Chef Cooks Up a $40M Funding Round
DevOps automation framework firm Chef automates software for enterprises
Featured Use Case Studies: HP SDN for Education
HP SDN isn't just for enterprises. Learn how the educational sector is reaping the benefits of software-defined networking on campus.
Former HP Exec Now Heads Skyport Systems
Art Gilliland takes the reins as Skyport ramps its secure server.
Skyport CEO: People Will Re-Platform for Security
Skyport Systems, the startup building a new secure server infrastructure for cloud applications, has appointed Art Gilliland as its new CEO.
The Network Command Line is Dying
Configuring devices from the command line is time-honoured tradition for network engineers. But for everyday operational tasks, the CLI is no longer fit for purpose.
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IIX Launches Console, a More Direct Take on Internet Bypass
It's not about SD-WAN. Console is more about automating some very old processes.
Mobile Backhaul Takes a Page from Cloud Computing
Parallel Wireless approaches the RAN from a different perspective.
ASA v9.4 Elliptic Curve Cryptography with TLS1.2
With ASA version 9.4 Cisco has added support for Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), which is one of the most powerful types of encryption in use today. While ECC has been in use since 2004, only it’s recently use has skyrocketed. Part of this reason is power consumption… In my limited understanding, experts have concluded that a shorter ECC keys are just as strong as a much larger RSA key. This increases performance significantly, which reduces the power required for each calculation. If you want to learn more about ECC, check out this fantastic article from arstechnica.
That brings me to the issue. Last night I failed over some 5585x’s running > 9.4 that happened to be doing Anyconnect SSL VPN. This morning, my client was seeing issues. Luckily the solution was simple and a college pointed me to the solution fairly quickly. From the Cisco support community page I found later on….
For version 9.4.(x) we have the following information:
Elliptic curve cryptography for SSL/TLS—When an elliptic curve-capable SSL VPN client connects to the ASA, the elliptic curve cipher suite will be negotiated, and the ASA will present the SSL VPN client with an elliptic curve Continue reading
Rebuilding Reader
For the time being, we are discontinuing Reader.PacketPushers.net. We didn't advertise it heavily in the past. Reader saw some traffic, but not a lot. And...we were never entirely happy with the result we got out of it. Our plan is to reboot Reader at some point in the future with new software. We still think it's a good idea, but we want to get a more polished look and feel out of it first.
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5 Takeaways from a Week at #VMWorld
Another VMworld has come and gone. 23,000 people at this year’s VMWorld at the Moscone Center seemed to push the limits with standing room only at sessions and coffee in high demand, but the show was well run and the solution exchange was hopping.
I was glad to see less marketing rhetoric around private vs. public cloud, software vs. hardware, virtualized networks vs. physical networks and more focus on delivering solutions that help accelerate the deployment of workloads in ways that help customers.
Here’s a look at my 5 things that made an impression on me at this year’s show.
1. It’s a Hybrid World
A major focus (maybe the focus) of VMworld this year was what VMware calls the “Unified Hybrid Cloud.” It was good to see a strong shift from previous years where much focus was placed on defending private cloud versus public cloud. VMware is certainly taking an “inside out” strategy by focusing on their strength inside the data center and leveraging their vCloud Air public cloud services. Their ability to provide sophisticated tools for private data centers and extend that to a public resource-on-demand consumption model is certainly a strong value proposition for customers.