Cloudflare Innovation Weeks 2021
One of the things that makes Cloudflare unique is our Innovation Weeks. Rather than having one large conference annually, we have multiple Innovation Weeks throughout the year to highlight new product announcements, beta products opening up to general availability, and share how our customers are using Cloudflare to help build a better Internet.
Internally, these weeks generate a lot of energy and excitement as well, as they provide an opportunity for teams from across Cloudflare to work together on product delivery and celebrate company-wide successes. In 2021, we had seven Cloudflare Innovation Weeks. As we start planning our 2022 Innovation Weeks, we are reflecting back on the highlights from each of these weeks.
Security Week March 21-26, 2021
Patrick Donahue
Security Week kicked off Cloudflare’s 2021 Innovation Weeks with a series of foundational security announcements. The Internet wasn’t built with security in mind, but the products and partnerships announced this week continued Cloudflare’s core mission of helping build a better Internet—one that companies of all sizes can plug into and be protected by default from the types of attacks that have historically resulted in loss of data, computing resources, and customer confidence.
At the start of the week, we took Continue reading
Miniflare 2.0: fully-local development and testing for Workers
In July 2021, I launched Miniflare 1.0, a fun, full-featured, fully-local simulator for Workers, on the Cloudflare Workers Discord server. What began as a pull request to the cloudflare-worker-local project has now become an official Cloudflare project and a core part of the Workers ecosystem, being integrated into wrangler 2.0. Today, I'm thrilled to announce the release of the next major version: a more modular, lightweight, and accurate Miniflare 2.0. 🔥
Background: Why Miniflare was created
At the end of 2020, I started to build my first Workers app. Initially I used the then recently released wrangler dev, but found it was taking a few seconds before changes were reflected. While this was still impressive considering it was running on the Workers runtime, I was using Vite to develop the frontend, so I knew a significantly faster developer experience was possible.
I then found cloudflare-worker-local and cloudworker, which were local Workers simulators, but didn’t have support for newer features like Workers Sites. I wanted a magical simulator that would just work ✨ in existing projects, focusing on the developer experience, and — by the reception of Miniflare 1.0 — I wasn't the only one.
How To Deal With Social Anxiety When Networking?
We all have social anxiety to a certain extent. However, it is entirely normal, and you shouldn’t feel alone. That is because the fear of adverse reactions from people is evolutionary.
In most cases, anxiety can prevent you from enjoying an event. Not only that, but it can prevent you from attending altogether. As a business owner or an artist, networking is essential.
Hence, if you are looking for ways to control your anxiety, you no longer have to. Here is everything you need to know on how to deal with social anxiety when networking.
Tips For Dealing With Social Anxiety When Networking
Here are the top tips that will help you overcome social anxiety while networking:
- Change In Mindset
It is no secret that mindset can have a significant impact on your life. Your perception of anxiety can help you deal with it. One way to have a positive attitude is by being mindful.
Your nerves will calm once you start to accept your social anxiety. By avoiding the things that caused it will not help you. Instead, the fear will grow gradually and have greater power over your decisions.
However, by being mindful and having self-compassion, you can Continue reading
Video: Cloud Services Hierarchy
Remember the Cloud Models, Layers and Responsibilities video by Matthias Luft? He continued his introduction of cloud services with Cloud Services Hierarchy, explained the differences between infrastructure, platform, function and software as a service, and concluded with a there’s no free lunch message.
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Video: Cloud Services Hierarchy
Remember the Cloud Models, Layers and Responsibilities video by Matthias Luft? He continued his introduction of cloud services with Cloud Services Hierarchy, explained the differences between infrastructure, platform, function and software as a service, and concluded with a there’s no free lunch message.
