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Networking terms and definitions

Network World

IPv6 IPv6 is the latest version of internet protocol that expands the number of possible IP addresses from the 4.3 IPv6 IPv6 is the latest version of internet protocol that identifies devices across the internet so they can be located but also can handle packets more efficiently, improve performance and increase security.

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BGP: What is border gateway protocol, and how does it work?

Network World

The absence of security and authentication controls, particularly in early drafts of BGP, makes it challenging to verify the legitimacy of route operations, leaving networks vulnerable to unauthorized route advertisements. IPv6 crossed this milestone late last year.

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Beyond the Office: Securing Home Devices and Networks Against Corporate Breaches

SecureWorld News

Additionally, be cautious when adding new friends; verify their authenticity through known offline connections. If your internet provider offers IPv6, be sure to implement security precautions tailored for this protocol. Even harmless details, such as pet names or birthplaces, can be used by hackers to reset passwords.

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Kubernetes on OpenStack: The Technical Details

Scott Lowe

Side note: Kubernetes isn’t yet very IPv6-friendly, so Lees recommends avoiding putting IPv6 addresses on Kubernetes nodes.). The last connection point that Lees discusses is the Keystone password authentication plugin that sets up an authenticator to work against Keystone.

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Technology Short Take 166

Scott Lowe

Nick Buraglio discusses IPv6 Unique Local Addressing (ULA). Security Jeff Warren discusses a potential way for malicious players to bypass multi-factor authentication, aka the “Pass the Cookie” attack. Rob Novak shares his experience in replacing Meraki with TP-Link Omada. This time I’m including two of his articles.

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Technology Short Take #51

Scott Lowe

I’m not sure if this falls here or into the “Cloud Computing/Cloud Computing” category, but Shannon McFarland—fellow co-conspirator with the Denver OpenStack Meetup group—has a nice article describing some design and deployment considerations for IPv6 in the OpenStack Kilo release.

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Technology Short Take #65

Scott Lowe

Mike Foley recently published a two-part series on two factor authentication (2FA) for vSphere ( part 1 is here ; part 2 is here ). Want to run Docker Swarm with IPv6? Now you have no excuses for not using 2FA with your vSphere environment. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. VMware’s Cloud-Native Apps group recently released v0.8

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