Traceroute across ECMP Interesting article from Jeremy Stretch regarding the effect on Traceroute across an ECMP Network depending on the OS used: http://packetlife.net/blog/2015/apr/27/traceroute-and-not-so-equal-ecmp/ Free Networking Books Packet Pushers post with a list of technical books that are free! http://packetpushers.net/free-networking-books/ Palo Alto Networks Podcast New Podcast from Palo Alto Networks to subscribe too http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2015/04/dont-panic-unit-42-podcast/ Certificate types
I use 1Password myself and learned some new features I was not aware of: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2909541/security0/8-reasons-to-use-1password-that-dont-involve-storing-passwords.html#tk.rss_all Good read about a real example of surviving a DDOS attack: http://www.networkworld.com/article/2909523/network-security/a-true-story-of-combating-a-large-scale-ddos-attack.html#tk.rss_all Great Article regarding Openflow / VXLAN and Cisco ACI: http://www.networkcomputing.com/understanding-openflow-vxlan-and-ciscos-aci/a/d-id/1319943?_mc=RSS_NWC_EDT Palo Alto Networks named best next generation firewall: http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2015/04/palo-alto-networks-named-best-next-generation-firewall-by-sans/ New Star Wars Trailer Sorry, this had to go
I recently replaced my faithful and much loved Toyota Celica with a Lexus IS 250. The Celica had a manual gear box, a noisy but superb 1.8L VVTi ‘with lift’ engine which was naturally aspirated (no turbo). At 190 BHP the engine delivered over 100BHP per Litre of engine capacity which put’s some higher priced
Really useful article about troubleshooting network problems: http://packetpushers.net/troubleshooting-networks-tips-from-a-network-detective/ Check out this submarine map which interactively details under sea communication cables. Its pretty cool! http://submarine-cable-map-2015.telegeography.com/ Three tips for technical blogging: http://keepingitclassless.net/2015/03/three-tips-for-technical-blogging/ Palo Alto‘s Golbal Protect Mobile Security Manager 6.2 is released. read
SSL Interception Interesting article regarding SSL interception deployments and associated risks. It would certainly be advisable to check your own deployments. http://www.cert.org/blogs/certcc/post.cfm?EntryID=221 SSL Troubleshooting While we are on the subject of SS, here’s a useful article regarding troubleshooting SSL connections using openssl. The article covers the following: 1. Check the Connection 2. Decoding a Base64 Certificate
I’ve owned 3 Thinkpads over the last decade. My first one was the original IBM Thinkpad, the last two were Lenovo branded. All three I’ve owned have been the X series aimed at the road warrior professional with demands for high performance computing in a small and lightweight device. I chose and have so far
HTTP 2.0 HTTP 2.0 is going to start picking up pace this year. Check out this packet pushers post which has an accompanying podcast: http://packetpushers.net/show-224-http2-its-the-biggest-network-thing-happening-on-the-internet-today/ Lenovo Man-In-The-middle for https traffic I’ve owned 3 Lenovo thinkpads for over 10 years and have to say I’m really disappointed with what’s been uncovered this week. The below link