Best Packet Pushers Team Podcasts (2025)

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TNO044: Inside a Global Enterprise Data Center Network Migration (Sponsored) 44:16

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2h ago44:16

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Today we get an inside look at a major data center migration that Nokia is undertaking. Nokia is our sponsor for today’s episode. The company is moving legacy sets of data center networking equipment to its own Event Driven Automation (EDA) solution. We go behind the scenes of Nokia’s own IT department, which is supporting... Read more »…

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HN799: Multi-Homing IPv6 to Your Home Lab 47:28

1h ago47:28

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If you’ve got an Autonomous System Number (ASN) and an IPv6 block, you too can multi-home IPv6 to your home lab! Sounds easy, right? Well, maybe…but today we’re going to discuss why you’d want to and how you can do that with guest Anton Lönnerbro. Anton is a solutions architect at a managed service provider... Read more »…

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LIU001: Growing Pains 15:44

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Starting any new endeavor is hard. That’s particularly true for a career in tech. And that’s the reason Alexis Bertholf and Kevin Nanns are launching the Life In Uptime podcast. In each episode they’ll sit down with engineers, leaders, and builders in tech to uncover the stories behind their careers to help you see how... Read more »…

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TCG059: From Source of Truth to Knowledge Graph – Rethinking Network Data 46:30

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Network automation has a data problem. Traditional tools may hit limitations when managing complex infrastructure relationships. We explore how OpsMill’s InfraHub uses graph databases and temporal versioning to create what our guest calls “the knowledge graph of infrastructure” – enabling true version control at the database level while maintaining…

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NAN102: Practical Applications for AI in Network Automation 1:00:01

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As AI becomes more integrated into the IT landscape, developers, engineers, and operators are looking for practical ways to use these new tools. Joining us today is Ryan Booth; he’s built a career around network automation, giving him a unique perspective on how network engineering, operations, software development, and AI intersect. We explore the…

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PP080: The State of OT Risks in 2025 (and What to Do About Them) 44:32

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What does the risk environment for Operational Technology (OT) look like in 2025? JJ and Drew review four recent reports on the state of OT security from Dragos, Fortinet, and others. We discuss ransomware impacts, ongoing risks of RDP traffic, directly exposed OT devices, and overall attack trends and the tools and processes that organizations... …

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HS113: Bad Tech Romance: Five Signs You’re In an Abusive IT Relationship 40:50

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Sure, some days you hate your job. But how do you know when an IT position has gone from being run-of-the-mill annoying to truly toxic? And what do you do about it? Johna Johnson and John Burke are joined by Sandy Miller, a pseudonym for a CIO at a major global company who talks about... Read more »By Packet Pushers

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NB545: CISA Orders Immediate Patch of Cisco Vulnerabilities; Firewall Upgrade Blocks Emergency Calls 22:30

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There’s an abundance of vulnerabilities in this week’s Network Break. We start with a red alert on a cluster of Cisco vulnerabilities in its firewall and threat defense products. On the news front, the vulnerability spotlight stays on Cisco as the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issues an emergency directive to all federa…

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HN798: Fortinet Offers a SOC Every Org Can Grow Into (Sponsored) 44:00

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On today’s Heavy Networking: the Security Operations Center, or SOC. When I think of a SOC, I picture a miniature version of NASA’s mission control: lots of computers, lots of people, some big boards with lines and arrows and telemetry scrolling across the screens. I also think of SOCs as requiring a lot of gear,... Read more »…

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TNO043: Under the Manhole Cover: The Architecture of an Internet Exchange 1:11:02

5d ago1:11:02

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In an IT world full of abstraction, overlays, and virtualization, it’s important to remember the physical infrastructure that supports all those things. So let’s get inside Mass IX, the Massachusetts Internet Exchange, to get a holistic view of the logical architecture and protocol mechanics of peering and Internet exchanges, as well as the iron, s…

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IPB184: IPv6 Basics: Dual-Stack 25:30

