Install Netmiko on Windows

Netmiko develop by kirk Byers is open source python library  based on Paramiko which simplifies SSH management to network devices .

Netmiko library  makes task to automate . Its very tedious to find out the procedure to install Netmiko in Windows enviornment.Let’s make out task simple :-

Steps:

• Install Anaconda ( https://www.anaconda.com/download/)
• From the Anaconda shell, run “conda install paramiko”.
• From the Anaconda shell, run “pip install scp”.
• Install git for windows (https://www.git-scm.com/downloads)
• Clone Netmiko from Git Bash Window (https://github.com/ktbyers/netmiko).
• Change directory to netmiko.
• Run  python setup.py install from Git Bash Window
• Check on Python console to confirm the availabilty of paramiko and netmiko library

Its done.. Enjoy automating tasks !!!!

From the Trenches: Rampant MacGyver-ism

Here’s a response I got from Simon Milhomme on my Why Is Network Automation So Hard article:

Today we mitigated 1.1.1.1

On May 31, 2018 we had a 17 minute outage on our 1.1.1.1 resolver service; this was our doing and not the result of an attack.

Cloudflare is protected from attacks by the Gatebot DDoS mitigation pipeline. Gatebot performs hundreds of mitigations a day, shielding our infrastructure and our customers from L3/L4 and L7 attacks. Here is a chart of a count of daily Gatebot actions this year:

In the past, we have blogged about our systems:

• Meet Gatebot, a bot that allows us to sleep

Today, things didn't go as planned.

Gatebot

Cloudflare’s network is large, handles many different types of traffic and mitigates different types of known and not-yet-seen attacks. The Gatebot pipeline manages this complexity in three separate stages:

• attack detection - collects live traffic measurements across the globe and detects attacks
• reactive automation - chooses appropriate mitigations
• mitigations - executes mitigation logic on the edge

The benign-sounding "reactive automation" part is actually the most complicated stage in the pipeline. We expected that from the start, which is why we implemented this stage using a custom Functional Reactive Programming (FRP) framework. If you want to know more about it, see the talk and the presentation.

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AMD’s EPYC server encryption is the latest security system to fall

It’s a good thing AMD had the sense not to rub Intel’s nose in the Meltdown/Spectre vulnerability, because it would be getting it right back for this one: Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Safety in Germany have published a paper detailing how to compromise a virtual machine encrypted by AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV).The news is a bit of a downer for AMD, since it just added Cisco to its list of customers for the EPYC processor. Cisco announced today plans to use EPYC in its density-optimized Cisco UCS C4200 Series Rack Server Chassis and the Cisco UCS C125 M5 Rack Server Node.To read this article in full, please click here

AMD’s Epyc server encryption is the latest security system to fall

It’s a good thing AMD had the sense not to rub Intel’s nose in the Meltdown/Spectre vulnerability, because it would be getting it right back for this one: Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Safety in Germany have published a paper detailing how to compromise a virtual machine encrypted by AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV).The news is a bit of a downer for AMD, since it just added Cisco to its list of customers for the Epyc processor. Cisco announced today plans to use Epyc in its density-optimized Cisco UCS C4200 Series Rack Server Chassis and the Cisco UCS C125 M5 Rack Server Node.To read this article in full, please click here

AMD’s EPYC server encryption is the latest security system to fall

It’s a good thing AMD had the sense not to rub Intel’s nose in the Meltdown/Spectre vulnerability, because it would be getting it right back for this one: Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Safety in Germany have published a paper detailing how to compromise a virtual machine encrypted by AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV).The news is a bit of a downer for AMD, since it just added Cisco to its list of customers for the EPYC processor. Cisco announced today plans to use EPYC in its density-optimized Cisco UCS C4200 Series Rack Server Chassis and the Cisco UCS C125 M5 Rack Server Node.To read this article in full, please click here

Is open source software a network security risk?

Networks are changing. More and more we’re hearing terms like whitebox, britebox, disaggregation, NOS, commodity hardware and open source when we talk about the future of networking. Since you’re reading this on the Cumulus Networks blog, I’ll assume you get that and spare you a description of these terms here. If you do want a crash course on network disaggregation and how it relates to orchestration/SDN, check out my previous post on the Packet Pushers blog.

With that bit of housekeeping out of the way, let’s dig right into today’s topic: open source software security.

First, why does security matter? If you’re like most network engineers, your primary goal typically is to get bits of data from one place to another. Anything that interferes with the free flow of packets and frames is a potential problem. So the goals of security can at first appear contrary to those of the network. Raise your hand if you’ve ever been frustrated by a firewall rule or some seemingly arcane security policy!

