Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Networking. Will Robinson talks about how to structure your Ansible playbooks in the context of using Ansible to control your network gear. Intel has a tutorial series on Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX). Operating Systems/Applications. Thomas Maurer has a write-up looking at Windows Nano Server.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

This is my irregularly-published collection of links and articles from around the Internet related to the major data center technologies: networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications/OSes, storage, and virtualization. Networking. Jeffrey Kusters has a write-up on how to integrate AWS and vRealize Network Insight 3.4.

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Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

Networking. Chip Zoller takes a look at Antrea , a new Kubernetes CNI (Container Networking Interface) plugin that leverages Open vSwitch (OVS). Ivan Pepelnjak has a fantastic article on adapting network design to acommodate automation. Operating Systems/Applications. Now, on to the good stuff! ” Great quote!

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Linux Apple Operating Systems Policies 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 16, 2021

This time around, the Networking section is a bit light, but I’ve got plenty of cloud computing links and articles for you to enjoy, along with some stuff on OSes and applications, programming, and soft skills. Networking. Microsoft has released clarified guidance for dealing with the recent Windows Print Spooler vulnerability.

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Cloud Network Virtualization Guidelines 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

Networking. Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.). (Cue The article specifically calls out SR-IOV as well as Intel Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) support within Open vSwitch (OVS).

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Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Networking. This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Bozhidar Batsov shares the story of how he left macOS for Linux and ended up on Windows 10 with WSL. I hope you find something useful! A severity score of 9.9 So useful.).

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Storage IO Blog

MARCH 21, 2016

Keep an eye on among others including Cisco (Servers), Dell (Servers), EMC (DSSD), HPE, Intel (Servers, Drives and Cards), Lenovo, Micron, Microsoft (Drivers, Operating Systems, Storage Spaces), NetApp, OCZ, Oracle, PMC, Samsung, Seagate, Supermicro, VMware and Western Digital (acquisition of SANdisk and HGST).

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Networking. To help resolve this issue, Cumulus Networks (and possibly Metacloud, I’m not sure of their involvement yet) has release an open source project called vxfld. I’d love to hear from more networking pros (please disclose company affiliations) about their thoughts on this matter. Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Networking. Isovalent—the company behind Cilium, the eBPF-powered networking solution for Kubernetes clusters—just launched with a $29M Series A round of funding. Adrian’s operational review readiness template is another great post as well. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Networking. The networking “old guard” likes to talk about how x86 servers and virtualization create network bottlenecks due to performance concerns, but as Ivan points out in this post , it’s rapidly becoming—or has already become—a non-issue.

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Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Networking. Amanpreet Singh has a two-part series on Kubernetes networking ( part 1 , part 2 ). sFlow is a networking technology that I find quite interesting, but I never seem to have the time to really dig into it. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Speaking of containerD, it just recently hit 1.0.

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Vmware Linux Network Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Networking. Biruk Mekonnen has an introductory article on using Netmiko for network automation. Gabriele Gerbino has a nice write-up about Cisco’s efforts with APIs ; his article includes a brief description of YANG data models and a comparison of working with network devices via SSH or via API. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Networking. Paul Fries takes on defining SDN , breaking it down into two “flavors”: host dominant and network dominant. I’d like to add to Paul’s analysis that it’s important to understand that, in reality, host dominant and network dominant systems can coexist. Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Networking. The networking “old guard” likes to talk about how x86 servers and virtualization create network bottlenecks due to performance concerns, but as Ivan points out in this post , it’s rapidly becoming—or has already become—a non-issue.

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Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 60

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

For some people, for instance, a router might be internet of things for other people it might not be it might be considered network infrastructure. So what then makes IoT hacking different from say traditional network hacking. Is that a traditional networking attack, or is that an IoT attack?

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

For some people, for instance, a router might be internet of things for other people it might not be it might be considered network infrastructure. So what then makes IoT hacking different from say traditional network hacking. Is that a traditional networking attack, or is that an IoT attack?

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Internet Research Security Tools 52

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Jeda Networks. I’ve mentioned Jeda Networks before (see here ), and I was pretty excited to have the opportunity to sit down with a couple of guys from Jeda to get more details on what they’re doing. Jeda Networks describes themselves as a “software-defined storage networking” company. Vormetric.

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Meeting Storage Hardware Network 62

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 30, 2022

Anyway, what if there was a way to simulate attacks on your networks. I’m Robert Vamosi and in this episode I’m talking about cyber ranges-- simulations that can both teach and improve the security of your networks. A red team would be the enemy and they’d study your network and try to exploit any weaknesses.

