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Oracle will acquire cloud security vendor Palerra

Oracle has agreed to acquire Palerra, a vendor of software for securing cloud services, as part of its strategy to provide customers comprehensive identity and security cloud servicesPalerra offers a Cloud Access Security Broker product called Loric that offers a combination of visibility into cloud usage, data security, user behavior analytics, and security configuration, with automated incident responses."We think this is an important addition to our overall cloud security portfolio," Larry Ellison, Oracle's  executive chairman and chief technology officer said in his keynote Sunday at the Oracle OpenWorld conference.  "It [Security] is job one at Oracle. We'll keep building, and when we find a supplier out there who is doing good work, we'll buy them."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Oracle will acquire cloud security vendor Palerra

Oracle has agreed to acquire Palerra, a vendor of software for securing cloud services, as part of its strategy to provide customers comprehensive identity and security cloud servicesPalerra offers a Cloud Access Security Broker product called Loric that offers a combination of visibility into cloud usage, data security, user behavior analytics, and security configuration, with automated incident responses."We think this is an important addition to our overall cloud security portfolio," Larry Ellison, Oracle's  executive chairman and chief technology officer said in his keynote Sunday at the Oracle OpenWorld conference.  "It [Security] is job one at Oracle. We'll keep building, and when we find a supplier out there who is doing good work, we'll buy them."To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Salesforce is betting its Einstein AI will make CRM better

If there was any doubt that AI has officially arrived in the world of enterprise software, Salesforce just put it to rest. The CRM giant on Sunday announced Einstein, a set of artificial intelligence capabilities it says will help users of its platform serve their customers better.AI's potential to augment human capabilities has already been proven in multiple areas, but tapping it for a specific business purpose isn't always straightforward. "AI is out of reach for the vast majority of companies because it's really hard," John Ball, general manager for Salesforce Einstein, said in a press conference last week.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Valve nukes Digital Homicide’s games after developer sues to unmask 100 Steam users

If you write a negative review for a game, is that harassment? It is according to game developer Digital Homicide which is suing 100 Steam users for $18 million.After Digital Homicide developer James Romine filed a lawsuit, an Arizona judge granted a subpoena to obtain the personal “identification and associated data” of 100 anonymous Steam users. Romine alleges that the Steam group of Jane and John Does created a “hate and harassment group, Digital Homicides Poop Games.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Valve nukes Digital Homicide’s games after developer sues to unmask 100 Steam users

If you write a negative review for a game, is that harassment? It is according to game developer Digital Homicide which is suing 100 Steam users for $18 million.After Digital Homicide developer James Romine filed a lawsuit, an Arizona judge granted a subpoena to obtain the personal “identification and associated data” of 100 anonymous Steam users. Romine alleges that the Steam group of Jane and John Does created a “hate and harassment group, Digital Homicides Poop Games.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Test-driving EVPN route publishing with GoBGP

In recent times there has been a lot of interest in tunnel based L2 networks, especially for Cloud Networks implemented with VXLAN.  The tunnel based networks were initially proposed with the idea of alleviating the 4k limit imposed with VLAN based networks. EVPN based VXLAN tunneled networks use BGP as control plane for L2 learning. … Continue reading Test-driving EVPN route publishing with GoBGP

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Triggered remote packet capture using filtered ERSPAN

Packet brokers are typically deployed as a dedicated network connecting network taps and SPAN/mirror ports to packet analysis applications such as Wireshark, Snort, etc.

Traditional hierarchical network designs were relatively straightforward to monitor using a packet broker since traffic flowed through a small number of core switches and so a small number of taps provided network wide visibility. The move to leaf and spine fabric architectures eliminates the performance bottleneck of core switches to deliver low latency and high bandwidth connectivity to data center applications. However, traditional packet brokers are less attractive since spreading traffic across many links with equal cost multi-path (ECMP) routing means that many more links need to be monitored.

This article will explore how the remote Selective Spanning capability in Cumulus Linux 3.0 combined with industry standard sFlow telemetry embedded in commodity switch hardware provides a cost effective alternative to traditional packet brokers.

Cumulus Linux uses iptables rules to specify packet capture sessions. For example, the following rule forwards packets with source IP 20.0.1.0 and destination IP 20.0.1.2 to a packet analyzer on host 20.0.2.2:

-A FORWARD --in-interface swp+ -s 20.0.0.2 -d 20. Continue reading

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Getting Started in the Mobile World

Got this challenge from one of my readers:

I've recently changed jobs and I am currently working for a telco. The problem is that I have no idea of what they are talking about when they mention SGSN, GGSN, Gi, Gn, etc... I only know routing and switching stuff :(.