Unfortunately, we no longer have the luxury of ignoring security. Today’s network is one of the most crucial pieces of IT infrastructure for any organization and for the economies we operate in. Continue reading

FBI Blames North Korea for Malware, Kaspersky Lawsuits Dismissed

The two malware families target U.S. media, aerospace, financial, and critical infrastructure sectors’ networks.

Viewer’s Guide: Virtual Cloud Network Online Event

Start Building the Virtual Cloud Network Today, join the online event June 5 at 11am PDT

You might not know it yet, but your network is holding you back. Unconnected clouds and data silos prevent your enterprise from securing and mining valuable data. VMware creates connections from your data center to the cloud to the edge – providing a secure, consistent foundation that drives business forward, rather than holding it back.

VMware recently announced our vision for the next era of networking – the Virtual Cloud Network. Join us for an exclusive online event to learn about how your organization can start building the network of the future. To prepare for this event, I not only spent time with the customers, technical leads and executives you hear from, but also behind the scenes, I have been part of many more conversations that I was not able to share.  Pulling from those conversations, I’ve created your viewer’s guide for each segment of the event.

An overview of the Virtual Cloud Network by Rajiv Ramaswami, Chief Operating Officer, Products and Cloud Services

Rajiv and Pat share their executive views on the Virtual Cloud Network at the beginning of the event. To Continue reading

Sprint Uses 5G Network Preparations to Overhaul Its IoT Business

Sprint hired former Vodafone IoT executive Ivo Rook to revamp its IoT business. Rook joined the company in January.

AT&T and Tech Mahindra Sponsor an Artificial Intelligence Contest

They're working with the Linux Foundation to host the Acumos AI Challenge, which seeks innovative open source AI solutions.

Study shows admins are doing a terrible job of patching servers

Open source has taken over the server side of things, but admins are doing a terrible job of keeping the software patched and up to date.Black Duck Software, a developer of auditing software for open-source security, has released its annual Open Source Security and Risk Analysis, which finds enterprise open source to be full of security vulnerabilities and compliance issues.[ For more on IoT security see our corporate guide to addressing IoT security concerns. | Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters. ] According to the study, open-source components were found in 96% of the applications the company scanned last year, with an average of 257 instances of open source code in each application.To read this article in full, please click here

Study shows admins are doing a terrible job of patching servers

Open source has taken over the server side of things, but admins are doing a terrible job of keeping the software patched and up to date.Black Duck Software, a developer of auditing software for open-source security, has released its annual Open Source Security and Risk Analysis, which finds enterprise open source to be full of security vulnerabilities and compliance issues.[ For more on IoT security see our corporate guide to addressing IoT security concerns. | Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters. ] According to the study, open-source components were found in 96% of the applications the company scanned last year, with an average of 257 instances of open source code in each application.To read this article in full, please click here

Worth Reading: The perfect blog post

How long should a blog be? The infinite Internet has done away with strict word counts and in theory, every online article can be as long as the author feels necessary to get their point across. Unfortunately, many bloggers forget the second part of the old joke relating to dresses and speeches: they should also be short enough to be interesting! —Dominic Jeff @Web Designer Depot

T-Mobile, Sprint Combo to Spike 5G Uptake, Report Predicts

Strategy Analytics predicts the combined entity will boost adoption by 17 percent compared with the two continuing on their own.

VMware Unleashes R&D Innovation Revolution at RADIO

For the first time in its history VMware invited outsiders to its annual R&D conference.

Ciena Acquires Packet Design; Stock Lags on Mixed Q2

Company revenues beat expectations but profits were sunk by the skyrocketing cost of goods.

IDG Contributor Network: Compelling ways the C-level can leverage the IoT

Across a variety of industries, corporate IT and operations teams are rapidly deploying IoT to meet core business objectives. The aim of these deployments can vary greatly, from monitoring device health, to reducing operating costs, and increasing production volume. Yet there are a number of other areas throughout an organization, with initiatives of equal importance, where stakeholders have yet to leverage the value of connected device data to achieve their goals. One such example is the C-level. While generally not designed with executives in mind, IoT technology can provide value to the C-level that’s on par with the advantages their IT and operations counterparts stand to gain.To read this article in full, please click here

MEF Unleashes SD-WAN Implementation Project

The goal is to make it easier to connect SD-WAN controllers and edge devices from different vendors.

PCCW Global Launches an International SDN Interconnect Platform

It’s based on PCCW’s worldwide IP network and SDN software it acquired from Console Connect.