Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

network virtualization). Is the relationship between network virtualization and service mesh closer than some folks might wish to admit? Researchers have uncovered a potential security flaw in Apple Silicon CPUs; more details in this 9to5Mac article. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Virtualization Storage Network Programming 79

Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

Tetragon is Isovalent’s newly open-sourced security framework. I think the headline (“defeats ’the last line of security’”) is a bit sensationalist, but I guess that’s the world we live in. Tzah Pahima shares additional details on the so-called Azure “SynLapse” security vulnerability.

Vmware 74

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 74

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 9, 2022

These are worth a read if security and compliance are your jam (see here , here , here , here , here , here , and here ). Chris Farris shares some tips for securing GitHub organizations. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. But is it really a virtual machine ? See here for more details.

Devops 87

Devops Virtualization Engineering Storage 87

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Humair Ahmed of VMware shares some details on a new control plane resiliency feature recently added to VMware NSX: Controller Disconnected Operation (CDO) mode. Konstantin Ryabitsev has a series going on securing a SysAdmin Linux workstation. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Security Michael Tsai weighs in on the Microsoft signing key that was stolen, sharing several links with commentary on this matter. Fortunately, this Microsoft Security Response Center article not only shows how to use Azure Serial Console to compromise sensitive information, but also shows how to detect exploitation activity.

Vmware 74

Vmware Network Hardware Cloud 74

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 113

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. Jimmy Mankowitz talks in some detail about using NSX-T in vSphere with Tanzu to secure applications. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Welcome to Technology Short Take #146! Networking.

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IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 60

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. Humair Ahmed takes a closer look at some Cross-VC NSX security enhancements that landed in the recent NSX 6.3 Networking.

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Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

This past week Microsoft and VMware announced Azure VMware Solutions, which allows customers to run the VMware software stack on Azure (an arrangement similar in nature to VMware Cloud on AWS, as I understand it). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Anthony Burke has written a script that uses VMware NSX to protect VMware Log Insight instances. The first article provides a blueprint for migrating applications to VMware NSX ; the second article supplies some tips for creating filtering policies in VMware NSX. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

I’ve got another collection of links to articles on networking, security, cloud, programming, and career development—hopefully you find something useful! Security Adrian Mouat reviews some of the security-focused changes in Go 1.20. Welcome to Technology Short Take #164! to version 8.0.

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Alejandro Villanueva shares 26 AWS security best practices to adopt in production. William Lam writes about the beta for VMware Cloud Consumption Interface (CCI). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Using Auth0? Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Got (or getting) a new Mac? Programming.

Open Source 79

Open Source Apple Vmware Cloud 79

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Troy Hunt has a good article on security measures other than just passwords , explaining some of the differences between multi-factor authentication and multi-step authentication (for example). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. For those of us in the IT field, we are definitely living in interesting times.

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Vmware Authentication Virtualization Storage 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

This is an interesting project to watch, I think—it’s porting OVN (Open Virtual Network) from a “traditional” OvS back-end to an IOVisor-based back-end (IOVisor implements the data plane in eBPF). Jake Bennett discusses strengthening your AWS security posture by protecting application credentials and rotating EC2 and IAM keys.

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Vmware Storage Intel Virtualization 60

Galido

MAY 1, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. I hope you find something useful!

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

Patrick Kremer walks through using Postman to implement BGP route filtering with VMware Cloud on AWS. John Gruber’s post on “Secure Intent” on Apple devices was, for me at least, an informative read. Hari Rana has a detailed discussion of security concerns regarding Flatpak (a packaging format for Linux applications).

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Vmware Hardware Load Balancer Apple 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles discussing the major data center technologies—networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications, virtualization…you name it! (If Numan Siddique describes the native DHCP support available in OVN (Open Virtual Network). Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #51, another collection of posts and links about key data center technologies like networking, virtualization, cloud management, and applications/operating systems. There’s a lot of talk about container security, but now there’s something you can actually do about it. Virtualization.

