PACKET CAPTURE / Week of July 08-12, 2024

NEW PODCASTS

EP 486 | JULY 8, 2024

Chrome Ditches Entrust Certs; Do AI Stocks Mirror the DotCom Bubble?

Today's Network Break discusses why Google Chrome will stop using some Entrust certs, whether today's AI stocks are approaching the dotcom-bust territory, why French authorities are scrutinizing Nvidia, space networking news, and more. | LISTEN NOW

SPONSORED | JULY 8, 2024

High Performance, Scalable Object Storage with MinIO

Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we talk about MinIO's object storage offering; a software-defined, Amazon S3-compatible object storage that offers high performance and scale for modern workloads and AI/ML. We discuss how MinIO helps customers across industries drive AI innovation and AI architectures, how object storage is changing the landscape of AI, and more. | LISTEN NOW

EP 031 | JULY 9, 2024

Wi-Fi Surveys – Past, Present & Future

The evolution of wireless surveys is the topic of today’s Heavy Wireless podcast with guest Jussi Kivineimi of Hamina. We cover the transition from traditional on-site assessments to predictive tools, with an emphasis on the importance of a hybrid approach for accurate network design. We also tackle the role of APIs in network design, the potential of AP-to-AP communication for visualizing RF data, and the use of live data for upgrading Wi-Fi systems. | LISTEN NOW

EP 068 | JULY 10, 2024

Is Cloud Networking the Future for Network Engineers?

On today’s episode, host Eric Chou and guest Kyler Middleton discuss the transition from on-prem network engineering to cloud networking; the importance of adapting to new platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Terraform; and the future of cloud versus on-premises solutions. | LISTEN NOW

EP 155 | JULY 11, 2024

Operational Considerations: DHCP vs DHCPv6

What are the operational considerations and differences between DHCP and DHCPv6? In today’s episode we explore the implications for network management, security, and operational models. We also discuss the challenges of DHCPv6 failover, high availability, complex device tracking and identity management in various environments. | LISTEN NOW

EP 741 | JULY 12, 2024

History of Networking: How Bridging Saved Ethernet

Today on Heavy Networking we talk with Alan Kirby, who was there forty years ago when the first Ethernet bridge was created at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). We discuss how Ethernet compared to competing protocols in use at the time, why Alan and colleagues decided to build a prototype Ethernet bridge, how DEC turned it into a product, and what happened to that product. We also talk about Ethernet's longevity and its future. | LISTEN NOW

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RUSS WHITE | JUNE 24, 2024

Obsfuscation and Network Security

While obscurity or obsfuscation isn’t sufficient by itself for network security, obsfuscation does play a role as part of a defense-in-depth approach. Let’s look at some network obsfuscation techniques. READ NOW