Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Servers/Hardware. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Dataconomy

JUNE 27, 2023

How to counter the most risky cloud computing threats? Common features include real-time scanning, web protection, email scanning, firewall capabilities, and ransomware protection. Ensure that the antivirus software is compatible with your operating system and its specific version.

Malware 68

Malware Software Software Financial 68

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 Thinking of using a hardware VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint) with VMware NSX? Servers/Hardware. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 2, 2019

The key takeaway here is that anytime there is firewalling or other stateful services in place, the traffic will route to the (non-distributed) service router instead of just the distributed routers. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Storage 60

Storage Applications Programming Firewall 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Servers/Hardware. specifically, the new container network firewall functionality. When I was using Fedora, I needed some useful information on firewall-cmd , and found this article to be helpful. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Perhaps I should remove this section?

Firewall 60

Firewall Virtualization Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Servers/Hardware. 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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Servers/Hardware. 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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Servers/Hardware. 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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Windows 60

Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

What’s really interesting to me is the (completely uncoordinated) alignment between Matt’s list of skills for networking pros and the list I provided to virtualization pros in a series of recent VMUG presentations (refer to slide 15, but the list is software development basics, Linux, automation/orchestration, and public cloud services).

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

If you like geeking out over the hardware side of networking, you may find this Ars Technica article on the physical infrastructure of the global Internet to be an interesting read. (I Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Network Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Servers/Hardware. While all the attention is “up the stack,” there are still some occasions when you need to worry about the details in the hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. you’ll need to be sure to unblock WMI in the Windows Firewall.

Vmware 69

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At the recent OCP Summit, Microsoft introduced Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC). Servers/Hardware. Russell Pope at Kovarus recently wrote about using security groups to manage the VMware NSX distributed firewall. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Tony Sangha took PowerNSX (a set of PowerShell cmdlets for interacting with NSX) and created a tool to help document the NSX Distributed Firewall configuration. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. What’s that? You haven’t heard of PowerNSX before? See here.).

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

This is kind of cool, and (in my humble opinion) a sign of changing times: Juniper has Vagrant boxes as well as a Vagrant plugin for working with vSRX (virtual firewall) VMs (via this article from Matt Oswalt). Servers/Hardware. Here are some general guidelines for configuring syslog forwarding on a Cisco ASA firewall.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 15, 2022

If you recently integrated cloud technologies into your IT environment, chances are your team spent many months working behind the scenes, diligently setting up the implementation to generate quick gains for the business. Either way, clouds of any flavor from public to on prem to hybrid don’t manage themselves. They have two options.

Cloud 145

Cloud Open Source Applications Storage 145

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

Servers/Hardware. In the event you’re interested in an idea of how much latency the use of in-kernel hypervisor firewalling (such as that offered by VMware NSX) adds, have a look at this article by Sean Howard. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Nothing this time around.

Vmware 60

Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Vivek Gite over at nixCraft explains how to use ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) on Ubuntu to limit SSH connections. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. If you’ve deployed the vRealize Operations Management Pack for NSX, there’s an option to enable Log Insight integration as well.

Linux 60

Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

Greg Ferro examines a potential SDN use case (an OpenFlow use case) in the form of enterprise firewall migrations. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Just getting started in the networking field? Mounting guest disk images on the host? Check it out here.

Storage 111

Storage Vmware WAN Virtualization 111

Galido

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Ensure that your host specializes in custom firewalls for your CMS if you are using one, and updates web server scripts and systems regularly. The basic components of a hosting plan are the servers, operating systems, and the requisite software used for running websites. Enhanced Security. Enhanced Security.

Backup 103

Backup Resources Security Virtualization 103

Dataconomy

MARCH 28, 2023

Cloud Platform IoT cloud platforms enable data storage, processing, and analysis in the cloud. Hardware and software components of IoT ecosystems IoT ecosystems consist of both hardware and software components that work together to enable automation, monitoring, and control of various processes.

Data 28

Data Storage Security Network 28

Dataconomy

MARCH 28, 2023

Cloud Platform IoT cloud platforms enable data storage, processing, and analysis in the cloud. Hardware and software components of IoT ecosystems IoT ecosystems consist of both hardware and software components that work together to enable automation, monitoring, and control of various processes.

