Take a Network Break! Episode 69 gets into cryptography and security issues, among other topics, including open hardware efforts and the Web site obesity crisis.
Joining us is Steven Iveson, IT pro, author, and longtime blogger at Packet Pushers. Check out his latest post, and see his authorial output.
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Show Notes:
In Defense Of Cryptography
Dutch govt says no to backdoors, slides $540k into OpenSSL without breaking eye contact – The Register
Backdoors To The Front Door?
Flaws in Comcast s Xfinity Home Security System fails to warn homeowners of intruders – Network World
Let’s Encrypt: 250,000 Certs, But Abusers Catch On
Let s Encrypt Now Being Abused By Malvertisers – Trend Micro
Barracuda Bitten By Cloud, Software
Barracuda Reports Third-Quarter Fiscal 2016 Results – Barracuda
The Bloated Web
The website obesity crisis – IdleWords
A Good Book
Network Programmability and Automation: Skills for the Next-Generation Network Engineer – Jason Edelman, Scott S. Lowe, Matt Oswalt
Snabb Switch, Melanox, And Open Hardware
Open Network Cards – Snabb Switch
Mellanox ConnectX-4 PRM (datasheet) to be released – Mellanox
Docker Networking
Multi-Host Docker Networking is now ready for production – Docker
So Long, Rola
Goodbye, Moto(rola). Iconic brand name to be phased out – CNet
Amazon Price Tweaking
Happy New Year EC2 Price Reduction (C4, M4, and R3 Instances) – Amazon