23rd May 2012

Network Dictionary – Ethereal

Ethereal – noun

Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; otherworldly; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions.

Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc.

Wiktionary Definition

My personal definition is (more or less): an elevated or alternate spiritual plane where we can glimpse truth or higher purposes. We can also find insights into our own existence, environments and the people that surround us. This includes our professional landscapes.

Historical

Wireshark, a packet capture and analyzer, used to be named Ethereal.

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About Greg Ferro

Greg Ferro is a Network Engineer/Architect, mostly focussed on Data Centre, Security Infrastructure, and recently Virtualization. He has over 20 years in IT, in wide range of employers working as a freelance consultant including Finance, Service Providers and Online Companies. He is CCIE#6920 and has a few ideas about the world, but not enough to really count.

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