Today's Tech Bytes podcast gets into network automation with sponsor BackBox. BackBox’s approach to automation is to focus on network engineers and integrate automation with how they already do their jobs. BackBox works with more than 180 network and security vendors.
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Take a Network Break! On today's episode we discuss a record quarter for switch sales, examine Germany's mixed signals about allowing Huawei gear in its networks, and debate whether employees' frustration over Google's desk-sharing plan is just entitled whining or a legitimate complaint. Plus more IT news.
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On today's Heavy Networking, sponsor Graphaint is here to discuss how it's rethinking SD-WAN using a Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) model to help customers consume WAN connectivity instead of setting up and operating a WAN for themselves. Graphiant combines SD-WAN mainstays such as multiple connection options and traffic policies based on applications and performance, without the operational overhead of SD-WAN tunnels. We dive into the how and why in this episode.
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Xcitium is an Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) vendor that sells client software that uses multiple methods to protect endpoints. Methods include anti-virus, a host firewall, a Host Intrusion Protection System (HIPS), and a technique it calls ZeroDwell Containment. The first three components are straightforward. The AV software relies on signatures to detect known malware. […]
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Michael Levan reviews security essentials for protecting your Kubernetes infrastructure, including worker nodes. He discusses server hardening using CIS Benchmarks as a guide, running a scanner (using Kubescape as an example), and employing role-based access control (RBAC). You can subscribe to the Packet Pushers’ YouTube channel for more videos as they are published. It’s a […]
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Today's IPv6 Buzz podcast explore the topic of default address selection with IPv6 hosts as defined in RFC 6724. It's very common for a host to have multiple IPv6 addresses of different types (as well as an IPv4 address in dual-stack environments) and RFC 6724 includes rules for which addresses are used first.
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Today on Day Two Cloud we engage in strategic thinking about cloud, workload repatriation, costs and spending, DevOps and Kubernetes, and more with guest Tim Banks. Tim is a Lead Developer Advocate at Dell Technologies and has done stints at AWS, Equinix, and the Duckbill Group. Besides being a techie, Tim Banks is also a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu champion and world-ranked competitor in his class.
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Short answer is yes. Long answer is long. CHatGPT is useful for demonstrating potential and getting more funding for AI. In terms of potential for real work, well, its not good enough.
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If you’re a system administrator or Infrastructure Engineer that has: Managed upgrades for large-scale systems Managed high availability and horizontal scaling Deployed binaries on Linux or Windows VMs Deployed virtualization and bare-metal environments Kubernetes is going to be a major upgrade for you, how you deploy, and how you manage services. Kubernetes truly does make […]
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In the previous video, Michael Levan walked through some security essentials for protecting worker nodes in a Kubernetes cluster. In this video he focuses on essential protections for the API server. He looks at security benchmarks from CIS, using Kubescape for security scanning, and how to integrate the two. Michael Levan hosts the “Kubernetes Unpacked” […]
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Take a Network Break! We begin with some FU on what constitutes on-prem and off-prem, and then dive into news. Cisco and T-Mobile are partnering on 5G gateways, Cisco Webex is getting installed as a feature(?) in Mercedes E-Class cars, and Cisco is buying multi-cloud security startup Valtix. Valtix offers firewalling, IPS, a cloud Web […]
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By extending into environments such as the cloud, SD-WAN, and applications, today's network monitoring platforms are turning into powerful solution that can improve the overall operations IT environment. Let's drill down into the top five needs for networking monitoring.
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On Heavy Networking today we look at a home lab running VMware products including NSX, as well as infrastructure-as-code products Terraform, Packer, and Ansible. These use cases create a different hardware demand than virtualized network operating system images. Guest Maarten Van Driessen explains it all, including how he saves money on lab gear.
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