Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

Operating Systems/Applications. See this list of guidelines from Richard Bejarano. For your fix of storage-related links, J Metz has relatively recently published Storage Short Take #47. I’m not sure I agree with some of his points…but I need to ponder the topic a bit more. Programming. Virtualization.

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Linux Storage Virtualization Hardware 90

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

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. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Operating Systems/Applications. Samuel Karp has a list of guidelines for designing and testing software daemons. Luc Dekens has a great article on the basics of cloud-init , with a particular focus on its usage with PowerCLI in VMware-based environments. Nothing this time; sorry! Nothing this time; sorry! Virtualization.

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Vmware Network Linux Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

I share this not to encourage illegal activities, but instead to point out that no operating system is secure, so be alert at all times and use good computing practices regardless of your OS. Fellow VMware alum Steve Flanders has a write-up on running Kubernetes locally (on a Mac). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Here are some general guidelines for configuring syslog forwarding on a Cisco ASA firewall. By now you’ve probably heard about VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO), which was announced in early February. Operating Systems/Applications. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Kenneth Hui has a nice series running on Mesos.

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Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2017

RedLock shares some guidelines around AWS access key deletion (in the event that an access key gets compromised). Operating Systems/Applications. That might be a good blog post topic right there!). Servers/Hardware. Werner Ruegg has a post on an alternative hardware solution for vSphere home labs. Nothing this time around.

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Hardware Devops Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Better patch your vCenter Server instances, as VMware released a security advisory with a long list of CVEs , including one with a severity score of 9.8/10. Operating Systems/Applications. The AWS WorkSpaces client had a remote code execution flaw (versions before 3.1.9 are affected). See more details here. Thank you, Ben!

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Open Source Cloud Network Storage 107