SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The findings in the report expose weaknesses in security controls that leave web applications vulnerable to severe cyberattacks, including Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) and data breaches. Zafran researchers pinpointed a systemic flaw in how WAFs, often used as both security tools and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), are configured.

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Company Load Balancer Applications Architecture 79

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

I have a few more links than normal this time around, although I didn’t find articles in a couple categories. Don’t worry—I’ll keep my eyes peeled and my RSS reader ready to pull in new articles in those categories for next time. Nick Schmidt talks about using GitOps with the NSX Advanced Load Balancer.

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Load Balancer Linux Intel Cloud 90

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Mirantis published an article discussing a framework they built for bare-metal provisioning with OpenStack that allows OpenStack to place workloads onto bare-metal nodes instead of onto a hypervisor. I don’t have anything for this area this time around, but I’ll stay alert for articles to add next time. Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 115

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 6, 2009

A specific angle I want to address here is that of infrastructure automation ; that is, the dynamic manipulation of physical resources (virtualized or not) such as I/O, networking, load balancing, and storage connections - Sometimes referred to as "Infrastructure 2.0". a Fabric), and network switches, load balancers, etc.

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Load Balancer Virtualization Data Center Network 100

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I never found the root cause, but we did find a workaround; however, along the way, someone shared this article with me. Dan Lorenc’s article on policy and attestations does a great job of covering key concepts like signatures, attestations, and provenance. This is a great article on using jq with kubectl. Good stuff.

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Here’s a quick look at using Envoy as a load balancer in Kubernetes. Having recently needed to dig into Open Policy Agent (OPA) , I took renewed interest in this slightly older article by Chip Zoller that compares OPA/Gatekeeper with Kyverno. I hope this collection of links has something useful for you! Networking.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This method efficiently bypassed traditional security measures, flooding servers and disrupting services. Google also added this reference point: "For a sense of scale, this two minute attack generated more requests than the total number of article views reported by Wikipedia during the entire month of September 2023."

Internet 100

Internet Load Balancer Google Vendor Management 100

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 17, 2020

I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season, but now it’s time to jump back into the fray with a collection of technical articles from around the Internet. Eric Sloof mentions the NSX-T load balancing encyclopedia (found here ), which intends to be an authoritative resource to NSX-T load balancing configuration and management.

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Load Balancer Vmware Windows Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Welcome to Technology Short Take #25, my irregularly-published collection of links, articles, thoughts, and rants. According to this article by Rick Vanover, this feature allows you to protect your network against rogue/unauthorized DHCP servers. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. my apologies for that.

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Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

This article contains some good information on IPv6 for those who are just starting to get more familiar with it, although toward the end it turns into a bit of an advertisement. Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. Networking.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Christopher Davis has an article discussing a recommended VPC subnet configuration. This is, of course, just one way of handling subnets within a VPC, but some of the principles outlined in Christopher’s article are definitely sound. This article is pretty high-level; I wish it had a bit more depth to it. Networking.

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Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Internet discussing various data center-focused technologies. The Pivotal Engineering blog has an article that shows how to use BOSH with the vSphere CPI to automate adding servers to an NSX load balancing pool. Welcome to Technology Short Take #78!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I never found the root cause, but we did find a workaround; however, along the way, someone shared this article with me. Dan Lorenc’s article on policy and attestations does a great job of covering key concepts like signatures, attestations, and provenance. This is a great article on using jq with kubectl. Good stuff.

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

As usual, I’ve collected some articles and links from around the Internet pertaining to various data center- and cloud-related topics. The Kubernetes project recently underwent a security audit; more information on the audit, along with links to the findings and other details, is available here. Perhaps this article can help.

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Load Balancer Cloud Vmware Applications 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 17, 2018

Welcome to Technology Short Take 103, where I’m back yet again with a collection of links and articles from around the World Wide Web (Ha! If you’re not familiar with VPCs and associated AWS constructs, you should read this article. You may also find this related article (linked within Scott’s post) to be helpful.

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Load Balancer Storage Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

NFV is intended to address the problem caused by having to route/direct traffic from various sources through physical appliances designed to provide services like content filtering, security, content delivery/acceleration, and load balancing. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org.

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Intel Load Balancer Architecture Virtualization 68

Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Enhanced security through continual security updates to individual PaaS stack components Dramatically reduce overall project risk by bringing predictability to both the cost and the ramifications of introducing new applications and services. If you enjoyed this article , get free updates by email or RSS - © Copyright Kevin L.

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Disaster Recovery Load Balancer Healthcare Applications 70

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Continuing on that Envoy theme, you may find this article by Matt Klein—one of the primary authors of Envoy—helpful in understanding some of the concepts behind modern load balancing and proxying. From an unknown author, we have this security rant on Flatpak. Servers/Hardware. Useful nevertheless, though.

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Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

The first is a post on Cilium and F5 load balancer integration , while the second discusses implementing Kubernetes network policies with Cilium and Linkerd. John Gruber’s post on “Secure Intent” on Apple devices was, for me at least, an informative read. Ugh—a new Rowhammer exploit/technique.

