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by Nick Buraglio — 1 year ago

Creating an internal span port inside proxmox OVS

In the last few years I have moved all of my virtualization to proxmox and docker. Seeing as I like to look at packets because I am a closet security guy, and being as I have been working off-and-on on a security project in recent times, I wanted... Read more →

by Nick Buraglio — 2 years ago

Why I care about Segment Routing

Edit: Going against my normal “just get the content out there” methodology, I’ve been mulling over this blog post since July of 2016. Segment routing is such a beautifully elegant solution I have had trouble articulating that fact. WAN... Read more →

by Nick Buraglio — 2 years ago

BGP RPKI – why aren’t we using it more?

I was recently at a meeting where BGP RPKI was the topic de jour. While this has been a topic that I have visited on occasion of the last few years and something I wanted to spend significant time on, I have found that setting... Read more →

by Nick Buraglio — 2 years ago

NIX4NetEng #6 DNS, ad-blocking, and quality of experience

The sixth [and arguably very overdue] installment of my NIX4NetEng series, this began as an overly complex diatribe about DNS. As it evolved, I realized that DNS is so complex and far reaching that it could never be contained in one meager... Read more →

by Nick Buraglio — 3 years ago

Buzzwords, technology, terminology, and the interconnection of modern networking

I’m way overdue for a soapbox session — I found this one in my drafts and thought it was something I needed to put out there. It’s already dated in terminology but that actually helps make the point – it’s hard... Read more →