PQ Show 120: Intent-Based Networking With Apstra (Sponsored)
The Packet Pushers talk intent-based networking with our sponsor Apstra. We discuss why the industry cares about intent, how intent-based networking works, and its potential impacts on network engineers. The post PQ Show 120: Intent-Based Networking With Apstra (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.
NSX Experience Day Planning for Operational Transformation: Key Resources
Our Experience Day is a deep dive into operationalizing NSX. This half-day working session includes breakouts, workbook assignments (summaries, checklists, and Q&A), and deep discussions with peers. To realize the benefits of network virtualization, organizations will want to assess and execute an operational plan that spans across people, process, and technology. You and your organization can review the key assets below and make use of the best practices that make the most sense for your particular situation.
If you are interested in joining one of our sessions, please contact your NSX Sales Specialist or account System Engineer.
COMMUNITY
NSX Community at VMUG. Dedicated to network and security virtualization, a robust resource for individuals who are motivated to learn more.
For a limited time, join VMUG Advantage to get over $4000 worth of NSX training for only $2,800 (Until Aug 28). Includes NSX Install, Configure Manage On-Demand, VCP-Network Virtualization test prep and voucher, and much more.
TRAINING & CERTIFICATION COURSES
VMware NSX Training and Certification. Explore the expert NSX training & certifications from VMware.
SERVICES
Professional Services for Transforming Security. Get your team operational by Day 2 and ensure that you achieve measurable results.
Cloud Infrastructure Spending to Reach $40B in 2017, IDC Says
Public cloud data centers account for 61 percent of this spending.
AT&T Invests Up to $200M in ONAP-Focused Venture Capital Fund
Some view ONAP as "horrendously complex" to implement.
NTT to use Rancher Labs Container Management for Enterprise Cloud
Rancher said the deal is its first managed service provider licensing model to a cloud service provider in Japan.
ETSI Releases APIs to Promote MEC Interoperability
MEC is considered a key element of 5G.
Fragmentation, Standards Remain Challenges to Open Optical Networks
Vendor community looks to avoid standards being forced onto the market.
Worth Reading: Hijacking Bitcoin
It turns out that if you can hijack less than a hundred BGP prefixes (feasible) you can isolate about 50% of the mining power in the network. Once a collection of nodes are partitioned from the network the network becomes more vulnerable to double spending attacks, transaction filtering, and selfish mining attacks. —Morning Paper
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BGP Monitoring Protocol
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How to make your site HTTPS-only
The Internet is getting more secure every day as people enable HTTPS, the secure version of HTTP, on their sites and services. Last year, Mozilla reported that the percentage of requests made by Firefox using encrypted HTTPS passed 50% for the first time. HTTPS has numerous benefits that are not available over unencrypted HTTP, including improved performance with HTTP/2, SEO benefits for search engines like Google and the reassuring lock icon in the address bar.
So how do you add HTTPS to your site or service? That’s simple, Cloudflare offers free and automatic HTTPS support for all customers with no configuration. Sign up for any plan and Cloudflare will issue an SSL certificate for you and serve your site over HTTPS.
HTTPS-only
Enabling HTTPS does not mean that all visitors are protected. If a visitor types your website’s name into the address bar of a browser or follows an HTTP link, it will bring them to the insecure HTTP version of your website. In order to make your site HTTPS-only, you need to redirect visitors from the HTTP to the HTTPS version of your site.
Going HTTPS-only should be as easy as a click of a button, so we Continue reading
Linux Container Security: 10 Essential Elements
Find out the key steps for ensuring comprehensive container security.
Automation or Orchestration?
Have you ever wondered what the difference between automation and orchestration is?
Wikipedia defines automation as use of various control systems for operating equipment. The definition I prefer (because it’s easier to understand in network automation environment) is elimination of well-defined repeatable manual tasks – the emphasis being on well-defined and repeatable.
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