I don't believe this is well known: Cisco IOS has Role Based Access Control (RBAC) which can be used to create and assign different levels of privileged access to the device. Without RBAC there are two access levels in IOS: a read-only mode with limited access to commands and no ability to modify the running config (also called privilege level 1) and enable mode with full administrative access. There is no middle ground; it's all or nothing. RBAC allows creation of access levels somewhere between nothing and everything. A common use case is creating a role for the first line NOC analyst which might allow them to view the running config, configure interfaces, and configure named access-lists.
Customers who pay for WiFi expect it to work. Marriott wanted to make that guarantee. But wireless spectrum is shared, uncontrolled, unregulated and unpredictable. You can't give a viable guarantee. Then you add lawyers ......
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Sometimes, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Today we launch a new method of support to the Cumulus Networks family, a community question and answer site. This is a place where you can ask either a simple question for which you couldn’t find an answer, or maybe something you’ve always wanted to know. It’s also a place to engage in conversation with other users that may be experiencing things you have seen in the past or may encounter in the future.
To be sure, Cumulus Networks employees will be on hand to assist and direct you to the documentation and knowledge base as appropriate. If a question is too complex, we will assess your needs based upon your support entitlements and work with you to open a ticket so our excellent support team can assist you in figuring out your issue. The community portal is a supplement to the support team, not a replacement.
Our growth is directly related to you, our community, and in that vein, we want to offer more ways that you can be involved — this is just the beginning. Look for more to come in upcoming blog posts.
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Dear BGPmon.net user,
I’m excited to announce that BGPmon has been acquired by OpenDNS. OpenDNS is a leading cloud-delivered network security company known for engineering predictive intelligence technology that stops malicious activity before it can threaten a network.
Over the last few years BGPmon has grown from a community service into a successful business that helps thousands of network engineers from around the world monitor their networks. Throughout this journey, we’ve developed close relationships with many of you and together, worked on some truly fascinating cases.
Becoming a part of OpenDNS is a logical next step for BGPmon. With its engineering resources, massive scale and cloud delivery model, OpenDNS is the right direction to continue growing the BGPmon service. I’m confident that moving forward BGPmon will only get better.
The transition plan is straightforward. OpenDNS will invest in building out the service even more but also is committed to keeping the free features free. Simply put, nothing regarding the service will change other than we’ll continue adding new functionality.
On a personal note, I’d like to thank all of you for your continued support and encouragement. I am excited for the changes ahead and personally being a part of Continue reading
Over-opinionated analysis on data network and IT Infrastructure. And virtual doughnuts.
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OpenStack Congress, a project aimed at providing “policy as a service” for OpenStack clouds, is a project I’ve had the privilege of being involved in from very early days. I first mentioned Congress almost a year ago, and since then the developers have been hard at work on the project. Recently, one of the lead developers posted a summary of some pretty impressive performance improvements that have been made with Congress.
I won’t repeat all the sordid details here; for all the details, I encourage you to go read the full post over at ruleyourcloud.com. Just to give you a quick highlight of some of the performance gains they’ve been able to realize, consider these numbers:
Given the nature of Congress—that it must, by its very definition, import data from multiple cloud services and perform queries across that data to determine policy violations—the performance improvements seen in query performance and data import speeds are quite significant.
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