VMware NSX Achieves Common Criteria EAL 2+ Certification
VMware NSX 6.3 for vSphere has achieved Common Criteria certification at the Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 2+ (view the certification report)(view the press release). This marks yet another milestone of our commitment to providing industry leading certified solutions for customers from federal departments and agencies, international governments and agencies, and other highly regulated industries and sectors. Along with FIPS, DISA-STIG, ICSA Labs firewall certification, and several other independent evaluations, the Common Criteria compliance accreditation validates NSX as a reliable network virtualization platform that satisfies stringent government security standards.
Common Criteria is an international set of guidelines (ISO-15408) that provides a methodology framework for evaluating security features and capabilities of Information Technology (IT) security products. It is mutually recognized by 26 member nations.
Regulatory compliance is one of the challenges faced by government IT departments in their efforts to modernize legacy systems, and Common Criteria is often required for procurement sales. The Common Criteria accreditation affirms that NSX for vSphere complies with the security requirements specified within the designated level and simplifies the introduction of NSX into government and highly regulated environments. NSX enables customers in the public sector to implement network Continue reading
High-Performing IT Teams: 7 Winning Traits
A new study finds that successful IT teams are more likely to use certain management practices and technologies.
Brian Gracely on Containers in the Enterprise
Hear how containers are moving into the enterprise, the challenges of putting them into production, and the best ways to learn about container technologies. Brian Gracely is director of product strategy for Red Hat OpenShift and co-host of The Cloudcast and The ServerlessCast.
Moving to Summer Schedule
The inevitable summer decline of visitors has started, so I'm switching (like every summer) to a lower publishing frequency. Given my current focus (here and here) expect one network automation post and one other in-depth post every week… and maybe an occasional this-is-worth-reading link.
Working in the summer office ;)
Take some time off, enjoy the vacations, and I hope to meet you in the September online course ;)
BGP Session Culling
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Technology Short Take #84
Welcome to Technology Short Take #84! This episode is a bit late (sorry about that!), but I figured better late than never, right? OK, bring on the links!
Networking
- When I joined the NSX team in early 2013, a big topic at that time was overlay protocols (VXLAN, STT, etc.). Since then, that topic has mostly faded, though it still does come up from time to time. In particular, the move toward Geneve has prompted that discussion again, and Russell Bryant tackles the discussion in this post.
- Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Nice!
- Colin Lynch shares some details on his journey with VMware NSX (so far).
- I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX.
Servers/Hardware
- Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. This is a space that’s going to see some pretty major changes over the next few years, in my humble opinion.
Security
- Anthony Burke gives a little bit of a sneak peek Continue reading
Technology Short Take #84
Welcome to Technology Short Take #84! This episode is a bit late (sorry about that!), but I figured better late than never, right? OK, bring on the links!
Networking
- When I joined the NSX team in early 2013, a big topic at that time was overlay protocols (VXLAN, STT, etc.). Since then, that topic has mostly faded, though it still does come up from time to time. In particular, the move toward Geneve has prompted that discussion again, and Russell Bryant tackles the discussion in this post.
- Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). Nice!
- Colin Lynch shares some details on his journey with VMware NSX (so far).
- I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX.
Servers/Hardware
- Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. This is a space that’s going to see some pretty major changes over the next few years, in my humble opinion.
Security
- Anthony Burke gives a little bit of a sneak peek Continue reading
Pivoting off Hidden Cobra Indicators
On June 13th 2017, US-CERT issued a joint Technical Alert (TA17-164A) entitled Hidden Cobra – North Korea’s DDoS Botnet Infrastructure. The alert, which was the result of analytic efforts between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), included a list […]Some recommendations for the network engineers
In this post, I will share many network engineering blogs which will be very beneficial for the network engineering and for those who want to learn more about network design. Almost everyday I receive a message through social media or via email from the connections. What should we study ? I am new […]
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What is MPLS Traffic Engineering and Why do you need MPLS-TE ?
MPLS Traffic Engineering is a mechanism that provides cost savings in an MPLS networks. How cost saving can be achieved ? How traffic is steered to the paths which wouldn’t be used in normal circumstances ? I will explain in this post. Let’s look at below topology. MPLS Traffic Engineering […]
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Windows Firewall ? This made me laugh a lot :)
Do you agree that this is similar to Windows Firewall ? ? Made my day
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Serial Pinout for APC
This is just a quick note to remind me how to make serial cables for APC power strips. This cable works between an APC AP8941 and an Opengear terminal server with Cisco-friendly (-X2 in Opengear nomenclature) pinout.
Only pins 3,4 and 6 are populated on the 8P8C end. It probably doesn't matter whether the ground pin (black) lands on pin 4 or 5 because both should be ground on the Opengear end. The yellow wire is unused.