Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. Servers/Hardware. A “highly evasive” Linux malware named OrBit has emerged; see here for more details. See this list of guidelines from Richard Bejarano. What do I have in store for you this time around? Networking.

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Linux Storage Virtualization Hardware 90

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend. Servers/Hardware. Apparently Dell’s new docking stations support firmware updates via Linux. This article has good information on safely using /tmp and /var/tmp on systemd-powered Linux distributions.

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Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Nothing this time around, although there may have been some hardware-related news coming out of re:Invent that I missed (such as new generations of AWS-designed chips being announced). A new VPN security flaw has been uncovered that affects a wide range of UNIX- and Linux-based systems. Virtualization.

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Vmware Network Linux Hardware 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!

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Servers/Hardware. It’s important to note that these security enhancements don’t really represent “net new” functionality but rather reflect existing Linux security constructs now being exposed and usable by Docker. Here are some general guidelines for configuring syslog forwarding on a Cisco ASA firewall. Virtualization.

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Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2023

Servers/Hardware Kevin Houston provides some instructions on backing up the Dell PowerEdge MX7000 settings and configurations. Diego Crespo talks about PowerShell on Linux and his experience with it. Storage This is a good (albeit slightly dated) overview of EBS volume types. Both are great reads.

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IPv6 Linux Tools Network 74

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Servers/Hardware. Cisco UCS is pretty cool in that it makes automation of compute hardware easier through such abstractions as server profiles. Speaking of Puppet and hardware, I also saw a mention on Twitter about a Puppet module that will manage the configuration of a NetApp filer. Now, you can also automate UCS with Chef.

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