Weekly Top Posts: 2019-02-24
- SDxCentral Weekly Wrap: Google Pledges $13B for US Data Centers and Offices
- DigitalOcean Kicks Off Managed Database Service With PostgreSQL Support
- Metaswitch Senior VP of 5G Shubh Agarwal Discusses the Challenges Operators Face in Transitioning to 5G and the Technologies Key to Success
- DriveNets Pockets $110M to Pave Software Disaggregation Path
- Kaloom’s Cloud Edge Fabric Supports Network Slicing, 5G Apps
NDSS 2019 Highlights the Best in Security Research
Tomorrow, the 26th consecutive Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS) is set to kick off in San Diego, CA. NDSS is a premier academic research conference addressing a wide range of topics associated with improving network and system security. A key focus of the Internet Society has long been improving trust in the global open Internet and all of its connected devices and systems. In today’s world, we need new and innovative ideas and research on the security and privacy of our connected devices and the Internet that connects them together.
NDSS 2019 (24-27 February) will be the biggest NDSS symposium yet, featuring 89 peer-reviewed papers, 35 posters, 4 workshops, and a keynote. Record registration numbers are a key indicator that NDSS 2019 is featuring vital and timely topics. Below are some of the highlights expected in the coming week.
Workshops
This year’s program officially starts with four workshops on Sunday, 24 February. NDSS workshops are organized around a single topic and provide an opportunity for greater dialogue amongst researchers and practitioners in the area. Each of this year’s workshops have dynamic agendas.
The Workshop on Binary Analysis Research (BAR) is returning for its second year at NDSS after a Continue reading
My Cloudflaraversery: Things I’ve Learned Along the Way
A year ago, I joined the marketing team at Cloudflare.
I was first attracted to Cloudflare by its audacious mission: to help build a better Internet. As someone who’s spent most of my professional life working on programs — in marketing, policy, communications, and advocacy — that build trust and confidence in the Internet, Cloudflare’s mission resonated with me.
But it wasn’t just the mission — it was the product too. Over its eight years, the company has developed a growing platform of products and solutions that help millions of online properties — from nonprofits and hobbyists to small businesses and large enterprises — protect and accelerate anything connected to the Internet. For me, joining the Cloudflare team was an opportunity to help advance a mission and a product that is doing good in the world.
It’s been an exciting year and I want to take the opportunity to reflect on a few things I’ve learned along the way.
First, trust is everything
During my first few months at Cloudflare, I spoke with dozens and dozens of customers. I wanted to understand Cloudflare from their perspective. What challenges do they face? What progress are Continue reading
Python Pieces – Working with etcd
Ah ha! Surprise – I’ve decided that in addition to the blog posts on MPLS and ExaBGP that I might as well start up a third series. Well – that’s not entirely true – but instead of trying to mix all sorts of details about Python into the blog posts, I thought I might split out some of the larger pieces. So Im starting a new series called “Python Pieces” where I’m going to pick one module, concept, or whatever else I decided warrants a post and talk about how to use it. Then – if/when I use that in one of my other posts – you’ve got a handy reference and starting point. I hope this makes the other posts less “all over the place” but we’ll see.
So – in my first edition of Python Pieces we’re going to talk about working with etcd from Python. For those of you that don’t know what etcd is – it’s a pretty popular key value store that’s used with lots of the more recent projects (Kubernetes comes to mind). What’s likely more important about etcd though is that it’s capable of being a distributed key value store which makes it Continue reading
Juniper Firewall Filters
Firewall filters are similar to access control lists (ACLs). Firewall filters are stateless and inspect each packet individually. Because they are stateless traffic must be allowed in both directions. Configuration Routing policies and firewall filters have a common structure. ...continue reading
Juniper Routing Policy
Junos routing policy allows an administrator to alter the default behaviour of a routing protocol. All routing protocols try to determine the best path to a destination based on the protocols definition of the best "metric". The Junos routing policy framework allows an...continue reading
Juniper Junos
Junos is the name of the operating system that is used to manage Juniper network devices. Fun fact Junos is built on a base of FreeBSD and is designed to be modular and secure while providing a uniform user interface across all platforms. Junos Features Common Code Base The...continue reading
Juniper Protocol Independent Routing
Juniper protocol-independent routing covers IP routing components such as static routes and the various route tables within Junos that are not particular to any dynamic routing protocol. Routing Table The RE holds a copy of all routes from all protocols in its routing table....continue reading
Cloudflare Registrar at three months
We announced Cloudflare Registrar in September. We launched the product by making it available in waves to our existing customers. During that time we gathered feedback and continued making improvements to the product while also adding more TLDs.
Staring today, we’re excited to make Cloudflare Registrar available to all of our customers. Cloudflare Registrar only charges you what we pay to the registry for your domain and any user can now rely on that at-cost pricing to manage their domain. As part of this announcement, we’d like to share some insights and data about domain registration that we learned during the early access period.
One-click DNS security makes a difference
When you launch your domain to the world, you rely on the Domain Name System (DNS) to direct your users to the address for your site. However, DNS cannot guarantee that your visitors reach your content because DNS, in its basic form, lacks authentication. If someone was able to poison the DNS responses for your site, they could hijack your visitors' DNS requests.
The Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) can help prevent that type of attack by adding a chain of trust to DNS queries. When you enable DNSSEC Continue reading
Heavy Networking 431: Understanding Emerging Trends In Optics With InterOptic (Sponsored)
InterOptic returns in this sponsored podcast to explore emerging trends in optics, including the rise of 400G, the differences between OSFP and QSFP, and the state of silicon photonics. Our guests are Robert Coenen, VP of Business Development at InterOptic; and Tim Doiron, Principal Analyst, Intelligent Networking at ACG Research.
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