8d ago25:30

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We’re diving into another IPv6 Basics today with the topic of dual-stack, which means running the IPv4 and IPv6 protocol stacks simultaneously. We get many questions about the implications of running dual-stack, and in this episode we’ll provide answers. We start by getting a little finicky about the definition of dual-stack, and then talk about...…

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N4N039: Configuring an IPsec Tunnel 1:01:20

5d ago1:01:20

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We dive back into the world of IPsec with an episode dedicated to configuring IPsec tunnels. After discussing a listener comment regarding transport mode in IPsec tunnels, Ethan Banks and Holly Metlitzky work through topics such as multi-vendor IPsec configuration, licensing, and the details of configuration and routing. Bonus material: MTU size an…

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D2DO283: Lessons Learned When a Startup Doesn’t Take Wing 34:10

6d ago34:10

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Today we talk to Elad Ben-Israel about his former startup Wing Cloud, and the language that was built along with it, Winglang. We discuss why Eland started Wing Cloud, lessons learned about founding a start up, and what the future holds for the Winglang language. Ad Spot: Faddom Faddom helps you discover and map your... Read more »…

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NAN101: Scaling Intel’s Data Centers with Network Automation (Sponsored) 52:21

7d ago52:21

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Transforming over 5,000 network devices across 56 data centers is no small feat. Doing that with a very small team is even more impressive. On today’s episode, sponsored by Network To Code, we talk to Greg Botts from Intel, who with his team accomplished just that. They started with YAML files and DNS records and... Read more »…

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HW061: Cisco’s Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul 22:36

8d ago22:36

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As automation of machinery in industrial environments grows, there is a need for reliable wireless technologies to connect and control mobile assets. Mobile assets cannot tolerate dropped connections or network latency, which could jeopardize safety among other problems. Cisco’s Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul is one such product that promises to …

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PP079: Rethinking the Architecture of Microsegmentation 57:41

9d ago57:41

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Microsegmentation is a complex topic. We did an overview episode earlier this year, and we invited listeners to reach out to keep the microsegmentation conversation going. Today’s guest did just that. Philip Griffiths is Head of Strategic Sales at Netfoundry. However, this isn’t a sponsored show about NetFoundry. Philip is also involved in a workin…

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NB544: NVIDIA Buys $5 Billion of Intel Stock; Netskope Rides SASE IPO to an $8.8 Billion Valuation 26:32

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It’s big-money deals and ever-more AI on this week’s Network Break. We start with a red alert from NVIDIA, which has rolled out a software upgrade to patch multiple bugs in its Triton Inference Server, one of which is a dangerous remote code execution vulnerability. On the news front, NVIDIA pledges a $5 billion investment... Read more »…

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TNO042: Building a Network Digital Twin for Automation and AI (Sponsored) 1:01:17

12d ago1:01:17

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The digital twin is an evolving technology in the networking space. On today’s sponsored episode of Total Network Operations, we dig into details and definitions of the digital twin, how it ties into network automation and autonomy, and the power of abstraction layers. We’ll also talk about how the concepts in today’s show might influence... Read m…

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HN797: What To Do When The Business Asks for “AI” 1:07:25

12d ago1:07:25

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When someone from the executive suite starts an AI initiative, what does that mean to you, the network engineer? The executive suite probably doesn’t know what their AI idea might mean for infrastructure. They might only have a vague idea of what they’re even trying to accomplish with an AI initiative. Regardless, that initiative puts... Read more …

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LIU000: Announcing Life In Uptime, a New Podcast to Get You Started on Your IT Journey 19:28

13d ago19:28

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Life In Uptime is a brand-new podcast that explores the real journeys of the people who build and run enterprise IT. Each episode dives into the personal and professional paths that got each guest to where they are today—because the road to a career in technology isn’t one-size-fits-all. This show is for anyone wondering how... Read more »…

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TCG058: Creating the Internet Layer That Should Have Been With Avery Pennarun 51:49

