1 year and 3 months working at Cloudflare: How is it going so far?
This post is inspired by a very good blog post from one of my colleague in the US, which I really appreciated as I was a newcomer to the company. It was great to see what it is like working for Cloudflare after one year and to learn from the lessons she had learnt.
I'll try to do the same in three parts. Beginning with how my on-boarding went, my first customer experiences and finally what is my day-to-day life at Cloudflare. These writings only reflect my personal feelings and thoughts. The experience is different for each and every newcomer to Cloudflare.
Chapter 1 - On-boarding, being impressed and filling the (big) knowledge gaps.
Before I joined Cloudflare, I was working as a Security Consultant in Paris, France. I never had the opportunity to move abroad to speak English (me.englishLevel = 0), I never had any reason to live outside of France and was at the same time looking for another Job. Perfect then!
When I saw the job posting, I immediately applied as I knew the company well, the mindset and the products Cloudflare provided. It took me 6 months to get the offer probably because Continue reading
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Wouldn’t it be nice if you could trust that your device is secure, so that it isn’t leaking your private data, becoming a bot and attacking other users, or putting you at risk?
We think so too.
By using their buying power to influence the market, combined with forward-looking, smart policies and regulations, governments can help build an Internet of Things (IoT) we can trust. With over ten billion IoT devices, applications, and services already in use, and the number of connected devices forecasted to jump to over thirty-eight billion by 2020, ensuring that governments take the right actions now around IoT security is critical.
Governments have important choices to make now to help ensure that IoT consumers are secure, innovation can flourish, and we can all fully benefit from IoT.
We are pleased to release IoT Security for Policymakers, a discussion paper to help provide a solid foundation for policymakers and regulators as they address IoT security. In the paper, we highlight key issues and challenges of IoT security, along with guiding principles and recommendations. While many of IoT’s challenges are technical, some of the most pressing are social, economic, or legal. There are countless consumers with little Continue reading
PQ 146: Practical Python For Deploying BFD
Today on the Priority Queue, some practical Python for network engineers.
My guest is Billy Downing, and we walk through an example of how to use Python to deploy BFD, or Bidirectional Forwarding Detection.
We start by describing BFD and how it works, and then explore how to use Python to make it go in your network.
Billy is a data center engineer who works for the Department of Defense. Check out his blog at NetworkTechStudy.com.
Show Links:
NetworkTechStudy.com – Billy Downing’s blog
Learning Python from a Network Engineer’s Perspective – NetworkTechStudy.com
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Are you looking to get started with Juniper certification but having a hard time finding the time to travel to a …
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Docker Enterprise Edition 2.0, integrates Kubernetes to our platform and delivers the only Kubernetes platform that can be deployed across multiple clouds and multiple operating systems. As part of this release, we have included Project Calico by Tigera as the “batteries included” Kubernetes CNI plug-in for a highly scalable, industry-leading networking and routing solution.
Why Project Calico?
While we support our customers using their preferred CNI plug-in, we chose to integrate Project Calico for our built-in solution because it aligns well with our design objectives for Docker EE 2.0:
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- Choice & Flexibility for Different Deployment Models: Enterprise organizations are largely pursuing hybrid and multi-cloud strategies and we want to ensure that you have the flexibility to operate Docker EE in any environment. The Tigera team behind Project Calico has worked closely with all the major cloud providers to ensure that Calico works well with their Continue reading
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Here’s another back-to-the-fundamentals question I received a while ago when discussing IPv6 multihoming challenges:
I was wondering why enterprise can’t have dedicated block of IPv6 address and ISPs route the traffic to it. Enterprise shall select the ISP's based on the routing and preferences configured?
Let’s try to analyze where the problem might be. First the no-brainers:
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