Data 28

Data Storage Security Network 28

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

A discussion of “statefulness” brought me again to Ivan’s post on the spectrum of firewall statefulness. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Very good stuff!

Vmware 60

Vmware Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 60

Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

With server virtualization, you can easily create, move, and delete virtual servers as needed, without the need for expensive hardware upgrades or complex reconfigurations. One of the key benefits of server virtualization is that it allows for more efficient use of hardware resources.

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Virtualization Storage Hardware Disaster Recovery 78

Kitaboo

DECEMBER 29, 2023

IT or tech infrastructure of an organization comprises hardware, software, frameworks, network systems, and other facilities that enable seamless IT services delivery to various business units and help maintain its digital presence. Building Blocks of a Secure IT Infrastructure III. Conclusion What is IT Infrastructure?

Security 78

Security eBook Education Backup 78

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Ivan Pepelnjak shares some links and thoughts on configuring the NSX-T firewall with a CI/CD pipeline built on GitHub Actions and Terraform Cloud. Servers/Hardware. ” Following that incident came news of “Azurescape,” billed as the first cross-account container takeover in the public cloud.

Open Source 107

Open Source Cloud Network Storage 107

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 Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Need to list assets across multiple cloud providers? Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Firewall Storage Comparison 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Still, there’s a decent collection of networking, cloud computing, and virtualization articles as well as a smattering of other topics for you to peruse. ” Speaking of Linux networking…Marek Majkowski of Cloudflare digs deep into conntrack , used for stateful firewalling functionality. Servers/Hardware.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Disaster Recovery Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. Next, Jason dives a bit deeper on the relationship between network overlays and hardware , and shares his thoughts on where it does—and doesn’t—make sense to have hardware terminating overlay tunnels.

HP 106

HP Virtualization Hardware Network 106

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Ivan Pepelnjak shares some links and thoughts on configuring the NSX-T firewall with a CI/CD pipeline built on GitHub Actions and Terraform Cloud. Servers/Hardware. ” Following that incident came news of “Azurescape,” billed as the first cross-account container takeover in the public cloud.

Open Source 60

Open Source Cloud Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2013

Ranga Maddipudi ( @vCloudNetSec on Twitter) has put together two blog posts on vCloud Networking and Security’s App Firewall ( part 1 and part 2 ). Servers/Hardware. It will be interesting to see how the support of a “Tier 1″ hardware vendor like HP affects the adoption of ARM in the enterprise. In vSphere 5.1,

Vmware 109

Vmware Storage Virtualization HP 109

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. Next, Jason dives a bit deeper on the relationship between network overlays and hardware , and shares his thoughts on where it does—and doesn’t—make sense to have hardware terminating overlay tunnels.

HP 61

HP Virtualization Hardware Network 61

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Dmitri Kalintsev is back with another article in a series of articles on using hardware VXLAN tunnel endpoints (VTEPs) with VMware NSX. Servers/Hardware. The use of VMware NSX for microsegmentation is a really popular use case, and so the topic of scripting distributed firewall (DFW) rules often comes up. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Storage 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Servers/Hardware. We all know that security is more than just a host-based firewall, but a host-based firewall can be part of an overall security strategy. This article provides a good introductory overview of Linux iptables commands for configuring host-based firewall rules on your Linux systems. Look no further.

Windows 60

Windows Firewall Linux Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

This time around, the content is a bit heavier on cloud management and applications/operating systems, but still lots of good content all the way around (I hope, anyway). Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 10, 2021

You know with modern vehicles, they're actually becoming like they're running on bluetooth, they're running the Android operating system. Vamosi: What unites these microcontrollers is not an operating system, rather it's a bus. A bus is a communication system that transfers data between components. What's that?

Automotive 52

Automotive Operating Systems System Tools 52

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 25, 2015

Servers/Hardware. Roie Ben Haim, who works in professional services at VMware, has a deep dive on the NSX distributed firewall (DFW). Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Nothing this time around, but I’ll keep my eyes peeled for content to include in future posts.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Virtualization Tools 60