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RPKI: BGP Security Hammpered by a Legal Agreement
Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) is a relatively new standard for establishing BGP route origination. I wrote a brief introductory article here. Apologies for the self-promotion, but rather than rehash the basics here, I raise another issue that needs community attention: ARIN’s Relying Party Agreement (RPA: PDF link). Having said that, some basics are needed. […]
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OUTAGES: They Suck, But Let’s Share the After-Action Reports
“It’s impossible to solve significant problems using the same level of knowledge that created them!” –Albert Einstein Outages happen- it’s a simple fact of running any type of system, be it network, server, application, aviation, nuclear, etc. Urs Hölzle, a Distinguished Fellow at Google and it’s first vice president of engineering, plainly states it this […]
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When Good NICs Do Bad Things: A Blast of IPv6 Multicast Listener Discovery Queries
This is the write-up of a recent event we experienced on our network. This will be combination of a journal of symptoms, troubleshooting steps taken, and a brief overview of the environment and platforms involved. This isn’t a forensic analysis of the cause or of different behaviors in various environments. Rather, it’s meant to be […]
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The Impact of Software Defined X on a Networking organization
Introduction We’re in one of the most exciting times in data networking. While I’m sure we’re all sick of vendors co-opting technologies in their infancy, there is a lot of good work going on to change the fundamentals of moving data (I shudder to call this a paradigm shift; I’ll save that term for life […]