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Vmware Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2018

This is pretty cool: a WYSIWYG topology designer for VMware NSX. The VMware Cloud-Native Apps group has a breakdown of some of the new features/functionality found in the 1.9 Richard Boswell has a series going on VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO) and resource schedulers that is (so far) pretty good. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The list of articles is a bit shorter than usual this time around, but I’ve still got a good collection of articles and posts covering topics in networking, hardware (mostly focused on Apple’s processors), cloud computing, and virtualization. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. At least, I hope so.)

Vmware 74

Vmware Cloud Network Hardware 74

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

I’ve got a wide range of topics for you this time around—eBPF, Falco, Snort, Kyverno, etcd, VMware Code Stream, and more. Kaizhe Huang examines Falco versus AuditD from a host intrusion detection system (HIDS) perspective. A major security flaw in sudo has been discovered; more details available here. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Study Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

I recently came across a couple useful troubleshooting guides, one for Open vSwitch (OVS) and OpenStack Neutron and one for VMware NSX. Russell Pope at Kovarus recently wrote about using security groups to manage the VMware NSX distributed firewall. Operating Systems/Applications. VMware recently GA’d version 6.2

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

VMware recently released an updated to PowerCLI (version 6.5.3), and with it comes a set of cmdlets that provide low-level access to the NSX-T REST API. Major Hayden talks about ansible-hardening , a new role that grew out of an OpenStack-related security role. Here’s a quick note about AWS security groups and traffic flows.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Engineering Network 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

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. (By Operating Systems/Applications. Seriously.). Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2022

In particular, the “Career/Soft Skills” section is a bit bigger than usual this time around, as is the “Security” section. Phil Stokes of SentinelOne describes some of the early security changes found in macOS “Ventura” (i.e., Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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System Open Source Cloud Policies 79

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Colin Lynch shares some details on his journey with VMware NSX (so far). I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Colin Lynch shares some details on his journey with VMware NSX (so far). I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 27, 2018

VMware has released a PowerCLI preview/fling for NSX-T; Kyle Ruddy has a write-up here. Cilium, the open source project working to bring eBPF-powered networking and security to Kubernetes environments, has hit the 1.0 Sysdig has a Kubernetes security guide available that may be worth reviewing. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Open Source Security 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 8, 2014

Welcome to Technology Short Take #43, another episode in my irregularly-published series of articles, links, and thoughts from around the web, focusing on data center technologies like networking, virtualization, storage, and cloud computing. Ivan Pepelnjak asks the question, “Is OpenFlow the best tool for overlay virtual networks?”

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Vmware Linux Virtualization Network 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

VMware recently released a reference design guide for NSX-T; see here for more details. VPCs, or Virtual Private Clouds, are Amazon’s software-defined networking mechanism for workloads running on AWS.). This doesn’t make me feel very secure. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Nice use of VMware Fusion in part 2, by the way.). VMware, Vagrant, and Docker together is the subject of this blog post by Fabio Rapposelli. Operating Systems/Applications. It makes me wonder when VMware will announce support for CoreOS on vCloud Air. Virtualization. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs.

Mobile 77

Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

Information technology is the use of any tech devices, infrastructure, software and processes to create and process, store, secure and exchange all forms of digital data. Our articles are typically focused on software recommendations, business, security, interesting topics and search engine optimization and marketing. Search Security.

Resources 66

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 66

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

This time around, I have a collection of links featuring the new Raspberry Pi 400, some macOS security-related articles, information on AWS Nitro Enclaves and gVisor, and a few other topics. Netflix has a good post on how they use prioritized load shedding to provide a good user experience during system outages. Virtualization.

SMB 60

SMB Cloud Fashion Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

A fan of network virtualization might also say that decomposing today’s complex physical networks into multiple simple logical networks on top of a simpler physical transport network—similar to Mike’s suggestion of converging on a smaller set of reference architectures—might also help. (Of Here’s a good source.

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