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Interop Liveblog: IPv6 Microsegmentation

Scott Lowe

This session was titled “IPv6 Microsegmentation,” and the speaker was Ivan Pepelnjak. The session starts with a discussion of the problems found in Layer 2 IPv6 networks. Note that some of these attacks are also common to IPv4 and are not necessarily unique to IPv6. Can we use shared Layer 3 IPv6 subnets?

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Technology Short Take #57

Scott Lowe

Tor Anderson has an article on using IPv6 for network boot using UEFI and iPXE. We all know that security is more than just a host-based firewall, but a host-based firewall can be part of an overall security strategy. Welcome to Technology Short Take #57. I hope you find something useful here! Networking. Larry Smith Jr.

Linux 60
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Technology Short Take #77

Scott Lowe

Simon Leinen (from SWITCHengines) explains their use of IPv6 with OpenStack. Vivek Gite over at nixCraft explains how to use ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) on Ubuntu to limit SSH connections. Who would have thought that one day you’d refer to a Microsoft web site for instructions on configuring something in Linux? Read this post.)

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Technology Short Take #84

Scott Lowe

I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. Anthony Burke gives a little bit of a sneak peek at some functionality from the upcoming v3 release of PowerNSX: searching NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) rules. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Technology Short Take #84

Scott Lowe

I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. Anthony Burke gives a little bit of a sneak peek at some functionality from the upcoming v3 release of PowerNSX: searching NSX Distributed Firewall (DFW) rules. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Technology Short Take #53

Scott Lowe

Roie Ben Haim, who works in professional services at VMware, has a deep dive on the NSX distributed firewall (DFW). This article by Michael Gugino provides some details on getting GRE tunnels over IPv6 with Open vSwitch running on CentOS 7. I haven’t had a chance to read it all, but it seems pretty comprehensive. Thanks Mike!

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: The Basics of Local DNS for Small Business.

Sean Daniel

I'm not worried about it because I've about decided to just do it "the old way" It seems like Microsoft is assuming that anyone who is installing Essentials isn't going to be paying any attention to the NIC config. Anyway, that is my anti-Microsoft rant for the day. settings, so they don't bother telling you.