NAF AutoCon0 Recap
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by lrobey
3M ago
I had the privilege of attending the inaugural AutoCon0 conference in Denver, CO, hosted by the Network Automation Forum (NAF) in November 2023. There was a lot of buzz about the conference due to the apparent lack of industry focus on network automation adoption. Unlike other conferences, this conference focused on discussions and solving problems versus pushing product and tooling. In this post... Source ..read more
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Going NUTS for Network Testing
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by lrobey
3M ago
I just HAD to write this blog, given the title idea! More seriously, several themes in networking and automation are coming together: the overall troubleshooting picture is getting less fuzzy? This blog aims to share some of that new thinking and excitement, including basics about tools that may help you in your networking work, especially troubleshooting. The starting point is the idea of SSOT: a... Source ..read more
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Automation Update
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by lrobey
3M ago
There’s a lot of good stuff happening in the various tech areas I’m tracking. Among others, thank you, GestaltIT/TechFieldDay for all the great presentations. I’ve got quite a backlog of those to fully digest! This is a “catch-up” blog intended to share some interesting links in the area of (Network) Automation. Yes, some may not be directly relevant to #DayJob, but … awareness? Source ..read more
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Securing Segmentation
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by lrobey
3M ago
Life used to be simple. Or so we fondly think (details and pain tend to vanish in the rear-view mirror). This blog looks at some of the design aspects around providing Security, and how this has been changing: the evolving landscape of network security. My hope in doing this is that having some perspective may help you look at what your organization is doing, and some of the options for... Source ..read more
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Security Disconnects
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by lrobey
4M ago
This is a brief blog about some Security disconnects I’ve noticed. The cause is different stages of Cyber Security awareness. However, I suspect it is more the right hand not talking to the left hand within some organizations. So, to speak. Perhaps outside contractors and a business office control website development and billing practices but they need to talk to internal or external cybersecurity... Source ..read more
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AIOps: Using AI for Smarter More Efficient Operations
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by lrobey
4M ago
Since Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a hot topic for a while, I should be blogging about it. Specifically, AI’s use in Ops, aka “AIOps.” Hence, this blog. “WIIFM = What’s In It For Me”, is always a good question. Sometimes posed as “Why Do I Care?” Ok, this is a big topic. The following is the parts of AIOps that I think are more likely or relevant or interesting having the most potential. Source ..read more
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Putting a Firewall in Your Catalyst Switches
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by lrobey
4M ago
Cisco has produced a containerized version of the ASA firewall code, suitable for running in Catalyst 9K switches. It is something to factor into your design thinking. This blog is intended to: See also my prior blogs about Elisity (link in the Links section below). The products serve different market needs. Elisity is a leaner Zero Trust Identity-focused product. Cisco ASAc is a full-featured... Source ..read more
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Designing for Cisco Security Group Tags
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by lrobey
4M ago
Whether you’re adding initial or additional segmentation to a Cisco-based campus network or using Cisco Security Group Tags or SGTs, there are some design basics to consider. (Alternative usage: SGT = Scalable Group Tag, same thing but different name) This blog goes into those basics, based on requirements discussions I’ve had with customers. The challenge isn’t the technology... Source ..read more
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It’s a Multi-cloud World!
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by lrobey
4M ago
I’ve been pondering why this feels like we had a relatively quiet tech summer and fall so far. Is there more to it than tech companies and startups dialing back their marketing budgets and laying people off? In this blog, I’ll provide my thoughts about what’s hot and then supply a “Required Reading” list! An incidental objective here is to share some interesting links. Granted, there is a lot of... Source ..read more
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Pangea for Ops Spot-Checking
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by lrobey
5M ago
BlueAlly/NetCraftsmen’s Joel King has been experimenting with tools from pangea.cloud. This blog tells you about that. Thanks to Joel for his Pangea testing efforts, his review of this blog, and for helping me with some of the questions and knowledge gaps I had. Pangea provides cloud-based security services to developers. “Security Platform as a Service (SPaaS)”. Joel’s insight was that this might... Source ..read more
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