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Delegated Credentials for TLS

Delegated Credentials for TLS
Delegated Credentials for TLS

Today we’re happy to announce support for a new cryptographic protocol that helps make it possible to deploy encrypted services in a global network while still maintaining fast performance and tight control of private keys: Delegated Credentials for TLS. We have been working with partners from Facebook, Mozilla, and the broader IETF community to define this emerging standard. We’re excited to share the gory details today in this blog post.

Also, be sure to check out the blog posts on the topic by our friends at Facebook and Mozilla!

Deploying TLS globally

Many of the technical problems we face at Cloudflare are widely shared problems across the Internet industry. As gratifying as it can be to solve a problem for ourselves and our customers, it can be even more gratifying to solve a problem for the entire Internet. For the past three years, we have been working with peers in the industry to solve a specific shared problem in the TLS infrastructure space: How do you terminate TLS connections while storing keys remotely and maintaining performance and availability? Today we’re announcing that Cloudflare now supports Delegated Credentials, the result of this work.

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Why Are You Always so Negative?

During the last Tech Field Day Extra @ CLEUR, one of the fellow delegates asked me about my opinion on technology X (don’t remember the details, it was probably one of those over-hyped four-letter technologies). As usual, I started explaining the drawbacks, and he quickly stopped me with a totally unexpected question: “Why do you always tend to be so negative?

That question has been haunting me for months… and here are a few potential answers I came up with.

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Big Four carriers want to rule IoT by simplifying it

The Internet of Things promises a transformative impact on a wide range of industries, but along with that promise comes an enormous new level of complexity for the network and those in charge of maintaining it. For the major mobile data carriers in the U.S., that fact suggests an opportunity.The core of the carriers’ appeal for IoT users is simplicity. Opting for Verizon or AT&T instead of in-house connectivity removes a huge amount of the work involved in pulling an IoT implementation together.[Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network World newsletters.] Operationally, it’s the same story. The carrier is handling the network management and security functionality, and everything involved in the connectivity piece is available through a centralized management console.To read this article in full, please click here

JNCIS-SP

I recently passed the JNCIS Service Provider (JN0-361) certification exam on my second attempt. This post will cover the materials and methods I used to tackle this exam. First Attempt Juniper had a free cert day on the 17th of September 2019 here in Australia. From the time it was...

Dell Technologies and VMware Deliver the Roadmap to 5G Network Architecture

Dell Technologies and VMware deliver an adaptable edge architecture tailored to the challenges...

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IPv6 Buzz 038: IPv6 In The Federal Government

Today's episode explores how the US federal government views IPv6 adoption. We also explore the use of IPv6 by the U.S. Department of Defense, including innovations, and how the DoD's use affects its work with civilian entities. Our guest is Jeremy Duncan, founder and leading partner of the consultancy Tachyon Dynamics.

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IPv6 Buzz 038: IPv6 In The Federal Government

Today's episode explores how the US federal government views IPv6 adoption. We also explore the use of IPv6 by the U.S. Department of Defense, including innovations, and how the DoD's use affects its work with civilian entities. Our guest is Jeremy Duncan, founder and leading partner of the consultancy Tachyon Dynamics.

Intel, Sony, NTT Forge Optical, Wireless Initiative

The forum envisions a future where technologies like silicon photonics, edge computing, and...

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Ericsson, Huawei Win Top Ratings on 5G Mobile Core

“The gap that distinguishes leaders from the rest of the pack is very small, and the market is...

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Install Azure CLI on your Android Phone

I installed the Azure CLI in the Termux app on my Android phone. This post describes all the steps required to successfully run Azure CLI on most Android phones.

Installing Azure CLI on Termux on your Android phone is an alternative to using Azure Cloud Shell on Chrome or Firefox, or to using the Cloud Shell feature on the Azure mobile app. It’s also a cool thing to try.

