SDxCentral’s Weekly Roundup — November 30, 2018
Google Cloud lands in Hong Kong; Infinera adds optical network to its open line system; and plenty of news from AWS re:Invent.
BiB 063: Can An SD-WAN Device Replace A WAN Router?
Let’s examine the assertion from Silver Peak that they can replace WAN routers. Is an SD-WAN device able to be a drop-in replacement for a WAN router from Cisco or whomever? Probably, but it depends.
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Weekly Show 418: A Real-World Network Design Session
Today we discuss actual network design challenges with two network engineers at the University of Idaho, including firewalling and microsegmentation, identity management in the wireless network, and a home-grown network management system.
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[Sponsored] Short Take – Anuta Networks
Anuta Networks joins Network Collective for a second time, again entrusting the message to those who use their products in the real world. In this Network Collective Short Take, Ryan Lynn of Trace3 joins us to talk about the general state of network orchestration and why Trace3 is excited about what Anuta’s ATOM provides to their customers.
Thank you to Anuta Networks for sponsoring today’s episode and supporting the content we’re creating here at Network Collective. If you would like to learn more about Anuta’s ATOM platform, you can head to https://anutanetworks.com/collective for lots of great information, white papers, case studies, and to try the ATOM platform out for yourself.
Ryan Lynn
Vice President of Emerging Architecture - Trace3
Jordan Martin
Host
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Cisco, AT&T, Intel Promote Best Anti-Botnet Practices for Companies
The anti-botnet guide provides best practices for service providers, enterprises, and software and device manufacturers.
A Critical First Step for IoT Security in Senegal
As barriers to entry start to fall, the Internet of Things (IoT) industry could provide Africa with an opportunity to build a brighter economic future.
Several countries are already establishing tech hubs that could supply the infrastructure to fuel IoT, and while there is still a wide gap between the haves and have-nots of Internet access, with more than 60 per cent of Africa still offline, it’s easy to build a case for connectivity.
Mass urbanization is on the rise, and investing in the infrastructure needed to fuel future smart cities and connect more Africans to the opportunity the Internet offers is a logical step forward. But it’s also important that security is in place to support this promising new economy.
Unfortunately, many IoT devices are rushed to market with little thought for basic security and privacy protections. In a world with so many newly connected things, it’s hard for consumers to keep up – and to know if manufactures are protecting their privacy and security.
To address this, Senegal has taken a critical first step. They’ve signed a memorandum of understanding with the Internet Society to strengthen IoT security. Together, they will develop an IoT Security Framework for Senegal Continue reading
The Magic of the CCIE
I stumbled across a great Reddit thread this week: Is the CCIE as impossible as it seems? There are a lot of great replies on that thread about people passing and the “good old days” of Banyan Vines, Appletalk, and more. It’s also a fascinating look into how the rest of the networking industry sees exams like the CCIE and JNCIE. Because those of us that have the numbers seem to be magicians to some.
Sleight of CLI Hand
Have you ever seen the cups and balls magic trick? Here’s an excellent example of it from the recently departed Ricky Jay:
Impressive, right? It’s amazing to behold a master craftsman at work. Every time I watch that video I’m amazed. I know he’s doing sleight of hand. But I can’t catch it. Now, watch this same video but with annotations turned on. SPOILER ALERT – The annotations will tell you EXACTLY where the tricks are done:
Is it more impressive now that you know how the tricks are done? Check out this demonstration from Penn and Teller that shows you exactly how they do the tricks as well:
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Worth Reading: Back to Basics
I’m not the only one ranting about the need to get a firm grasp on fundamentals before doing the sexy stuff. Found an old blog post by Joel Spolsky (of the Law of Leaky Abstractions fame) on the exact same topic from programming perspective.
If you ever had to deal with a programming language, it’s definitely worth reading… but some of the details might make your head explode. You’ve been warned ;)
Introducing Immutable infrastructure
An immutable infrastructure prevents common issues like configuration drift. It can bring more consistency and reliability in your infrastructure and a simpler, more predictable deployment process.
Cloudflare Apps Fund 2.0
Today we are launching the second iteration of the Cloudflare App Developer Fund.
This is an investment fund started in partnership with Venrock, Pelion Venture Partners, and New Enterprise Associates. We created the fund to provide developers with resources so that they can build apps using the Cloudflare network and our serverless product, Workers, which enables developers to create applications without configuring or maintaining infrastructure. The goal is to fuel a new economy that grows into a thriving ecosystem so that developers’ serverless innovations can enjoy commercial success.
Cloudflare Apps with Workers allows developers to package Workers, delivering new worker-powered experiences to Cloudflare customers, all within a few clicks via Cloudflare Apps.
Our CTO, John Graham-Cumming talks about it in a recently recorded video:
In short, Cloudflare is looking for apps that will advance our mission to help build a better Internet: one that is safe, fast and reliable. We are seeking out apps that have a clear vision, delight customers by the ease of use and align with our vision. Having already seen multiple use cases around custom application security, data loss prevention, and bot mitigation, we can’t wait to see what else you come up Continue reading
ZTE Led Q3 Surge in Optical Transport Revenues, Dell’Oro Report Says
Huawei continues to dominate the worldwide market, with Ciena tops in North America.