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! Servers/Hardware What do you think of the ThinkPhone ? Operating Systems/Applications Dewan Ahmed has a great run-down on options for documentation-as-code.

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

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. I really enjoy these AWS open source news and updates posts. Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 105

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Servers/Hardware. This is useful, in my opinion, because now platform operators have a “starting point” on the specific threats they need to try to mitigate. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Well worth reading! Tim O’Reilly takes a look at Web3.

Open Source 94

Open Source Virtualization Applications Security 94

Linux Academy

JUNE 4, 2019

The Serverless Framework is an open-source project that replaces traditional platforms (hardware, operating systems) with a platform that can run in a cloud environment. It’s all taken care of by the cloud provider. Cloud Functions : FaaS. What is serverless framework? Why use it?

Linux 92

Linux Cloud Architecture Open Source 92

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Servers/Hardware. Chris Evans revisits the discussion regarding Arm processor architectures in the public cloud. And, speaking of Arm processor architectures in the public cloud, here’s another look at Amazon’s Graviton2 and Graviton3 chips, as discussed in a pair of re:Invent talks. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Load Balancer 90

Load Balancer Linux Intel Cloud 90

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

The collection of links shared below covers a fairly wide range of topics, from old Sun hardware to working with serverless frameworks in the public cloud. Patrick Kremer walks through using Postman to implement BGP route filtering with VMware Cloud on AWS. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Load Balancer Apple 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Servers/Hardware. The big news in the hardware space recently was the article regarding the purported Chinese hardware supply chain attack. Of the (innumerable) articles commenting on the hardware hack, this article by Joe FitzPatrick and this ErrataSec article caught my eye. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Hardware 60

Hardware Open Source Vmware Linux 60

Cloud Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

According to the former Equifax CEO’s testimony to Congress , one of the primary causes of this now infamous data breach was the company’s failure to patch a critical vulnerability in the open source Apache Struts Web application framework. A process to identify vulnerabilities in hardware, operating systems, and applications.

Operating Systems 79

Operating Systems Enterprise Enterprise Virtualization 79

ForAllSecure

APRIL 19, 2023

It’s time to evolve beyond the UNIX operating system. So while I was editing this podcast on self-healing operating systems, I was reminded of an article that I never finished for Fobes.com. It’s a radical rethinking of how we even view our current choices of UNIX-derived operating systems.

Operating Systems 40

Operating Systems System Open Source Applications 40

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 15, 2021

Servers/Hardware. The popular open source cryptography library known as Bouncy Castle has uncovered a severe authentication bypass vulnerability. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Cormac Hogan shares some lessons learned using a Kubernetes Operator to query vSphere resources. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Firewall Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Seth Vargo walks through how to use Terraform to setup and configure a Google Cloud Run service. Operating Systems/Applications. Continuing his focus on cloud-init , Luc Dekens has added four more articles to his site discussing this tool.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. marks the first release of the open source container orchestration platform that is signed using Sigstore (more details here ). Here’s a user’s perspective on using infracost to bring cloud spend into your Terraform worfklows. Kubernetes 1.24

Virtualization 79

Virtualization Storage Programming Network 79

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Cloud Computing & Data Center IT Blogs. You’ll find everything from supercomputers to personal cloud articles on DCK.

Resources 113

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 113

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. I really enjoy these AWS open source news and updates posts. Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Xavier Avrillier walks readers through using Antrea (a Kubernetes CNI built on top of Open vSwitch—a topic I’ve touched on a time or two) to provide on-premise load balancing in Kubernetes. Servers/Hardware. Cabling is hardware, right? Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

MARCH 1, 2019

I’m a couple weeks late on this one; wanted to publish it earlier but work has been keeping me busy (lots and lots of interest in Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies out there!). VyOS is an open source Linux-based network operating system.). Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Operating Systems 60

Operating Systems Authentication Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Components involved include the open source Kuma service mesh (in turn leveraging Envoy), anycast BGP, and mutual TLS (mTLS). Servers/Hardware. William Lam takes a look at some potentially interesting homelab hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Seriously.).