Obviously he tried to search for information and failed.

Read more ...

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Juniper QFX 5100 & VMware ESXI Host NIC Teaming -Design Consideration

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Let’s Encrypt plugin for ASA

I wrote a certbot (Let's Encrypt ACME client) plugin for Cisco ASA. It runs on a separate box, talks ACME to the Let's Encrypt service and uses the ASA REST API to manage certificates on the ASA.

Details here.

If you try it out, please let me know how it goes?

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Judge paves the way for British hacker’s extradition to US

A U.K. judge has ruled in favor of extraditing a British man to the U.S. on charges of hacking government computers, despite fears he may commit suicide.Lauri Love, 31, has been fighting his extradition for allegedly stealing data from U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Defense and NASA.On Friday, a Westminster Magistrates court ruled that Love can be safely extradited to the U.S. to face trial, even though he has Asperger Syndrome and a history of depression.“I send this case to the secretary of state for her decision as to whether or not Mr. Love should be extradited,” Judge Nina Tempia said in the ruling.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Webcast: Hardening Microservices Security

Microservices is one of the buzz words of the moment. Beyond the buzz, microservices architecture offers a great opportunity for developers to rethink how they design, develop, and secure applications.

On Wednesday, September 21st, 2016 at 10am PT/1pm ET join SANS Technology Institute instructor and courseware author, David Holzer, as well as CloudFlare Solutions Engineer, Matthew Silverlock, as they discuss best practices for adopting and deploying microservices securely. During the session they will cover:

• How microservices differ from SOA or monolithic architectures
• Best practices for adopting and deploying secure microservices for production use
• Avoiding continuous delivery of new vulnerabilities
• Limiting attack vectors on a growing number of API endpoints
• Protecting Internet-facing services from resource exhaustion

Don't miss this chance to learn from the pros. Register now!

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Wroth Reading: Exascale might prove difficult

The supercomputing industry is accustomed to 1,000X performance strides, and that is because people like to think in big round numbers and bold concepts. Every leap in performance is exciting not just because of the engineering challenges in bringing systems with kilo, mega, tera, peta, and exa scales into being, but because of the science that is enabled by such increasingly massive machines. But every leap is getting a bit more difficult as imagination meets up with the constraints of budgets and the laws of physics. The exascale leap is proving to be particularly difficult, and not just because it is the one we are looking across the chasm at. —The Next Platform

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Google Offers VM ‘Rightsizing’ in its Cloud Platform

It's also supplying cloud storage on an as-needed basis.

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Spiral Windows

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GE Digital Drops $495M on Meridium Industrial IoT Software Firm

Meridium's software predicts when machinery might fail.

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FBI faces lawsuit because it’s stayed mum on iPhone 5c hack

The FBI’s refusal to reveal how it accessed an iPhone 5c from a San Bernardino mass shooter will face scrutiny in court. USA Today’s parent company and two other news groups have filed a lawsuit against the agency, demanding it turn over the details.In March, the FBI unlocked the passcode-protected iPhone through an unknown third party, for a reportedly large sum that the agency hasn’t officially disclosed.The lack of details prompted USA Today to submit a Freedom of Information Act request to the FBI, regarding the costs paid to the third-party contractor. But in June, the FBI denied the request, claiming that the disclosure could interfere with law enforcement.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Tech jobs that will get you the biggest raise next year

The biggest raises in 2017 will go to data scientists, who can expect a 6.4% boost in pay next year. That’s well above the average 3.8% increase that’s predicted for tech workers, according to new data from Robert Half Technology. The recruiting and staffing specialist recently released its annual guide to U.S. tech salaries, which finds IT workers will be getting slightly bigger pay bumps than many other professionals. Across all fields, U.S. starting salaries for professional occupations are projected to increase 3.6% in 2017. The largest gains will occur in tech – where starting salaries for newly hired IT workers are forecast to climb 3.8%.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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Remote Safe Mode attack defeats Windows 10 pass-the-hash defenses

Microsoft tries to protect user account credentials from theft in Windows 10 Enterprise, and security products detect attempts to pilfer user passwords. But all those efforts can be undone by Safe Mode, according to security researchers.The Safe Mode is an OS diagnostic mode of operation that has existed since Windows 95. It can be activated at boot time and only loads the minimal set of services and drivers that Windows requires to run.This means that most third-party software, including security products, don't start in Safe Mode, negating the protection they otherwise offer. In addition, there are also Windows optional features like the Virtual Secure Module (VSM), which don't run in this mode.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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SDxCentral Weekly News Roundup — September 16, 2016

Extreme Networks has come to an agreement to acquire Zebra Technologies’ wireless LAN business.