14d ago51:49

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In this deep dive episode, we explore the evolution of networking with Avery Pennarun, Co-Founder and CEO of Tailscale. Avery shares his extensive journey through VPN technologies, from writing his first mesh VPN protocol in 1997 called “Tunnel Vision” to building Tailscale, a zero-trust networking solution. We discuss how Tailscale reimagines the …

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NAN100: A Retrospective On 100 Episodes of Network Automation Nerds 1:02:56

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Network Automation Nerds has reached a special milestone: episode 100! Eric Chou looks back on 5 years of conversations with network automation pioneers, practitioners, and visionaries. Drew Conry-Murray from the Packet Pushers joins Eric, along with online guest Ioannis Theodoridis, to find out why Eric started the podcast, his goals for all these…

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IPB183: Measuring IPv6 and IPv6 Statistics 27:21

14d ago27:21

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Today we talk about measuring IPv6 and IPv6 statistics. We talk about why it’s useful to measure IPv6, how to track v6 deployment initiatives, and tools to help with your measurements. Episode Links: Google IPv6 – Google IPv6 Global Statistics Dashboard IPv6 Enabled – Hexabuild Episode Transcript: This episode was transcribed by AI and lightly... R…

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PP078: Using Free Tools for Detection Engineering 49:25

15d ago49:25

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You can build effective, scalable detection pipelines using free and open-source tools like Zeek, Suricata, YARA, and Security Onion. Today on Packet Protector we welcome Matt Gracie, Senior Engineer at Security Onion Solutions — the team behind the open-source platform used for detection engineering, network security monitoring, and log management…

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HS112: Standardizing NaaS Service Definitions 38:12

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Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) promises enterprises the ability to set up and configure connectivity and network security with a couple of clicks. But for NaaS to truly transform enterprise networking, one thing has been missing: standards. Enter Mplify (formerly the Metro Ethernet Forum), a non-profit focused on standardizing NaaS service definitions…

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N4N038: Well Actually 02 – OSPF Multi-Area and LSA Types 49:57

16d ago49:57

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We got some interesting listener feedback from our series on OSPF, so today’s N Is for Networking is another “Well actually” episode where we dig into that feedback. In particular, we’ll cover a defense of OSPF multi-area deployments, and dig into OSPF LSA types. Episode Links: OSPF Basics – N Is For Networking Episode 38... Read more »…

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NB543: Splunk, ServiceNow Announce AI Agents; Data Center Spending Runs Amok 29:41

19d ago29:41

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Take a Network Break! We start with a listener correction on Cisco’s history of wireless certifications, then dig into a couple of red alerts on Microsoft Defender and a backdoor in Outlook. On the news front, Cisco announces new AI agents and SoC packages for Splunk; F5 spends $180 million to buy an AI security... Read more »…

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TNO041: From Ansible to AI: Jeremy Schulman on the Evolution of Network Automation 1:12:38

19d ago1:12:38

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Jeremy Schulman has been working at network automation for much of his professional life. On today’s Total Network Operations, host Scott Robohn talks with Jeremy about his ongoing quest to get the network engineering bottleneck out of production. They discuss the early days of network automation when engineers tried to adopt tools from the compute…

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HN796: The Why and How of Making Your Infrastructure Quantum-Safe (Sponsored) 53:33

22d ago53:33

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Your production IT operations are almost certainly using cryptography libraries that are not quantum-safe, and the time to begin planning a cryptography overhaul is now. But this is likely to be a daunting project because it touches everything: clients, servers, apps, network devices, middleboxes, and so on. Daunting, but doable. We talk with Richu…

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D2DO282: Simplifying Complex Kubernetes Deployments With kro 30:16

24d ago30:16

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Kubernetes is flexible and customizable, but it can also be notoriously complex and difficult to deploy to. On today’s Day Two DevOps we learn about kro (Kube Resource Operator), an open-source tool that helps simplify complex application deployments. Our guest is Islam Mahgoub, a Solutions Architect at AWS focused on building kro. We talk about...…

