Episodios

  • NAN073: Some Final Words of Wisdom from Greg Ferro

    NAN073: Some Final Words of Wisdom from Greg Ferro
    Sep 11 2024
    This episode was recorded with Greg Ferro, co-founder of Packet Pushers, just days before his retirement in July 2024. Greg and Eric reflect on Greg’s influential career in network engineering and the evolution of the industry. Greg discusses the challenges of maintaining open-source projects amid increasing commercialization and corporate exploitation. He emphasizes the importance of... Read more »
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    1 h y 16 m
  • PP030: Volt Typhoon On the Attack, Starlink Joins the Navy, and More Security News

    PP030: Volt Typhoon On the Attack, Starlink Joins the Navy, and More Security News
    Sep 10 2024
    Today’s Packet Protector is an all-news episode. We cover the Volt Typhoon hacker group exploiting a zero-day in Versa Networks gear and a multitude of vulnerabilities in Zyxel network products. We also debate whether Microsoft’s endpoint security summit will be more than a public relations exercise, a serious backdoor in RFID cards used in offices... Read more »
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    33 m
  • NB494: AT&T Sues Broadcom over VMware Support; Verizon Spends $20 Billion for Frontier

    NB494: AT&T Sues Broadcom over VMware Support; Verizon Spends $20 Billion for Frontier
    Sep 9 2024
    Take a Network Break! This week we cover an AT&T lawsuit against Broadcom over changes to a support contract for VMware software, why Verizon is spending $20 billion to buy Frontier, and new critical security patches from Cisco. ASML, which makes the machines that make high-end computer chips, gets antsy over US restrictions to China.... Read more »
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    32 m
  • HN748: How AI and HPC Are Changing Data Center Networks

    HN748: How AI and HPC Are Changing Data Center Networks
    Sep 6 2024
    On today’s episode of Heavy Networking, Rob Sherwood joins us to discuss the impact that High Performance Computing (HPC)and artificial intelligence computing are having on data center network design. It’s not just a story about leaf/spine architecture. That’s the boring part. There’s also power and cooling issues, massive bandwidth requirements, and changes in how we... Read more »
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    1 h y 8 m
  • TNO002: How Simplification Helps MSPs Scale

    TNO002: How Simplification Helps MSPs Scale
    Sep 6 2024
    Simplification is the theme of today’s episode. Host Scott Robohn and guest Jack Maxfield explore the operational impacts of simplification for a Managed Service Provider (MSP). They discuss the challenges of managing multi-vendor environments and how to use templating and tools to simplify the management process. Proactive client communication and the integration of network and... Read more »
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    46 m
  • D2DO250: The Realities of Responsible Disclosure in the Cloud

    D2DO250: The Realities of Responsible Disclosure in the Cloud
    Sep 4 2024
    Cloud security and responsible disclosure are the focus of today’s conversation with guest Kat Traxler. Kat shares her insights on identifying vulnerabilities in cloud services, particularly Google Cloud, and the importance of curiosity in her research. The episode explores the role of bug bounty programs and the shift towards issuing CVEs for cloud vulnerabilities. Lastly,... Read more »
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    32 m
  • NB493: Cisco Acquires AI Startup to Police AI; Nvidia, Dell Ride GPU Profit Wave

    NB493: Cisco Acquires AI Startup to Police AI; Nvidia, Dell Ride GPU Profit Wave
    Sep 3 2024
    Take a Network Break! This week we cover a couple of listener FUs, and then dive into the news. Attackers exploit a zero-day in Versa to harvest credentials, AT&T agrees to a fine of nearly $1 million for a network outage that affected 911 calls, and Intel and Broadcom tout integrated optics for more broadband... Read more »
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    50 m
  • Tech Bytes: Smarter Networking and Automation With SuzieQ’s Network Observability (Sponsored)

    Tech Bytes: Smarter Networking and Automation With SuzieQ’s Network Observability (Sponsored)
    Sep 3 2024
    Today on the Tech Bytes podcast: network observability. SuzieQ is an open-source project that collects, normalizes, stores, and analyzes multi-vendor network data. This data becomes a foundation for network observability and automation. We talk with Dinesh Dutt, creator of SuzieQ and founder of Stardust Systems, which makes a commercial version of SuzieQ. Stardust Systems is... Read more »
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    22 m