Freelance – the term for a Knight of honour that is not pledged to a Lord. Modern Use: person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment to an employer On the contest field, each Knight would pledge his lance to the Lord who owns his fealty. A Knight with no such pledge was Free [...]
Network Dictionary – Velvet Rut
“velvet rut” describes operational practice in a network that hasn’t changed in along time. Typically, some action that is done that way “because it’s always done that way”. Because it works and the world is a happy place therefore the practice must be a good one. Being stuck in a rut is no excuse for [...]
Secure Computing Sold to McAfee – What a Waste of Human Life
FCoE Might Improve Storage but Will Complicate IT and Cause Team Disruption
The Difference Between Network and Server Engineers – Pictorial
Blog:Considering CCIE Security Training Material
OS X:Tools – Mental Case – Flash Cards – With iPhone Support
Network Dictionary – Orgy of Failure
“orgy of failure” is the party thrown at the end of large project to celebrate it’s “completion”. This is not necessarily a negative term, but usually, it is. At some point in your career you will be involved in a project that doesn’t achieve the original goals, but will be declared a success by ‘adapting [...]
TCP SYN Cookies – DDoS Defence
Design: Lack of Choice Improves Client Outcomes
One of the prime criteria for a design process is to search for and evaluate design choices. But research suggest that excessive choice actually produces negative outcomes, its hardwired into the human brain. Therefore a Network Designer needs to ensure that they are overriding their natural instinct.






