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by Nick Buraglio — 12 months ago

As a small to medium ISP, why you should deploy IPv6

IPv6 has been a crusade of mine for well over a decade. Wether it is teaching IPv6 workshops, offering advice to new users, answering questions, or evangelizing it ad nauseam, it is an important topic to me. The ISP world holds a special place... Read more →

by Nick Buraglio — 1 year ago

Trouble with Tribbles …..errr NAT

As a follow up to my last post, I wanted to dive a little deeper into the world of address translation and to suss out some of the more compelling details. As I’ve said on many occasions, it pains me to see NAT referenced as a security... Read more →

by Nick Buraglio — 1 year ago

NAT discussions, fact checking, and debate

I’ve been very vocal about the misinterpretation of NAT for many, many years. Since it’s inception, NAT has been slowly perverted into what many now believe to be a security mechanism. While I do see a reasonable use of IP masquerading... Read more →

by Nick Buraglio — 1 year ago

Field Area Networking

It’s no secret that RF technologies and what like to call “specialty networking” are two of my favorite things in the networking space. Put them together and it is like chocolate and peanut butter! Now, some may not consider... Read more →

by Nick Buraglio — 2 years ago

Strategy Series: Build vs. Buy (sorta)

Build vs. buy is an often lamented and always hotly debated question in all aspects of IT, however, if one is able to truly look at all angles the answer is typically straightforward and can be rooted in one simple strategy: don’t reinvent... Read more →