Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Networking. Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Servers/Hardware. Anthony Burke gives a little bit of a sneak peek at some functionality from the upcoming v3 release of PowerNSX: searching NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) rules.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 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 Networking. Numan Siddique describes the native DHCP support available in OVN (Open Virtual Network). Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

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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Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Linux Academy

MAY 5, 2019

As many of you know, most firewalls today come with a default rule set permitting all outbound traffic to flow freely. You put the firewall in place, and traffic flows outbound unimpeded. This year number five is is Secure configurations for hardware and software on devices , and number 11 is Secure configuration for network devices.

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Security Firewall Backup Malware 60

Linux Academy

MAY 6, 2019

As many of you know, most firewalls today come with a default rule set permitting all outbound traffic to flow freely. You put the firewall in place, and traffic flows outbound unimpeded. This year number five is is Secure configurations for hardware and software on devices , and number 11 is Secure configuration for network devices.

Security 60

Security Firewall Backup Malware 60

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. Servers/Hardware. Bring on the content!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

Networking. First, we have this post on HiCube, which covers MACVLAN vs. Next, we have a pair of articles by Sreenivas Makam; the first covers MACVLAN and IPVLAN basics , while the second tackles the Docker MACVLAN and IPVLAN network plugins. Servers/Hardware. I think this will be something worth watching. (As

Linux 60

Linux Network Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Networking. This is a slightly older post providing an overview of container networking , but still quite relevant. Russell Bryant has a post on Open Virtual Network (OVN) , a project within the Open vSwitch (OVS) community. Servers/Hardware. specifically, the new container network firewall functionality.

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Firewall Virtualization Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Networking. Skydive is (in the project’s own words) an “open source real-time network topology and protocols analyzer.” 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. What’s that? See here.).

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Networking. Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Servers/Hardware. Anthony Burke gives a little bit of a sneak peek at some functionality from the upcoming v3 release of PowerNSX: searching NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) rules.

Windows 60

Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

Networking. I recently spoke at Interop 2016 in Las Vegas, and while I was there I scribbled down some notes pertaining to how decomposing applications into microservices-based architectures was similar in some respects to decomposing networks into an overlay network and an underlay (physical) network. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

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). Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Networking. A discussion of “statefulness” brought me again to Ivan’s post on the spectrum of firewall statefulness. Cisco shared some thoughts on what they termed a “software-only” approach; naturally, they have a different vision for data center networking (and that’s OK). Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 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. Networking. ” Ivan Pepelnjak attempts to answer the question, “How much do I need to know about Linux networking?” Servers/Hardware.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Disaster Recovery Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Networking. What happens when multiple VXLAN logical networks are mapped to the same multicast group? This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again.

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HP Virtualization Hardware Network 106

Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

Networking. Ali Al Idrees has a post on using NSX ALB (formerly Avi Networks) with Kubernetes clusters in a vSphere with Tanzu environment. This post provides some examples of shared control planes (and thus shared failure domains) within networking. Servers/Hardware. Linux malware is getting more sophisticated.

Vmware 60

Vmware Firewall Storage Comparison 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Networking. What happens when multiple VXLAN logical networks are mapped to the same multicast group? This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again.

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HP Virtualization Hardware Network 61

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2013

I try to keep the information linked to data center technologies like networking, storage, virtualization, and the like, but occasionally other items slip through. Networking. Ranga Maddipudi ( @vCloudNetSec on Twitter) has put together two blog posts on vCloud Networking and Security’s App Firewall ( part 1 and part 2 ).

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Vmware Storage Virtualization HP 109

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Networking. Tor Anderson has an article on using IPv6 for network boot using UEFI and iPXE. has a great blog series going called “Hey, I can DevOps my Network too!” 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.

Windows 60

Windows Firewall Linux Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Networking. 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.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Storage 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 25, 2015

In this post, I’ve gathered links to posts about networking, virtualization, Docker, containers, Linux, configuration management, and all kinds of other cool stuff. Networking. If you haven’t read Brent’s article on building network tools with Docker , I highly recommend it. Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Linux Virtualization Tools 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 11, 2019

Think about all the controls we have in place on our networks today: firewalls, authentication systems, intrusion detection and prevention systems (network- and host-based), router and switch security, operating system security, data encryption — the list goes on and on. Domain 3: Security Engineering. Router/switch security.

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Authentication Security Disaster Recovery Firewall 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Networking. Matt Oswalt recently wrapped up his 3-part “DevOps for Networking” series. The NFV discussion seems to be heating up a bit, particularly the “networking” part of NFV. Jason Edelman has posted a self-compiled list of networking projects that are open source ; this is a useful list, so thanks for compiling it Jason!

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

Linux Academy

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This is actual AWS hardware and once installed, AWS will take care of monitoring, maintaining, and upgrading your Outposts. All of the hardware is modular and can be replaced in the field without downtime. Andy also announced Amazon S3 Access Points , a new service that helps firewall your S3 buckets within private networks.

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Linux Course Web Services Storage 17

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 10, 2021

A CANBus is a Controller Area Network, and essentially links controllers which are ostensibly computers that are in the vehicle to each other so they can all talk at the same time. Vamosi: Ethernet is a wired network. Vamosi: The Chrysler Secure Gateway is a kind of firewall that doesn't allow everyone to send data to the car.

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Automotive Operating Systems System Tools 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 2, 2023

You got into a network. So he invites me to go to a book that, you know, one of those first black hats and Doug Song was set doing his thing on checkpoint firewall bypass, and I'm sitting there, and a guy named Jeff Nathan. But I was given a Class A network, and I deployed as many snort sensors on it all over. What would I do?

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