Collection of useful, relevant or just fun places on the Internets for 21st April 2012 and a bit commentary about what I’ve found interesting about them: RFC 6307 – Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Fibre Channel Traffic over MPLS Networks – I’m speechless. FibreChannel over MPLS ( which runs over IP over Ethernet over [...]
OpenFlow Doesn’t Undermine Vendors Even Though It Changes Everything
19th April 2012 by 4 Comments
Many people have attempted to prove that OpenFlow creates disintermediation of the hardware market dominated by Cisco, Juniper etc. In fact, it’s allow these vendors to bring the very best of their core values to Software Defined Networking.
Security Humour: “Packets Don’t Lie; Bob Loves Alice”
16th April 2012 by Leave a Comment
Who said people in security don’t have a sense of humour ? My crypto presentation that I teach in my InfoSec classed boiled down to a 4 minute original music video with labs. Even if you don’t like the music, if you do the labs and understand what is happening, it should help anyone pass [...]
Internets of Interest for 13th April 2012
13th April 2012 by Leave a Comment
Collection of useful, relevant or just fun places on the Internets for 13th April 2012 and a bit commentary about what I’ve found interesting about them: When you share personal data with Facebook friends, you’re sharing your personal data with every app your friends use – raganwald’s posterous - Facebook prefers that you share your [...]
OpenFlow Might Lower CapEx While SDN Will Increase OpEx
13th April 2012 by 20 Comments
A lot of people have talked extensively about OpenFlow making significant changes to the networking business. In particular, many writers have focussed on the possibility that OpenFlow enables a choice of using low cost network equipment instead of the expensive networking equipment that we use today.
Well, that’s highly unlikely.
Basics: Cisco VLAN Trunking Protocol – Transparent Discard and Passing VTP Packets
11th April 2012 by 7 Comments
It’s a common discussion about when Cisco VTP protocol is actually forwarded through Cisco switches and when it’s isn’t. I’ve always gotten it somewhat confused and when I stumbled across some old notes on the topic I had an ah-hah moment. I’m answering the equation about when using VTP in your network, which versions are risky – that’s risky is terms of how do you prevent VTP updates from ‘crossing’ a switch.
Why Do Hackers Want Facebook Data, Part I of II – Imperva Data Security Blog
10th April 2012 by Leave a Comment
Everyone thinks that Facebook doesn’t know much about you. But a 1200 page PDF file of personal data seems excessive. And this article explains why it’s bad for your social health if entities can get at that data (usually via Facebook apps). I’m worried, you should be too. Also, Security and Networking Professional should not [...]
Infiniband Over Ethernet Is Better Than Ethernet Says VMware
9th April 2012 by 8 Comments
VMware testing shows dramatic performance improvements, especailly CPU reduction, when performing vMotion over RoCEE networks. Implications for future network designs are enormous.
Poster: Cloud Price Negotiations
6th April 2012 by 2 Comments
Some time ago, I was asked to work with a Cloud Provider to establish a budget for a potential project. I was unable to set a project budget because there was no way of capping the cost and meeting a budget. This is how the conversations with the sales representative went when discussing “How much [...]
ConsultoBabble Deployment Analysis Report for Cloud Deployment of EtherealMind.Com
5th April 2012 by 11 Comments
I don’t use a Cloud for any of my blogs or email services. I’ve looked at three different cloud providers including Amazon, Rackspace and others. I guessed that they all would work, more or less. Except they cost between four to ten times the solution from a managed service provider. Here is my exit report for the fictitious consulting engagement with myself.