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Banking Tools Network Security 40

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

JUNE 1, 2010

personal computing, local-area-network computing, client-server computing and Internet or web computing. The development of microchips and the Intel 8088 processor, for example, drove the personal computing trend. Thank you Intel and IBM!) And these networks are reliable. Along came mainframe computing ( green-screen ).

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Data Center Network Trends Government 28

Sean Daniel

APRIL 4, 2011

How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Next up you’ll have to copy the Windows Home Server 2011 DVD to the root of the disk. This makes the Thumb drive and the DVD look identical in Windows Explorer. Installing Windows Home Server 2011. SeanDaniel.com [tech].

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Windows How To HP Backup 92

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

I’m back home in Denver after spending a few days in San Francisco at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2013, so I thought I’d take a few minutes to sit down and share a summary of the event and my thoughts. Enhancing OpenStack with Intel Technologies for Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud: [link].

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Intel Network Architecture Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Networking. If you’re not really a networking pro and need a “gentle” introduction to VXLAN, this post might be a good place to start. What is Intel SGX, you ask? Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s hoping you find something useful! Servers/Hardware. Here’s the Stampede.io

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Storage Intel Disaster Recovery Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

Networking. Dinesh Dutt of Cumulus Networks writes about the effect of switch port count in Clos topologies. This blending of “traditional” network engineering with containers, Linux, and DevOps tooling is how Matt is setting new trends and directions for the networking industry. Good stuff here!

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Linux Vmware Authentication Storage 60

ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Well, Google and Intel have more open bounty programs. But then again I got a network of cool people to talk to you and and created a lot of new friends and realize like this is finally the place where I totally belong. What is defined is the dupe window closest. And I said to myself that they aren't going to do anything.

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How To Programming Report Course 40

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2014

Networking. Matthew Brender touches on a networking issue present in VMware ESXi with regard to VMkernel multi-homing. Intel recently announced a refresh of the E5 CPU line; Kevin Houston has more details here. I recently built a Windows Server 2008 R2 image for use in my OpenStack home lab. See here for details.

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Vmware Windows Virtualization Storage 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 105

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Networking. Intel has finally started shipping silicon photonics gear, according to this report from El Reg (news coming out of IDF16). This blog post on shielded VMs in Windows Server 2016 is a bit light on details, but the embedded video may be more informative (I didn’t watch it). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Linux Intel Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

This Technology Short Take is a bit heavy on the networking side, but I suppose that’s understandable given my recent job change. Networking. Ben Cherian, Chief Strategy Officer for Midokura, helps make a case for network virtualization. Note: Midokura makes a network virtualization solution.) Am I wrong?

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Virtualization Storage Vmware Network 101

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Networking. If you’re interested in learning more about OpenFlow and software-defined networking but need to do this on a shoestring budget in your home lab, a number of guides have been written to help out. Also see the “Networking” section above for a related post on the networking aspects involved.

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Cloud Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

To stay secure and productive, IT operations must excel at the fundamentals: PC refreshes for security, and optimizing end-user computers with Microsoft Windows 10. In “ The Endpoint Imperative, ” a podcast series from Intel , learn from the experts how hardware and software together make for optimized security.

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Intel Trends Security Resources 93

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 60

The Verge

JANUARY 13, 2021

Alienware pitched the Concept UFO as the type of radical gadget that could make PC gaming more accessible by cramming a full Windows 10 platform into something you could carry out of the house. Alienware would not confirm at the time it had any intention of making a real, consumer version of its Windows handheld. Intel NUC 9 Extreme.

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Intel Course Video Windows 140

Scott Lowe

APRIL 17, 2017

Hykes says these rules are the impetus behind the separation between Enterprise Edition and Community Edition, and why there are tools like Docker for Mac or Docker for Windows. The demo shows off multi-stage builds and the desktop-to-cloud integration from both Docker for Mac and Docker for Windows. Make the powerful simple.

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Linux Open Source Windows Security 60

ForAllSecure

AUGUST 16, 2022

And so think about what a bad guy could do in your network for half a year plus, right, that's, that's not a good feeling and so we start up the research project to try to say okay well what can we do to defend against the adversary once right. These could be in the operating system, or it could be a third party that's been added.

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Tools Research Firewall Security 40

ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

He suggested I back off and leave the speculation about the Russian Business Network, a group at the time responsible for many online attacks, to Europol. Although the old Russian Business Network probably is long gone and replaced with much bigger players. And if you're building that kind of operation, it has to be run professionally.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

And so think about what a bad guy could do in your network for half a year plus, right, that's, that's not a good feeling and so we start up the research project to try to say okay well what can we do to defend against the adversary once right. So it's it's a fun time.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 4, 2021

And so think about what a bad guy could do in your network for half a year plus, right, that's, that's not a good feeling and so we start up the research project to try to say okay well what can we do to defend against the adversary once right. So it's it's a fun time.

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