How Many Bandwidths Does An SD-WAN Need? – Video
Note: This article was first published at Packet Pushers.net on March 5, 2018 I was preparing for a podcast and started comparing the complexity of a private vs. public WAN. I doodled some diagrams and realized that using Internet bandwidth for SD-WAN to replace private bandwidth is actually simpler. Perhaps because the familiar is always […]
Playing with Arista eAPI – Dynamic VLAN Assignment-ish
A note
Before we get started, let me first say that just because we can, doesn’t mean we should. I got a request to show an example of how dynamic VLAN assingment based on mac-address could work and this is the results of that request. Before anyone takes this code and runs with it, let me first say that you really need to think about whether or not this is a good idea for you and your organization.
If you want dynamic VLAN assignment, there are other ways to accomplish this and I would encourage you to look into them before going down this path.
That being said – It was a fun little project and I wanted to share it with you all.
The Project
For this project, the goal is to write a simple script to help us automatically assign the right VLAN to a host based on the MAC address of that host.
Now we all know there are different ways to do this, like pure mac-authentication using a RADIUS server, or even using a mac-based VLAN configuration, but that wouldn’t be as fun as trying to get this work with Arista’s eAPI now would it?
INE Now Accepts Cryptocurrency Payments!
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SONiC Switch OS Gets Love From Startups Barefoot, Apstra
The open-source SONiC switch OS, originally developed by Microsoft, got some love from startups at the Open Compute Summit.ZTE Knitter Tailors Kubernetes to Meet Carrier 5G Needs
The vendor says current IT-based container platforms are not robust enough. Knitter includes multiple network planes, static application IP address migration, and configurable IP resources.
Google Cloud Security Blitz Attacks Email Phishing, Improves Visibility
Google unleashed more than 20 cloud security updates including better visibility across cloud services and potential threats and beefed up security against email phishing attacks.
Engineering Firm Uses Silver Peak SD-WAN to Connect 14 Sites
The company evaluated about three different SD-WAN products before deciding to use Silver Peak for its SD-WAN and EdgeConnect WAN optimization.
FD.io Bolsters Kubernetes, NFV, and Istio Support With Latest Release
Update No. 6 is extensive for the universal data plane as it operates under the shadow of an impending merger within the Linux Foundation with five other hosted networking projects.
Giving The Next IoT Hardware Hit A Head Start
A modular approach to IoT would open the market to a number of developers and unprecedented innovation in this burgeoning industry.
What’s wrong with the IETF. And what’s right
I have not counted the IETF’s I have attended; I only know the first RFC on which I’m listed as a co-author was published in 2000, so this must be close to 20 years of interacting with the IETF community, and I’m pretty certain I’ve attended at least two meetings a year across that time, and three meetings a year in most of those years. Across that time, there has never been a time when I have not been told, at least once, “the IETF is broken.” And there has not been a single time I cannot remember agreeing with the sentiment.
So, how is the IETF broken? The trend that bothers me the most right now is the gold rush syndrome. A new technology is brought into the IETF, and if it looks like it might somehow be “important,” there is a “land rush” as people stake out new drafts, find use cases, find corner cases, and work to develop drafts and communities around those drafts. This generally results in a sort of ossification process, where there are clear insiders and outsiders, an entirely new vocabulary is developed, and the drafts fly so fast and furious there is Continue reading
The Dawn of New Digital Rights for Finnish Citizens
I’m pleased to introduce our new project New Digital Rights MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), that will teach citizens about their personal data rights through GDPR and MyData frameworks. It is funded by the Internet Society’s Beyond the Net Funding Programme and made possible with volunteers.
The project is a partnership between ISOC Finland Chapter and Open Knowledge Finland. Other NGO’s and associations like Electronic Frontier Finland, Faktabaari, and student organisations will be engaged.
The aim of the project is to make citizens more aware of their digital rights, initially focusing on explaining GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and MyData. The solution is to educate people through a MOOC-platform and series of workshops that create content and train people and organizations to use it.
MyData is the biggest part of our work in Open Knowledge Finland at the moment and we have made a whole conference around this Nordic model of personal data management. It is very much entwined with the changes in the GDPR and we felt that while we made people aware of relevant changes in the European data protection, MyData could be explained in parallel to the GDPR, in a separate, cross-referenced module.
As of now, there will not Continue reading
Les débuts des nouveaux droits numériques pour les citoyens finlandais
J’ai le plaisir de vous présenter notre nouveau projet MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) de droits numériques (New Digital Rights) qui enseignera aux citoyens leurs droits en matière de données personnelles à travers les frameworks GDPR et MyData. Il est financé par le programme de financement Beyond the Net de l’Internet Society et rendu possible grâce à des bénévoles.
Le projet est un partenariat entre ISOC Finland Chapter et Open Knowledge Finland. D’autres ONG et associations comme Electronic Frontier Finland, Faktabaari et des organisations d’étudiants seront mobilisées.
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The New Way of Generating IPv6 – SLAAC EUI-64 Address Format
There was an old way of generating Interface IPv6 address using SLAAC process (Stateless autoconfiguration). You simply configured that you want SLAAC autoconfiguration and the interface IPv6 was generated by squeezing “FFFE” in hex (11111111 11111110 bits) between two parts of physical MAC address of that interface. Then, after a while, several comments came to IETF about the use of predictable Interface Identifiers in IPv6 addresses. They were pointing to the ease of correlation of host activities within the same network and across multiple networks. If Interface Identifiers are constant across networks this is negatively affecting the privacy and security of
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Construcción de Infraestructura Comunitaria
Cuando Internet no llega a lugares remotos, un modelo que funciona muy bien es aquel en el que la comunidad construye la red para llegar a Internet (no esperar que un proveedor llegue a su comunidad sino construir la red para llegar hasta el proveedor más cercano). Eso implica varios desafíos y requiere cambios tecnológicos, legislativos, nuevos estándares y comunidades que sean capaces de construir y operar la infraestructura comunitaria.
Las redes comunitarias tienen características únicas que requieren una evolución y mudanzas disruptivas tanto en las tecnologías como en la gestión de los recursos (aprovechamiento de la infraestructura pública, gestión del espectro, recursos de Internet, etc.).
Las experiencias prueban que existen muchos modelos que hacen sustentables y efectivas estas redes comunitarias. Ahora debemos comenzar a formalizar y generalizar esos modelos para conseguir la escala e impacto necesarios. Debemos promover cambios en reglamentos y en tecnologías, en gobiernos y en empresas, en fabricantes de equipos y en software open-source. Será necesario organizar y capacitar a las comunidades, involucrar a las ONG para que tengan la capacidad y recursos para ayudarlas, convencer a las empresas que esto no afecta sus negocios y ser sensibles a las necesidades y diferencias de las Continue reading
DDoS Amplification Attacks
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