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by Nick Buraglio — 2 years ago

No privacy may be the new privacy.

Taking politics and putting them aside, what the new administration has been attempting to change with regard to internet privacy is something we should all be informed about. Wether you have a tin foil hat or don’t care, “knowing... Read more →

by Nick Buraglio — 2 years 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 — 3 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 — 3 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 — 3 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 →