Storage 79

Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

Part 2 of Stark and Wayne’s container-to-container networking for Cloud Foundry and Kubernetes dig deep into CNI workings. Servers/Hardware. This article discusses four open source secrets management tools. Many organizations prefer to use two-factor authentication (2FA) to help protect their systems.

Open Source 60

Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. Courses Free in May. What is AWS?

Linux 113

Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 17, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Guiliano Bertello introduces PowerVCF , a PowerCLI module aimed at interacting with the SDDC Manager and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) stack. (If Now I really want to see hardware security key support in the desktop and mobile apps! Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Windows Cloud 60

Kitaboo

MAY 19, 2020

The Open Source Foundation aims to develop technology for expediting the adoption of ePUB3 and the Open Web Platform by the Digital Publishing Industry. It strives to deliver leading-edge functionality that is fully specified, free, open, and interoperable. x, audiobooks, Web Pub, and image-based books such as Manga.

Architecture 78

Architecture eBook Open Source Applications 78

Galido

MAY 1, 2019

These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Cloud Computing & Data Center Tech Blogs. Building Clouds. CIO Dashboard. Every pilot needs a trusty co-pilot.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. The VMware Cloud-Native Apps group has a breakdown of some of the new features/functionality found in the 1.9 Via Maish Saidel-Keesing, I saw this post about 10 open source Kubernetes tools for highly effective SRE and Ops teams. Nothing this time around.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Cloud 60

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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Storage 60

Storage Hardware Open Source Vmware 60

Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Cloud Computing & Data Center Tech Blogs. Building Clouds. CIO Dashboard. Every pilot needs a trusty co-pilot.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. The CNCF blog has a great article written by an Alibaba software engineer (Xingyu Chen) on some performance optimizations for etcd that have been contributed back to the open source community. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

Linux 60

Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Open source has become so critical to so many aspects of our computing infrastructure. Uh oh… more hardware exploits. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. I recently stumbled across Ricardo Sueiras’ “AWS open source news and updates” posts. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Serve The Home takes a critical look at the Bloomberg Supermicro stories, debunking or at least calling into question many details of the alleged hardware hack as reported by Bloomberg. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. I, for one, was very glad to see this.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Via the Kubernetes blog , Box announced it has open sourced a project called kube-iptables-tailer , which turns packet drops from iptables into Kubernetes events that can be logged for easier troubleshooting. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

Servers/Hardware. 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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. That’s cool. Good for the EFF. Both are good articles.

Linux 60

Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Galido

JULY 20, 2018

Many iPhone users and Apple fanboys alike stand by their product no matter how limited Apple makes their storage capacities, while Android geeks have long time been able to freely add storage/memory cards to their devices and take advantage of more powerful hardware. Aesthetics, Hardware and Price. Cloud Integration.

Study 66

Study Apple Google Operating Systems 66

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Even with public cloud and managed services, you can’t avoid good old-fashioned data management processes.” Cloud computing does make some things easier—but it doesn’t eliminate other necessary tasks and design considerations. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Even with public cloud and managed services, you can’t avoid good old-fashioned data management processes.” Cloud computing does make some things easier—but it doesn’t eliminate other necessary tasks and design considerations. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Servers/Hardware. As opposed to just encrypting data at the transport level (although Acra does that between components of its architecture) or just encrypting data at the storage level (using an encrypted file system or similar), Acra targets encrypting data at the table/row/column level within a database. Check back next time!

Open Source 60

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

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Cloud Computing & Data Center IT Blogs. You’ll find everything from supercomputers to personal cloud articles on DCK.

Resources 66

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 66

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The one caveat to his approach that may be worth mentioning is that some policies (a PodSecurityPolicy or the use of Open Policy Agent) may prevent the user from launching a Pod connected to the host’s network namespace. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Linux Hardware 60