Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

BPFDoor, as it is known, is a passive backdoor that allows threat actors to remotely connect to a Linux shell. Tetragon is Isovalent’s newly open-sourced security framework. Check out this write-up. Think PDF files are safe? Think again. Read more about it on the Isovalent blog. Scary stuff! Virtualization.

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 74

Linux Academy

JUNE 17, 2019

Ansible is an open source tool that has been backed by Red Hat since 2015. Because of how it is presented. But y ou can do all of that and more in our free Ansible Quick Start course on Linux Academy , right now. LPI Linux Essentials 1.6. Applying Signed URLs to Cloud Storage Objects. New Releases.

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Linux Course Load Balancer Google 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. I, personally, would posit that Linux can be more secure than other platforms, but it requires proper configuration and can still be undone by a loose nut behind the keyboard. Virtualization.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Andrey Khomyakov shares some information on automating the setup of whitebox switches running Cumulus Linux in part 2 of this series on learning network automation. Christian Mohn shares an approach of storing private information in a Git repository along with GitBook for publication/presentation. Alpine Linux 3.5

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Cole Atkinson discusses the fact that osxfuse is no longer open source , and the ramifications of this development on open source in general. I recently spotted Multipass , a virtualization solution for working with Linux instances. Be sure to check them out ( part 2 , part 3 , part 4 , and part 5 )!

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Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

marks the first release of the open source container orchestration platform that is signed using Sigstore (more details here ). For relevant storage news, I’d recommend having a look at J Metz’ Storage Short Take 42. This will become even more useful, in my opinion, when Linux support is added.

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Virtualization Storage Programming Network 79

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. If you’d like to see the presentation, it’s available on Slideshare and Speakerdeck. If you’d like to re-create the demo environment, check out the presentation’s GitHub repository. Read more about it here.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Erik Smith, notably known for his outstanding posts on storage and FCoE, takes a stab at describing some of the differences between SDN and network virtualization in this post. I found this series of posts to be helpful when I was working on configuring LACP with Open vSwitch (I hope to have a blog post on that up soon).

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Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Linux Academy

MARCH 26, 2019

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.

Linux 12

Linux Course Devops Big Data 12

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

If you’ve been reading my site for any length of time, you know that I’ve been working with libvirt , the open source virtualization API, for a while. For example, on Ubuntu, this means that apt-get , aptitude , and Update Manager are not aware that a newer version of libvirt is present on the system. on CentOS 6.3.

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Virtualization Linux Open Source System 94

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. Acra is open source and available via GitHub.

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

” The presenters are Girish Gopal and Malini Bhandaru, both with Intel. Gopal now takes over and moves the discussion into storage in OpenStack. By granting greater intelligence to how volumes are allocated, cloud service providers can offer differentiated (read: premium priced) services for block storage.

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Intel Storage Open Source Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

For non-programmers, making a meaningful contribution to an open source project can be difficult; this is as true for OpenStack as for other open source projects. Using a Linux Environment. It wasn’t until just recently that I realized: why not just use a Linux VM? on Amazon EC2 (via Ravello Systems).

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Tools Linux Open Source Cloud 67

Scott Lowe

MARCH 1, 2019

VyOS is an open source Linux-based network operating system.). I like some of the ideas Tauleria presents and hope to be able to implement some of them soon in my own project(s). I’m not sure how I missed that part 2 was published only 2 days later, so I’m rectifying that now. Go check out part 2.

Operating Systems 60

Operating Systems Authentication Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Noorali starts out with a quick introduction/overview of Helm, likening it to yum or apt for Linux packages. Chart Museum, an open source Helm chart repository server, also recently released an update. Moving into storage, Rice mentions Rook, which as of September moved from the Sandbox into the CNCF Incubator.

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Open Source Vmware Architecture Cloud 60

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

This year it is better than ever, with a great set of presentations from government experts who have done really incredible things with data in support of critical missions. As CSO, Mike is responsible for Cloudera’s product strategy, open source leadership, engineering alignment and direct engagement with customers.

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Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Big Data 150

Dataconomy

APRIL 13, 2023

The ability to remotely access and control computers has been a game-changer for businesses, allowing them to provide technical support and troubleshoot issues without having to be physically present at the location. and the open-source community. What is a Virtual Network Computing port?

Virtualization 36

Virtualization Network Linux Windows 36

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The speaker for the session is Vin Sharma, who helps lead open source software strategies at Intel. Sharma will focus on the “Security Provider Assurance” usage model during this presentation. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

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Cloud Intel Open Source Data Center 109

Dataconomy

JUNE 9, 2023

Java VisualVM provides a comprehensive view of the Java application’s performance, memory usage, and thread activity – Image: VisualVM VisualVM automatically detects both locally and remotely running Java-based applications, presenting a comprehensive list for easy access.

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Analysis Software Development Applications Tools 65

Scott Lowe

MARCH 11, 2014

The best way to describe Docker is to use the phrase from the Docker web site—Docker is “an open source project to pack, ship and run any application as a lightweight container.” LTS as the Linux platform. linux-headers-generic-lts-raring. Similar Posts: A Brief Introduction to Linux Containers with LXC.

