OpenDNS acquires BGPMon and the future of route monitoring
For those that run BGP networks, BGPmon is often a tool they turn to…
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NIX4NetEng #5 – GeoIP tools
Sometimes in networking and security it becomes necessary to do lookups of location data…
NIX4Neteng #4: POODLE and SSLv3, scanning and updating
With the recent release of the POODLE SSLv3 vulnerability, folks are scrambling around trying…
sonrancid: A [very] basic RANCID module for sonicwall
I know, I know, I’m always saying that you don’t need a firewall. That’s…
Why you don't need a firewall [how to secure an open perimeter network]
I admit that the title was meant to be inflammatory. However, there are use…
NIX4NetEng #2 IPv4/6 address investigation tools – whois + dig
I don’t care what your vendor alignment of choice is, Cisco, Juniper, Brocade, Alcatel….it…
Install nfsen and nfdump on CentOS 6.5 for netflow and or sflow collection
I am an absolutely huge fan of statistical and instrumentation data, especially when it…
Speculation and soapboxing about the leaked NSA spy catalog.
The buzz as of late around the security and networking communities has been about…
Sonicwall revisited – Now with IPv6 – and way too much licensing cruft.
About a year ago I did a brief review of the “new Sonicwall”, specifically…
Inline-jflow on MX series Juniper
One of the things that I’ve always lamented about using non-Cisco hardware is the…