drivers for a Cloud provider selecting a Cloud management platform are different from an Enterprise selecting a Cloud manager. This is an important observation.

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Network World

MAY 17, 2024

It delivered a version of Linux – Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI – optimized for AI , InstructLab for fine tuning models, and Podman AI Lab for building and testing AI-powered applications. Instead, it partnered with IBM to feature the Granite models as the default option in its tool sets and as the base for its Lightspeed products.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

This Technology Short Take is a bit heavy on cloud, OS, and programming topics, but there should be enough other interesting links to be useful to plenty of folks. (At Networking. Ali Al Idrees has a post on using NSX ALB (formerly Avi Networks) with Kubernetes clusters in a vSphere with Tanzu environment. Servers/Hardware.

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Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2016

The current European Cloud Computing Policy is set towards building a Digital Single Market Strategy through the European Cloud Initiative, the European Free Flow of Data Initiative and the emerging issues related to ownership, access, portability of data and switching of cloud service providers.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Networking. If you’re interested in learning more about OpenFlow and software-defined networking but need to do this on a shoestring budget in your home lab, a number of guides have been written to help out. Another good resource is Dan Hersey’s guide to building an SDN-based private cloud in an hour.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

This Technology Short Take is a bit heavy on the networking side, but I suppose that’s understandable given my recent job change. Networking. Ben Cherian, Chief Strategy Officer for Midokura, helps make a case for network virtualization. Note: Midokura makes a network virtualization solution.) Am I wrong?

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Who’s going to test network scanners, port scanners, and software code? I guess there have been for example a virus tool comparisons that both can found and so on but I'm not aware of any like systematic long running effort of measuring a set of tools and how they can form. But antimalware is niche category.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Who’s going to test network scanners, port scanners, and software code? I guess there have been for example a virus tool comparisons that both can found and so on but I'm not aware of any like systematic long running effort of measuring a set of tools and how they can form. But antimalware is niche category.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

Networking. Bob McCouch has a post over at Network Computing (where I’ve recently started blogging as well—see my first post ) discussing his view on how software-defined networking (SDN) will trickle down to small and mid-sized businesses. Want or need to use multiple external networks in your OpenStack deployment?

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The Verge

MARCH 29, 2022

It’s a Linux gaming PC that runs many but not all Windows games, on the go like a Nintendo Switch, only with way more horsepower, shorter battery life, and a seriously noisy fan. Compare to the Nintendo Switch, where The Witcher 3 looks like dirt by comparison.). Consider this our Steam Deck FAQ. I guess I’m on a sequel kick.).

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Who’s going to test network scanners, port scanners, and software code? I guess there have been for example a virus tool comparisons that both can found and so on but I'm not aware of any like systematic long running effort of measuring a set of tools and how they can form. But antimalware is niche category.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

The name comes from the finger protocol which provides status reports on a particular computer system or a particular person at network sites. Back then, finger was perhaps useful to see who else was also on the network and able to chat over telnet or meet in person. What’s interesting is that in November 1988, Robert Morris Jr.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

The name comes from the finger protocol which provides status reports on a particular computer system or a particular person at network sites. Back then, finger was perhaps useful to see who else was also on the network and able to chat over telnet or meet in person. What’s interesting is that in November 1988, Robert Morris Jr.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Here’s hoping I’ve managed to find something of value and interest to you in this latest collection of links and articles from around the web on networking, storage, virtualization, security, and other data center-related technologies. Networking. The article shows you how to build a Cumulus VX lab on Ravello Systems. Very nifty stuff.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

And in the cloud, there are microservices that perform workloads. CODEN: Basically, the fundamental issue is look at that early Unix and Linux operating systems that were providing these very basic services that are still the the only things we really need from the operating system today. So in the cloud environment.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

We see it from a lot of different directions that the game code will actually run in the cloud. Now, if your local device has almost no compute capability relative to games, obviously, we’ll move almost everything to the cloud. It’s got an ARM processor, and it runs Linux and we’re off to the races. We shouldn’t ignore it.

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