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Linux Construction Applications Virtualization 88

Scott Lowe

MAY 11, 2018

” While the post is clearly Sysdig-oriented (as would be fully expected), it’s also cool to see how powerful the assembly of various open source projects can be. Thomas Graf explains why the Linux kernel community is replacing iptables with BPF. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Virtualization. Career/Soft Skills.

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Network Virtualization Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Before I present this episode’s collection of links, articles, and thoughts on various data center technologies, allow me to first wish all of my readers a very merry and very festive holiday season. If you’d like to play around with Cumulus Linux but don’t have a compatible hardware switch, Cumulus VX is the answer. Why, yes, thanks.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 14, 2015

Want to know a bit more about how OVN (Open Virtual Network) plans to integrate support for containers? You might also find it useful to review this OVN presentation from the recent OpenStack Summit in Vancouver. A video recording of the presentation is also available on YouTube. Good stuff. Career/Soft Skills.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Virtualization Network 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

with the Floodlight open source controller. Kenneth Hui—with whom I have the privilege of co-presenting at the OpenStack Summit in Hong Kong in less than a month—has a comprehensive write-up on using Vagrant and Chef to build an HA OpenStack installation on your laptop. Puppet code examples are available here.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 22, 2013

I’m assuming that you’ve already gone through the process of getting KVM installed on your Linux host; if you need help with that, a quick Google search should turn up plenty of “how to” articles (it’s basically a sudo apt-get install kvm operation). Installing KVM and Open vSwitch on Ubuntu.

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Transportation Linux Network Virtualization 60

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

The Internet of Things presents us with both convenience and inconvenience at the same time, suddenly everything is smart is hackable again with startups sometimes repeating security mistakes made decades ago in the rush to market toys. Woods: If you think about the overall system, within which some of these devices live. It's still a threat.

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

The Internet of Things presents us with both convenience and inconvenience at the same time, suddenly everything is smart is hackable again with startups sometimes repeating security mistakes made decades ago in the rush to market toys. Woods: If you think about the overall system, within which some of these devices live. It's still a threat.

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52

Dataconomy

MAY 24, 2023

Exploring the most efficient blockchain technology Below, we present a list of 21 blockchain platforms, each possessing its own unique features and strengths when it comes to efficiency. As an initiative championed by the Linux Foundation, it was purpose-built with a focus on enterprise distributed ledger use cases.

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Network Open Source IBM Applications 59

The Verge

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

It can sit under your Christmas tree and… if you open your presents at 9 o’clock, by 10 o’clock you can be sitting in front of your television with a computer,” Raspberry Pi’s founder, Eben Upton, tells me in an interview ahead of the announcement. It looks more like a piece of consumer electronics than the basis for a DIY project. “It

Architecture 145

Architecture Open Source Linux Software 145

Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

Linux Journal has a nice multi-page write-up on Docker containers that might be useful if you are still looking to understand Docker’s basic building blocks. Someone recently brought the open source Open vStorage project to my attention. I found this post by Major Hayden to be extremely helpful and informative.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

This article provides a good introductory overview of Linux iptables commands for configuring host-based firewall rules on your Linux systems. The Windows architecture is so dramatically different from UNIX/Linux that trying to adapt per-process containers is quite naturally going to be more than a little bit challenging.

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Windows Firewall Linux Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Infrastructure extensibility is all about how Kubernetes consumes the underlying infrastructure; this would include, for example, cloud provider integrations, storage plugins (CSI), networking plugins (CNI), and the container runtime (CRI). Extensibility has two parts: infrastructure extensibility, and API extensibility.

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IBM Examples Open Source Applications 60

SPF13

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

This presentation was given at Strangeloop 2013 as a 3 hour interactive workshop. For linux most users should know how to for their own distributions. tilt. * Document * Open source * High performance * Horizontally scalable * Full featured MongoDB is a __ database. * For OSX download [link]. rack-protection.

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Open Source Applications Exercises Storage 160

SPF13

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

This presentation was given at Strangeloop 2013 as a 3 hour interactive workshop. For linux most users should know how to for their own distributions. tilt. * Document * Open source * High performance * Horizontally scalable * Full featured MongoDB is a __ database. * For OSX download [link]. rack-protection.

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Open Source Applications Exercises Storage 160

ForAllSecure

MARCH 30, 2022

Researchers Nir Ohfeld and Sagi Tzadik join The Hacker Mind to talk about their presentation at Black Hat Europe 2021 on the ChaosDB vulnerability. It’s an interesting story, one they presented at Black Hat Europe in 2021, so I hope you’ll stick around. So before they elevated their privileges they couldn’t see iIMDS.

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Firewall Virtualization Authentication Linux 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 6, 2020

Accompanying this post is the open sourcing of Rootfs Builder , the tool we use to extract a rootfs from a Docker image. OverlayFS layers two directories on a single Linux host and presents them as a single directory. OFS is the storage driver for Docker and, as you can imagine, is well-suited for containers.

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Development Open Source Media Examples 52

ForAllSecure

MAY 6, 2020

Accompanying this post is the open sourcing of Rootfs Builder , the tool we use to extract a rootfs from a Docker image. OverlayFS layers two directories on a single Linux host and presents them as a single directory. OFS is the storage driver for Docker and, as you can imagine, is well-suited for containers.

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Open Source Media Examples Applications 52