This post is based on the excellent work done by Matthew Emes, who wrote a blog post about installing Azure CLI on a Chromebook. Matthew’s procedure got me started, but I had to modify it to make Azure CLI work in Termux on my Android phone. Also, Azure CLI has changed since Matthew wrote about it and some of his steps, while they still work, are no longer necessary.

Termux

Install Termux on your Android phone. Termux is a terminal emulator and Linux environment that runs on most Android devices with no rooting or setup required. You can use Termux as a terminal emulator to manage remote systems and it will run a large number of Linux utilities and programming languages directly on your phone. Install it from the Google Continue reading

Developers Going All-In On Kubernetes

To learn more about containerized infrastructure and cloud native technologies, consider coming to...

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Nokia’s SOAR Lineup Tackles 5G, IoT Security

“Basically 60% of the devices we are monitoring are IoT devices, and 78% of the malware we are...

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What Scary Movies Can Teach Us About Internet Trust

Mad geniuses. Evil dolls. Slow zombies. This Halloween, we’ll see all of these horror film clichés come to life. Sure they’re fun, but are there lessons we can learn from them? What if they could teach us what not to do? We looked at seven scary tropes and what they might teach us about Internet trust.

The call is coming from inside the house.

The phone calls keep coming, each one scarier than the last. Ring. “Are you home alone?” Ring. “Have you locked the doors?” Ring. “Look in the basement.” It’s only then you realize the stalker has been in the house all along.

We lock our doors to make our homes more secure, but we don’t always think about the security of the things we connect to our home networks. An insecure connected device can put your whole network and the devices on it at risk. Meaning, yes, the cybersecurity threat could be coming from inside the house. By protecting your home network, you limit your devices’ exposure to online threats and help mitigate the risk they may pose to others. You can make your network more secure by using encryption, a strong password, and Continue reading

Wireless noise protocol can extend IoT range

The effective range of Wi-Fi, and other wireless communications used in Internet of Things networks could be increased significantly by adding wireless noise, say scientists.This counter-intuitive solution could extend the range of an off-the-shelf Wi-Fi radio by 73 yards, a group led by Brigham Young University says. Wireless noise, a disturbance in the signal, is usually unwanted.To read this article in full, please click here

Snapt Launches Project Nova, a Scalable Cloud Native Application Delivery Controller

Application delivery controller provider Project Nova, a cloud native, hosted ADC service that is managed from a browser. Nova is a response to customers using their existing ADC device in a manner that was never intended, Snapt CEO request access, with a community edition providing free access for up to five deployed nodes. At launch, Project Nova provides support for native service discovery on Kubernetes, Docker, Rancher, Consul and more, as well as full-automation with a REST API. Blakey says they expect Project Nova’s beta to be available by mid-November and a full integration with service meshes by mid-December, with ” the real idea to be this app delivery fabric, which just takes responsibility for the delivery of your app across whatever infrastructure you’re running in.” General availability, he says, is expected by early 2020. Feature image

Announcing cfnts: Cloudflare’s implementation of NTS in Rust

Announcing cfnts: Cloudflare's implementation of NTS in Rust
Announcing cfnts: Cloudflare's implementation of NTS in Rust

Several months ago we announced that we were providing a new public time service. Part of what we were providing was the first major deployment of the new Network Time Security (NTS) protocol, with a newly written implementation of NTS in Rust. In the process, we received helpful advice from the NTP community, especially from the NTPSec and Chrony projects. We’ve also participated in several interoperability events. Now we are returning something to the community: Our implementation, cfnts, is now open source and we welcome your pull requests and issues.

The journey from a blank source file to a working, deployed service was a lengthy one, and it involved many people across multiple teams.


"Correct time is a necessity for most security protocols in use on the Internet. Despite this, secure time transfer over the Internet has previously required complicated configuration on a case by case basis. With the introduction of NTS, secure time synchronization will finally be available for everyone. It is a small, but important, step towards increasing security in all systems that depend on accurate time. I am happy that Cloudflare are sharing their NTS implementation. A diversity of software with NTS support is important for quick Continue reading