End-of-Year Cleanup: OSPF Blog Posts
After procrastinating for months, I finally spent a few days cleaning up and organizing OSPF blog posts (it turns out I wrote almost 100 blog posts on the topic in the 18 years of blogging).
D2C226: Creating An Effective Cloud Migration Strategy
On today's Day Two Cloud podcast we talk about a cloud project where things didn't go as planned. There were people problems, technical problems, and regulatory problems. Our guest Jonah Andersson shares lessons learned and how they can inform your own cloud strategies. We also talk about how to determine if cloud is the right choice, why you need to account for people and processes and not just tech, and more.
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D2C226: Creating An Effective Cloud Migration Strategy
On today’s Day Two Cloud podcast we talk about a cloud project where things didn’t go as planned. There were people problems, technical problems, and regulatory problems. Our guest Jonah Andersson shares lessons learned and how they can inform your own cloud strategies. We also talk about how to identify your project goals to determine... Read more »Don’t Let the Cyber Grinch Ruin your Winter Break: Project Cybersafe Schools protects small school districts in the US
As the last school bell rings before winter break, one thing school districts should keep in mind is that during the winter break, schools can become particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks as the reduced staff presence and extended downtime create an environment conducive to security lapses. Criminal actors make their move when organizations are most vulnerable: on weekends and holiday breaks. With fewer personnel on-site, routine monitoring and response to potential threats may be delayed, providing cybercriminals with a window of opportunity. Schools store sensitive student and staff data, including personally identifiable information, financial records, and confidential academic information, and therefore consequences of a successful cyberattack can be severe. It is imperative that educational institutions implement robust cybersecurity measures to safeguard their digital infrastructure.
If you are a small public school district in the United States, Project Cybersafe Schools is here to help. Don’t let the Cyber Grinch ruin your winter break.
The impact of Project Cybersafe Schools thus far
In August of this year, as part of the White House Back to School Safely: K-12 Cybersecurity Summit, Cloudflare announced Project Cybersafe Schools to help support eligible K-12 public school districts with a package of Zero Trust cybersecurity solutions — Continue reading
Setting Source IP Address on Traffic Started by a Multihomed Host
In the Path Failure Detection on Multi-Homed Servers blog post, I mentioned running BGP on servers as one of the best ways to detect server-to-network failures. As always, things aren’t as simple as they look, as Cathal Mooney quickly pointed out:
One annoyance is what IP address gets used by default by the system for outbound traffic. It would be nice to have a generic OS-level way to say, “This IP on lo0 should be default for outbound IP traffic unless to the connected link subnet itself.”
That’s definitely a tough nut to crack, and Cathal described a few solutions he used in the past:
Setting Source IP Address on Traffic Started by a Multihomed Host
In the Path Failure Detection on Multi-Homed Servers blog post, I mentioned running BGP on servers as one of the best ways to detect server-to-network failures. As always, things aren’t as simple as they look, as Cathal Mooney quickly pointed out:
One annoyance is what IP address gets used by default by the system for outbound traffic. It would be nice to have a generic OS-level way to say, “This IP on lo0 should be default for outbound IP traffic unless to the connected link subnet itself.”
That’s definitely a tough nut to crack, and Cathal described a few solutions he used in the past:
10 SD-WAN Providers & Solutions to Consider in 2024: An Overview
IT leaders are increasingly turning to a Software-Defined Wide-Area Network (SD-WAN) overlay. Here, we look into ten of the most popular SD-WAN providers.HS061 What is IT Training or Education
The difference between training and education is signficant and technology industry often conflates these terms. They are vastly different ways to providing learning and we dive into why we need more education and less training.
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HS061 What is IT Training or Education
The difference between training and education is signficant and technology industry often conflates these terms. They are vastly different ways to providing learning and we dive into why we need more education and less training.
