Scott Lowe

MARCH 31, 2023

A little over a month ago I published a post on creating a Talos Linux cluster on AWS with Pulumi. Talos Linux is a re-thinking of your typical Linux distribution, custom-built for running Kubernetes. Talos Linux has no SSH access, no shell, and no console; instead, everything is managed via a gRPC API.

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Linux Load Balancer Programming Network 74

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2024

In the fast-evolving world of finance, data security is of paramount importance. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a crucial framework to which financial institutions must adhere. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a crucial framework to which financial institutions must adhere.

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Financial Architecture Resources Security 105

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based. I use OTR with Adium on OS X, and OTR with Pidgin on my Fedora Linux laptop.). Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

This one is a bit older (refers to NSX 6.1 If you’d like to play around with Cumulus Linux but don’t have a compatible hardware switch, Cumulus VX is the answer. This article listing 20 Linux server hardening tips contains some basic tips but is nevertheless a very good resource for someone looking for Linux security recommendations.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This is session COMS002, titled “The Future of Software-Defined Networking with the Intel Open Network Platform Switch Reference Design.” Recep will cover the hardware side of ONP; Gershon will cover the software side of ONP (referred to as ONS). First, though, Recep takes a few minutes to review some SDN concepts.

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Intel Load Balancer Architecture Virtualization 61

Scott Lowe

JUNE 23, 2015

Additionally, Docker is working to improve the security of Docker Hub (this is probably a reflection of the recent study pointing out the number of images that have security flaws) through a variety of mechanisms. Decrease time for security review. On-premise registry. Networking. Directory integration. million downloads).

Open Source 60

Open Source Windows Applications Engineering 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

The “gotcha” is that these software stacks haven’t been written yet, so the idea of repurposing hardware from switch to firewall to load balancer is still a bit of a unicorn. Here’s a nice article on a multi-action security workflow built using VMware NSX, vShield Endpoint, and vCenter Orchestrator. Servers/Hardware.

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