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HW060: CNAE – A New Wired Networking Certification From the CWNP 26:13

24d ago26:13

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The CWNP offers vendor-neutral certifications for wireless networking professionals. This summer, the organization rolled out a wired certification, the Certified Network Administrator and Engineer (CNAE). This cert is aimed at wired and wireless network engineers to ensure they have a solid grounding in switching, routing, cabling, and wired proto…

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PP077: News Roundup–Drift Breach Has Long Reach; FCC Investigates Its Own IoT Security Program 37:20

24d ago37:20

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Is any publicity good publicity? On today’s News Roundup we talk about how Salesloft, which makes the Drift chat agent that’s been used as a jumping-off point for credential harvesting and data breach attacks against a bunch of big-name companies, is testing that proposition. We also discuss bugs affecting industrial refrigeration controllers, and …

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NB542: Hollow Core Fiber Outshines Glass; Broadcom Bags Big AI Bucks 24:57

23d ago24:57

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Take a Network Break! We shine a red light on an AnyShare Service Agent API vulnerability and an active exploit against FreePBX. SASE vendor Cato Networks makes first-ever acquisition with purchase of AI security startup AIM, Microsoft researchers tout hollow core fiber tests that out-perform glass core fiber optics, and Wi-Fi 7 helps drive up... R…

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HN795: Adventures In Latency 57:36

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Monitoring and troubleshooting latency can be tricky. If it’s in the network, was it the IP stack? A NIC? A switch buffer? A middlebox somewhere on the WAN? If it’s the application, can you, the network engineer, bring receipts to the app team? And what if you need to build and operate a network that’s... Read more »…

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TCG057: Following the Progress of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) With John Capobianco 57:43

28d ago57:43

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John Capobianco is back! Just months after our first Model Context Protocol (MCP) discussion, John returns to showcase how this “USB-C of software” has transformed from experimental technology to an enterprise-ready solutions. We explore the game-changing OAuth 2.1 security updates, witness live demonstrations of packet analysis through natural lan…

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NAN099: Bridging the Gap Between Innovative Tech and Everyday Users 53:29

28d ago53:29

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New technologies, tools, and innovations help move IT forward, but it can be hard for users to keep up. Network Automation Nerds welcomes guest William Collins, a dynamic force in the world of technology. As a passionate tech evangelist, he helps to bridge the gap between emerging technologies such as AI and everyday users with... Read more »…

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D2DO281: Faddom: Providing a Unified Source of Truth for Security and IT Operations (Sponsored) 45:13

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Faddom is re-envisioning what application dependency mapping and infrastructure inventory can be in the era of cloud and hybrid IT. Join us today on this sponsored episode as we speak with Faddom’s Itamar Rotem, CPO and Ofer Regev, CTO, about how Faddom’s discovery process can help to improve migrations for any size organization and help... Read mo…

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PP076: RF Risks and How to See Unseen Threats 59:58

29d ago59:58

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Our airwaves are alive with radio frequencies (RF). Right now billions of devices around the world are chattering invisibly over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and other protocols you might not have heard of. On today’s show we peer into the invisible world to better understand the RF threat environment. Our guest is Brett Walkenhorst, CTO of... Read mo…

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HS111: When Someone Makes Your Cloud Service Go Poof! 38:29

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The modern enterprise is built on cloud, with most organizations using SaaS for their “horizontal” work horse layers, such as communications, conferencing, HR, and payroll. That makes the enterprise entirely dependent on the good-faith execution and good-will delivery of the cloud providers. Those providers have a huge economic incentive to reliabl…

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NB541: Cisco Gets Serious About Wi-Fi Certs; Is AI Infrastructure Ebullience Ebbing? 29:30

29d ago29:30

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Take a Network Break! We start with follow-ups regarding the 7-year-old Cisco bug, risks of AI agents, and Anthropic forcing you to opt out or have your chats saved for five years. Then we highlight a serious vulnerability (which is being exploited in the wild) in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Netscaler Gateway systems. On the... Read more »…

