DDoS mitigation podcast, black hole routing
As an often-security-engineer and an individual that has been working on large networks for…
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The rush to automation and the IT pendulum
Recently, the venerable Ivan Pepelnjak published a very insightful article about automation becoming such a…
As a small to medium ISP, why you should deploy IPv6
IPv6 has been a crusade of mine for well over a decade. Wether it…
Trouble with Tribbles …..errr NAT
As a follow up to my last post, I wanted to dive a little…
NAT discussions, fact checking, and debate
I’ve been very vocal about the misinterpretation of NAT for many, many years. Since…
Field Area Networking
It’s no secret that RF technologies and what like to call “specialty networking” are…
Strategy Series: Build vs. Buy (sorta)
Build vs. buy is an often lamented and always hotly debated question in all…
Strategy Series: How do you view outside of your network?
In the tradition of my NIX4NetEng series I’m going to dive deep into the…
Strategy Series: What is your netflow strategy?
You have one, right? Even if your entire strategy is “collect some flow data”,…
Speculation on the obvious: stuff changes, why freak out?
I have my +100 hat of irreverence on today so it’s time for a…