Automating F5 Big-IP Using Ansible webinar
The following blog contains answers to all questions asked during the Automating F5 BIG-IP using Ansible webinar.
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Q: Can you pass the BIG-IP username and password by variable? Also, is there a way to mask the password in the Playbooks or manually feed the credentials as the Playbooks run? How can we ensure security here given that administrative passwords are clear text in the Playbooks themselves?
Yes, the BIG-IP username and password can be passed as a variable by referencing them from the inventory file or even provide them during runtime on the cli -- although this would show them in the process list if you did a 'ps'. You can also specify them in a vars_prompt; this would prevent them from being shown in 'ps'. The downside here is that this would limit the amount of automation you can provide because running the Playbook would require that either be typed in or specified with '-e' ('-e' auto fills vars_prompts that match). The recommended way is to get the vars from a secure location. Ansible provides Vault, Continue reading
Privacy: Bartering Data for Services
Data is the new currency. A phrase we’ve heard frequently in the wake of the story of Unroll.me selling user data to Uber.
Two keys to that story:
- Users didn’t realize their data was being sold.
- Free services can be considered a sophisticated form of phishing attack.
In both cases prevention requires user awareness. How do we get user awareness? Force meaningful disclosure. How do we force meaningful disclosure? Here’s an odd thought: use the tax system.
If data is the new currency then why isn’t exchanging data for use of a service a barter transaction? If a doctor exchanges medical services for chickens, for example, that is a taxable event at fair market value. It's a barter arrangement. A free service that sells user data is similarly bartering the service for data, otherwise said service would not be offered.
How would it work?
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Service providers send out 1099-Bs to users for the fair market value of the service. Fair market value could be determined using a similar for pay service or as a percentage of the income generated from the data being sold.
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The IRS treats barter transactions as income received. Users would need to pay income Continue reading
Worth Reading: Coding is hard
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May 2017 Dubai CCDE Bootcamp Attendees Feedbacks !
Dubai 5 days Instructor Led Bootcamp just finished. Attendees were from Spain, Bahrain , Saudi Arabia, India and Abu Dhabi. I discussed several real network designs with attendees such as one of the bank networks, one financial institute, couple service provider networks (Belong to these students or they involve designs of these networks) […]
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Network Break 134: Cisco Buys Viptela; Data Centers Not Dead
Take a Network Break! We analyze Ciscos $610 million purchase of Viptela & discuss a new report that shows enterprise data centers doing just fine in a cloudy world. And stay tuned for a Coffee Talk with CloudGenix and Jax Federal Credit Union. The post Network Break 134: Cisco Buys Viptela; Data Centers Not Dead appeared first on Packet Pushers.ACG Research Report Webinar Q&A: Quantifying the Economic Advantages of Open Architecture NFV Designs
Thanks to all who joined us for the ACG Research Report Webinar, Quantifying the Economic Advantages of Open Architecture NFV Designs. Read the full Q&A here.