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Vmware Hardware Load Balancer Apple 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Russell Bryant has a couple great articles on OVN— how to test OVN’s “EZ Bake” release with DevStack as well as an article on implementing OpenStack security groups using OVN ACLs (which in turn leverage the integration between Open vSwitch and the Linux kernel’s conntrack module). Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Load Balancer Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

It looks like there will be a follow-up to this article as well, so you may want to check back on Ajay’s site. Bernd Malmqvist talks about Avi Networks’ software-defined load balancing solution, including providing an overview of how to use Vagrant to test it yourself. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Load Balancer Virtualization Authentication Tools 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

Here’s a fresh new collection of links and articles from the around the web to propel myself back into blogging. These two articles are interesting (to me) because they combine both network automation and Kubernetes. David Holder walks through removing unused load balancer IP allocations in NSX-T when used with PKS.

Network 60

Network Load Balancer Storage Applications 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Vincent Bernat has a really in-depth article on IPv4 route lookup on Linux (and one on IPv6 route lookup as well). Ivan Pepelnjak has a great article that tries to get to the kernel of truth in the middle of the intent-based networking hype. John Kozej walks through how to configure vCenter HA using the NSX load balancer.

Storage 60

Storage Vmware Load Balancer IPv6 60

KineticData

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This article delves into our path to operational excellence, achieved by strategically incorporating automation and DevOps practices. A single push initiates security scans, linting, tests, builds, packaging, and releases, with automated checks for security compliance and test or policy failures.

Devops 59

Devops Strategy Applications Load Balancer 59

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

I have another collection of links, articles, and thoughts about key data center technologies, and hopefully I’ve managed to include something here that will prove useful or thought-provoking. Konstantin Ryabitsev has a series going on securing a SysAdmin Linux workstation. Welcome to Technology Short Take #81! Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Nevertheless, I have persevered in order to deliver you this list of links and articles. Viktor van den Berg writes on deploying NSX load balancers with vRA. This doesn’t make me feel very secure. And he provides a GitHub repository with samples from the article.). I hope it proves useful! Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Here’s a quick look at using Envoy as a load balancer in Kubernetes. Having recently needed to dig into Open Policy Agent (OPA) , I took renewed interest in this slightly older article by Chip Zoller that compares OPA/Gatekeeper with Kyverno. I hope this collection of links has something useful for you! Networking.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

The AWS cloud provider for Kubernetes enables a couple of key integration points for Kubernetes running on AWS; namely, dynamic provisioning of Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes and dynamic provisioning/configuration of Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs) for exposing Kubernetes Service objects.

Cloud 68

Cloud Storage Resources Policies 68

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Before I present this episode’s collection of links, articles, and thoughts on various data center technologies, allow me to first wish all of my readers a very merry and very festive holiday season. Mustafa Akin has an article on Docker’s new overlay networking functionality. Now, on to the content! Networking. This looks handy.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Dataconomy

MAY 22, 2023

In this article, we will explore the concept of distributed learning and its significance in the realm of machine learning. It requires careful resource allocation, load balancing, and efficient communication protocols to ensure optimal performance and utilization of resources. Why is it so important?

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Training Resources Data Load Balancer 93

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #48, another installation in my irregularly-published series that collects links, articles, and thoughts from around the web. Craig Matsumoto of SDxCentral recently published a piece on NFV performance ; that article was based largely on a blog post by Martin Taylor of Metaswitch found here. Networking.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 8, 2018

Kamal Kyrala discusses a method for accessing Kubernetes Services without Ingress, NodePort, or load balancers. See Chris Evans’ article here. (I’ll Mike Foley shares his experience in updating his vSphere hosts to support the new Secure Boot functionality in vSphere 6.7. Why is this in the networking section?

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Load Balancer Vmware Storage Intel 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 14, 2019

As pointed out in the “original” September 2018 article , there are a number of high-level requirements needed in order to properly bootstrap an AWS-integrated Kubernetes cluster: The hostname of each node must match the EC2 Private DNS entry for the instance. cluster/ (the value is immaterial).

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Load Balancer Cloud Examples Resources 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

If you haven’t read that post or aren’t familiar with the requirements for setting up a Kubernetes cluster with the AWS cloud provider, I strongly recommend you go read the linked article. You can use the kubeadm configuration files in the August 2019 article for your nodes as a basis/starting point. Bootstrap the Cluster.

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Internet Load Balancer Cloud System 60

Dataconomy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This article discusses how gen AI is driving innovation in low-code software development, with regards to the technological aspects and implications. For instance, by specifying that a microservice should manage user authentication, Gen AI can automatically build the required API endpoints, database connections, and security protocols.

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Software Development Development Software Software 50

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Integration with existing IT infrastructure ­ businesses have significant investments in existing data center infrastructure: load balancers, IDS/IPS, SAN, database infrastructure, etc. This article was originally posted on blog.scottlowe.org. All feedback is welcome! An Interview with Jesse Proudman.

Cloud 68

Cloud Open Source Load Balancer Engineering 68

Phil Windley

AUGUST 3, 2017

The article contains many links to other, more detailed articles about specific topics. I envision a world where IoT device shadows in the form of picos run on a global, secure mesh of pico engines. Reactive Programming with Picos —This is an introduction to picos as a method for doing reactive programming.

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Engineering Load Balancer Internet Programming 40