Superbly written by Laura Chappell the Wireshark Network Analysis (Second Edition) is a must have book. Not only to learn the Wireshark tool in great depth but also protocol analysis in general. I’ve been eager to study for the WCNA (Wireshark Certified Network Analyst) for some time now so I made the purchase a few
This week I migrated the web site over to https. I opted for an extended validation certificate which means we get the shiny green box with “Net Assured Limited” in the browsers URL bar. The process to obtain an EV certificate is lengthy and in some cases can take weeks to be validated and certificate
A few months back I registered with Brocade for a promotion to study and take the Brocade Certified vrouter Engineer exam (BCVRE). I’ve had some time recently to take the online course, install the vyatta vrouter in my lab and have a play. I took the exam this morning and passed, I thought I’d write a few notes
If your designing networks regularly I highly recommend this Network Design Cookbook. The first few chapters lay out a clear structure to design from the intial phase, design phase, proposal phase, review, pre & post implementation. Sure, its Cisco focused but the principals could be adopted for any vendor of hardware. Be aware this book is
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