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HN794: How the Bundle Protocol Enables Interplanetary Networking 1:03:33

1M ago1:03:33

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How might we get network traffic from Earth to a lunar base? Or Mars? Or to spaceships carrying astronauts or probes exploring space? And how do we get it back? The problem, among other things, is latency. The answer isn’t TCP/IP. The answer is…complicated. On today’s Heavy Networking we explore the challenges of getting packets... Read more »…

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TNO040: From ARPANET to the Stars: Vint Cerf on the Past and Future of the Internet 1:14:22

1M ago1:14:22

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Vint Cerf, widely recognized as one of the fathers of the Internet, is today’s special guest on Total Network Operations. He currently serves as Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google. His pioneering work began back in the 1960’s when he was involved in the ARPANET project. Alongside Bob Kahn, Vint co-invented the TCP/IP... Read mor…

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IPB182: IPv6 Transition Technology Options 27:30

1M ago27:30

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Transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6, or at least IPv6-mostly, is no easy task. Today’s show provides some education and advice about IPv6 transition mechanisms. We cover options such as NAT64, DNS64, PREF64, and more, as well as use cases. Also, if your technology vendors aren’t offering some of these mechanisms, ask for them – you’re... Read more »…

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N4N037: IPsec Basics 58:11

1M ago58:11

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It’s time to talk crypto. No, not the Bitcoin kind. Ethan and Holly introduce the basics of IPsec, the protocol that authenticates and encrypts traffic between endpoints. They discuss what it is, how it provides trustworthiness and secrecy to IP traffic, and common use cases. They review the different types of IPsec protocols and modes,... Read mor…

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D2DO280: Architect for Your AI Success With F5 and MinIO (Sponsored) 34:33

1M ago34:33

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In the changing landscape of AI data infrastructure, F5 and MinIO are partnering on a solution that brings together the best of each company. This solution bookends the AI stack—it uses F5 for reliable, secure, and observable data delivery and MinIO’s AIStor for storage of all data types. The goal is to help organizations be... Read more »…

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HW059: Pi to Go: Introducing the WLAN Pi Go 21:50

1M ago21:50

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The new WLAN Pi Go is small, lightweight Wi-Fi testing tool. It can sniff Wi-Fi frames, measure signals, decode packets, and more. The tool snaps to the back of your phone and connects via a short cable for data and power. The small form factor makes it ready to take it along and test any... Read more »…

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NB540: PQE In PAN-OS; FBI Warns 7-Year Old Cisco Bug Under Attack 47:16

1M ago47:16

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Take a Network Break! We double-dip on red alerts as the FBI warns that Russian state hackers are targeting a seven-year-old vulnerability on Cisco IOS and IOS-XE devices (a patch has been available for seven years), and a compromised XZ Utils backdoor is still lurking in some Docker images. Palo Alto Networks has added support... Read more »…

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Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks Advances DNS Security with ADNSR (Sponsored) 18:58

1M ago18:58

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DNS security is our topic on today’s Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks. Specifically, Palo Alto Networks is here to talk about its Advanced DNS Resolver, or ADNSR, which provides a security-centric, cloud-delivered DNS resolution service. We talk about how ADNSR works, its features and capabilities, and how it differs from other D…

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HN793: A Deep Dive Into High-Performance Switch Memory 1:34:35

1M ago1:34:35

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Today’s episode is all about high-performance memory in switches. We dig into the differences among TCAM, SRAM, DRAM, and HBM, and all the complex tradeoffs that go into allocating memory resources to networking functions. If you’ve ever had to select a Switching Database Manager template or done similar operations on a switch, this is your... Read…

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TNO039: Demystifying AI Adoption for Networkers (Sponsored) 58:49

1M ago58:49

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On today’s Total Network Operations we talk through the adoption of AI in network operations with John Capobianco, Head of DevRel at Selector. Selector is the sponsor of today’s episode. John walks us through his career journey as a network engineer, and describes the moment where he realized that AI was going to change how... Read more »…