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CyberFlood: The Security Mix Tab
For those of you that use CyberFlood I want to talk about something very specific today. The “Traffic Mix” tab and the “Security Mix” tab when running a CyberFlood test. When I was playing with CyberFlood in my little “Stealthwatch... Read More ›
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Broadband Outlook 2022: Chip and Component Shortages Spell Trouble for Enterprise Network Expansion
Demand for broadband service in unserved and underserved areas remains high, but what of the wild card: supply?Cloud-Native Networks Are Here To Stay: Get Certified To Succeed
The following post is by DriveNets. We thank DriveNets for being a sponsor. At service providers and network operators, demand for new and talented staff is on the rise, but with the ongoing move to software-based approaches and the cloudification of networks, the types of skills they are now seeking is changing. So in line […]
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Feedback: Cisco ACI Deep Dive
In 2021, we completed one of the longest ipSpace.net webinars: Cisco ACI Deep Dive (almost 13 hours of content1). One of the participants found it extremely useful:
I really like the technical detail of the webinar and the way it is composed. Mario also does a good job in explaining all the complexity in a clear way without oversimplifying. All the sessions help to build up an understanding on the inner workings of the ACI solution, because they deliver technical details in depth piece by piece.
I also liked his take on the value of this webinar:
I’m always amazed on how much other (offical) training vendors under deliver in their courses that cost thousands of dollars, compared to the real expert level stuff you’ve got here.
Hope you’ll like the webinar as much as he did – you can get it with Standard or Expert ipSpace.net Subscription.
Feedback: Cisco ACI Deep Dive
In 2021, we completed one of the longest ipSpace.net webinars: Cisco ACI Deep Dive (almost 13 hours of content1). One of the participants found it extremely useful:
I really like the technical detail of the webinar and the way it is composed. Mario also does a good job in explaining all the complexity in a clear way without oversimplifying. All the sessions help to build up an understanding on the inner workings of the ACI solution, because they deliver technical details in depth piece by piece.
I also liked his take on the value of this webinar:
I’m always amazed on how much other (offical) training vendors under deliver in their courses that cost thousands of dollars, compared to the real expert level stuff you’ve got here.
Hope you’ll like the webinar as much as he did – you can get it with Standard or Expert ipSpace.net Subscription.
Seven QoS Best Practices for Monitoring Cloud Traffic
NetOps teams should consider Quality of Service (QoS) best practices when using the different cloud services being adopted by enterprises today.Extending Panorama’s firewall address groups into your Kubernetes cluster using Calico NetworkSets
When deploying cloud-native applications to a hybrid and multi-cloud environment that is protected by traditional perimeter-based firewalls, such as Palo Alto Networks (PAN) Panorama, you need to work within the confines of your existing IT security architecture. For applications that communicate with external resources outside the Kubernetes cluster, a traditional firewall is typically going to be part of that communication.
A good practice is to enable enterprise security teams to leverage existing firewall platforms, processes, and architectures to protect access to Kubernetes workloads.
Calico Enterprise already extends Panorama’s firewall manager to Kubernetes. The firewall manager creates a zone-based architecture for your Kubernetes cluster, and Calico reads those firewall rules and translates them into Kubernetes security policies that control traffic between your applications.
With its 3.11 release, Calico Enterprise extends its integration with PAN firewalls to include Panorama address groups in sync with Calico NetworkSets. The new release provides granular application security for your cloud-native application and eliminates workflow complexity.
This integration helps users to:
- Eliminate complex workflows when using existing PAN firewalls with Kubernetes workloads
- Extend their Panorama firewall investment to cloud-native applications
- Provide granular application security for their cloud-native applications
Why Calico’s integration is important
Cloud-native workloads require Continue reading
Internet shut down in Kazakhstan amid unrest
In Kazakhstan, the year had barely got going when yesterday disruptions of Internet access ended up in a nationwide Internet shutdown from today, January 5, 2022 (below you’ll find an update). The disruptions and subsequent shutdown happened amid mass protests against sudden energy price rises.
Cloudflare Radar shows that the full shutdown happened after 10:30 UTC (16:30 local time). But it was preceded by restrictions to mobile Internet access yesterday.
Our data confirm that Kazakhstan’s ASNs were affected after that time (around 18:30 local time). That’s particularly evident with the largest telecommunication company in the country, Kaz Telecom, as the next chart shows.
The first disruptions reported affected mobile services, and we can see that at around 14:30 UTC yesterday, January 4, 2022, there was significantly less mobile devices traffic than the day before around the same time. Kazakhstan is a country where mobile represents something like 75% of Internet traffic (shown on Radar), a usual trend in the region. So mobile disruption has a big impact on the country’s Internet, even before the shutdown that affected almost all connectivity.
When we focus on other ASNs besides Kaz Telecom such as the leading mobile Internet services Tele2 or Continue reading