What Does A Network Engineer Do? (Video Shorts Series)
After recording a podcast with my friend Zig Zsiga on demystifying the role of the network engineer (https://zigbits.tech/70), I decided to record this companion series of videos. These are shorts explaining from my perspective the many roles played by a network engineer.
You can watch the entire series in less than 30 minutes.
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Ode to Networking 0x00000010 The internet is distributed Clouds are not The internet is edge design Clouds are not The internet is quite resilient Clouds are not The internet is cheap Clouds are not - Greg Ferro
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It doesn’t work The way its Supposed to Or the way They said It would So it just Doesn’t work Greg Ferro
Call for Presentations: Networking in Public Clouds
In early November we organized a 2-day network automation event as part of our Network Automation course and the participants loved the new format… so we decided to use the same approach for the Spring 2021 Networking in Public Clouds course.
This time we’re trying out another bit of the puzzle: while we have plenty of ideas whom to invite, we’d love to get the most relevant speakers with hands-on deployment experience. If you’ve built an interesting public cloud solution, created a networking focused automation or monitoring tool, helped organizations migrate into a public cloud, or experienced a phenomenal failure, we’d like to hear from you. Please check out our Call for Papers and send us your ideas. Thank you!
Opengear Cheat Sheet
Opengear is a terminal server that is commonly used to connect to infrastructure devices via an out of band network or console/serial port. This post covers some of the common commands and operations that I usually undertake with opengear devices. Connecting SSH to an opengear and open...Tech Bytes: Securing Remote Work For 2021 And Beyond With Zscaler (Sponsored)
On today's Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Zscaler, we explore securing a distributed workforce for 2021 and further, the role of Zero Trust Access, how Zscaler secures access to applications rather than networks, and more. Our guest is Pam Kubiatowski, Sr. Director of Transformation Strategy at Zscaler.Tech Bytes: Securing Remote Work For 2021 And Beyond With Zscaler (Sponsored)
On today's Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Zscaler, we explore securing a distributed workforce for 2021 and further, the role of Zero Trust Access, how Zscaler secures access to applications rather than networks, and more. Our guest is Pam Kubiatowski, Sr. Director of Transformation Strategy at Zscaler.
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DNS Oblivion
The problem with both DoH and DoT is that neither is all that satisfactory from a privacy standpoint. It is more of a compromise approach that poses a difficult question to me, as the end user. If I have to compromise my privacy to a third party and expose the combination of my identity and the DNS queries I make, then who should be privy to this information? Which third party DNS provider represents the least risk to me now and in the future? It's a tough question, and the best answer not having to compromise my privacy at all.Driving Successful Digital Transformation with a People-First Strategy
Digital transformation is about winning hearts and minds—changing processes and culture by changing mindsets.Network Break 314: Juniper Buys Apstra For IBN; Aruba Targets The Data Center With Fabric Software
Today's Network Break analyzes Juniper's acquisition of Intent-Based Networking startup Apstra, HPE's Aruba targets the data center with new switches and fabric software, and the US FTC sues Facebook for violating anti-trust laws. We also cover new products from Arista, Aryaka, and Gluware, a trio of Cisco acquisitions, and more tech news.Network Break 314: Juniper Buys Apstra For IBN; Aruba Targets The Data Center With Fabric Software
Today's Network Break analyzes Juniper's acquisition of Intent-Based Networking startup Apstra, HPE's Aruba targets the data center with new switches and fabric software, and the US FTC sues Facebook for violating anti-trust laws. We also cover new products from Arista, Aryaka, and Gluware, a trio of Cisco acquisitions, and more tech news.
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Pulling Back the Curtains
One of the major sources of complexity in modern systems is the simple failure to pull back the curtains. From a recent blog post over at the ACM—
Yegor describes three different reactions when a coder faces something unexpected when solving a problem.
Throw in the towel. Just give up on solving the problem. This is fairly uncommon in the networking and programming fields, so I don’t have much to say here.
Muddle through. Just figure out how to make it work by whatever means necessary.
Open the curtains and build an excellent solution. Learn how the underlying systems work, understand how to interact with them, and create a solution that best takes advantage of them.
The first and third options are rare indeed; it is the second solution that seems to dominate our Continue reading
The Week in Internet News: Facebook Faces U.S. Antitrust Lawsuits
Do not pass go: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from 46 states have filed antitrust lawsuits, charging the social media giant Facebook of expanding its monopoly position by acquiring potential rivals including WhatsApp and Instagram, The Hill reports. It’s possible that Facebook would be required to sell off those acquisitions. Facebook has noted that both acquisitions were approved by regulators at the time.
Get off my phone: The government of China has ordered several apps, including one from TripAdvisor, to overhaul their products in an alleged crackdown on pornography and other “improper” content, The Associated Press says. In the meantime, China’s National Cyberspace Administration ordered the removal of 105 apps including TripAdvisor from app stores. The agency said there were public complaints about obscene, pornographic, and violent information as well as fraud, gambling, and prostitution.
Cookie spies: The government of France’s data privacy agency has fined Google US$121 million and Amazon $42 million for breaking the country’s rules on tracking cookies, Reuters says. The Google fine was the largest ever from the French Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés. The CNIL said the companies’ French websites didn’t seek the prior consent of visitors before advertising Continue reading
Improving Cloudflare’s products and services, one feature request at a time
I started at Cloudflare in April 2018. I was excited to join an innovative company that operates with integrity and takes customer needs into account when planning product roadmaps. After 2.5 years at Cloudflare, this excitement has only grown, as it has become even clearer that our customers’ feedback is essential to our business. At an all-hands meeting this November, Michelle Zatlyn, our co-founder and COO, said that “every time we see things and approach problems from the lens of a customer, we make better decisions.” One of the ways we make these decisions is through Customer Success Managers funneling our customers’ feedback to our product and engineering teams.
As a Strategic Customer Success Manager, I meet regularly with my customers to better understand their experience with Cloudflare and work cross-functionally with our internal teams to continually improve it. One thing my customers often mention to me, regardless of industry or size, is their appreciation that their feedback is not only heard but understood and actioned. We are an engineering-driven company that remains agile enough to Continue reading