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Technology Short Take 146

Scott Lowe

Denise Fishburne has a 7-part series on IPv6. Julia Evans recently released a tool named dnspeep to help folks understand how DNS works. Nice to see that work on getting Linux up and running and fully functional on Apple’s proprietary M1 chips is progressing well.

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Technology Short Take 146

Scott Lowe

Denise Fishburne has a 7-part series on IPv6. Julia Evans recently released a tool named dnspeep to help folks understand how DNS works. Nice to see that work on getting Linux up and running and fully functional on Apple’s proprietary M1 chips is progressing well.

IPv6 60
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Technology Short Take 153

Scott Lowe

This article contains some good information on IPv6 for those who are just starting to get more familiar with it, although toward the end it turns into a bit of an advertisement. Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. Networking.

Linux 74
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Technology Short Take #87

Scott Lowe

Vincent Bernat has a really in-depth article on IPv4 route lookup on Linux (and one on IPv6 route lookup as well). ” If your shop is into OpenStack, you might want to give this tool a look. Chris Collins takes a deeper look at Buildah , a tool for building container images (including Docker-compatible container images).

Storage 60
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Technology Short Take #77

Scott Lowe

Simon Leinen (from SWITCHengines) explains their use of IPv6 with OpenStack. Thanks to Ivan Pepelnjak, I saw this network diagnostic tool. Flatpak is a (relatively) new application packaging/sandboxing mechanism for Linux applications. John Kozej has a write-up on an NSX logical switch packet walk. Servers/Hardware.

Linux 60
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Product Review: Paessler PRTG Network Monitor

Galido

PRTG Network Monitor is a solid infrastructure management tool and network monitor. It is a helpful tool for organizations of all sizes, from SMEs to large corporations, making networks more solid and reliable. IPv6 support. SSH: For Linux / Unix and MacOS systems. PRTG is a helpful tool for: Avoiding expensive falls.

Network 60
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Technology Short Take #84

Scott Lowe

I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. Aside from a Windows VM I maintain for the occasional thing I can’t do effectively on Linux or OS X, I haven’t worked with Windows in any significant capacity in quite a while. Servers/Hardware. RegEx tester.

Windows 60