BGP Challenge: Merge Autonomous Systems
Here’s a challenge in case you get bored during the Christmas break: merge two networks running BGP (two autonomous systems) without changing anything but the configurations of the routers connecting them (the red BGP session in the diagram). I won’t give you any hints; you can discuss it in the comments or a GitHub discussion.
Hopefully, you won’t have to deal with something similar in real life, but then we know that crazy requirements trump good designs any day of the week.
BGP Challenge: Merge Autonomous Systems
Here’s a challenge in case you get bored during the Christmas break: merge two networks running BGP (two autonomous systems) without changing anything but the configurations of the routers connecting them (the red BGP session in the diagram). I won’t give you any hints; you can discuss it in the comments or a GitHub discussion.
Hopefully, you won’t have to deal with something similar in real life, but then we know that crazy requirements trump good designs any day of the week.
Australia’s cybersecurity strategy is here and Cloudflare is all in
We are thrilled about Australia’s strategic direction to build a world-leading cyber nation by 2030. As a world-leading cybersecurity company whose mission is to help build a better Internet, we think we can help.
Cloudflare empowers organizations to make their employees, applications and networks faster and more secure everywhere, while reducing complexity and cost. Cloudflare is trusted by millions of organizations – from the largest brands to entrepreneurs and small businesses to nonprofits, humanitarian groups, and governments across the globe.
Cloudflare first established a footprint in Australia in 2012 when we launched our 15th data center in Sydney (our network has since grown to span over 310 cities in 120 countries/regions). We support a multitude of customers in Australia and New Zealand, including some of Australia’s largest banks and digital natives, with our world-leading security products and services. For example, Australia’s leading tech company Canva, whose service is used by over 35 million people worldwide each month, uses a broad array of Cloudflare’s products — spanning use cases as diverse as remote application access, to serverless development, and even bot management to help Canva protect its network from attacks.
In support of the Australian Cyber Security Strategy Continue reading
Talkdesk Talks the Infusion of Generative AI With the Contact Center
Adopting gen AI is essential for companies to keep up with market changes as it can transform the way businesses interact with their customers.Tech Bytes: Fortinet Advisor Brings GenAI To Support SecOps Teams (Sponsored)
Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Fortinet, we dive into Fortinet Advisor. This is a new generative AI offering designed to act as an assistant to SoC analysts and security teams by providing context-aware event summaries, potential impacts, and recommended responses while also keeping humans in the loop.
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Tech Bytes: Fortinet Advisor Brings GenAI To Support SecOps Teams (Sponsored)
Today on the Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Fortinet, we dive into Fortinet Advisor. This is a new generative AI offering designed to act as an assistant to SoC analysts and security teams by providing context-aware event summaries, potential impacts, and recommended responses while also keeping humans in the loop. Episode Guest: Kevin Faulkner |... Read more »Datacenter Infrastructure Report Card, Q3 2023
It is hard to keep a model of datacenter infrastructure spending in your head at the same time you want to look at trends in cloud and on-premises spending as well as keep score among the key IT suppliers to figure out who is winning and who is losing. …
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Datacenter Infrastructure Report Card, Q3 2023 was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.
Kill the CLI
As the conversation about Network Automation flows around us, this topic seems to be getting some traction (and quite a reaction!). Have you disabled the CLI? Should we disable the CLI? How long before the CLI is disabled? I don’t believe those are the question we should be asking but it made me examine why READ MORE
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2023 Network Computing Words of the Year
Which words captured our attention, piqued our fancy, sparked our interest, made our dreams come true, or kept us up at night in 2023? Drumroll, please ...NB460: VMware Ditches Perpetual Licenses; GenAI Is Coming To Network Ops
On today's Network Break we discuss why Broadcom wants VMware customers on subscription licenses, whether GenAI will be a free or paid feature for network management software, how Cisco doged a multi-billion-dollar patent infringement, what a successful test of space lasers means for satellite broadband means for Amazon's Project Kuiper, and more IT news.
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