EP 546 | OCTOBER 6, 2025

Meta Mulls GPU Startup Purchase; Indirect Prompt Injection Exacerbates AI Risks

We start with a serious flaw in Termix and tens of thousands of still-vulnerable Cisco security devices.Alkira debuts an MCP server and AI copilot for its multi-cloud networking platform; Cato Networks releases a Chrome-based browser extension to help secure contractor and personal devices by automatically sending browser traffic to its cloud-based security controls; and Salesforce rolls out Vibe Codey, an AI agent that can act as a pair programmer for devs building Salesforce apps. Security researchers demonstrate an indirect prompt injection attack against a Salesforce AI agent, Microsoft admits that Office 365 can't meet requirements of the Scottish police for data to stay within UK borders, Meta mulls the purchase of a GPU startup, and Zayo introduces a Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) offering that it says can turn up network connectivity in real time. | LISTEN NOW

SPONSORED | OCTOBER 6, 2025

Building a UEC-Supported AI Data Center Fabric With Nokia (Sponsored)

The network plays a key role in AI model and inference training. On today’s Tech Bytes podcast, sponsored by Nokia, we talk about why you need a high-performance network for AI training workloads, essential technologies such as RoCE v2 and others that make Ethernet suitable for scale-out networking, the role of the Ultra Ethernet Consortium in driving a new Ethernet standard for AI and high-performance computing, and what Nokia brings to the table in terms of hardware, software, and automation. | LISTEN NOW

EP 062 | OCTOBER 7, 2025

Designing Access Points For the Enterprise

When vendors design and build enterprise Wi-Fi access points, they must balance performance and cost. With the help of guest Rosalie Bibona, Product Management Director for Wireless Hardware at Extreme Networks, we get a peek into the technical decisions that go into creating enterprise Wi-Fi access points. We talk about how every choice, from radio chipsets to antennas and even mounting solutions, can affect the final product, not to mention the software and spectrum regulations, especially with the introduction of the 6 GHz band. This is an unsponsored episode. | LISTEN NOW

EP 081 | OCTOBER 7, 2025

News Roundup - BRICKstorm Backdoor Targets Network Appliances, GitHub Unveils Supply Chain Defense Plans

From a massive SIM farm takedown to dealing with supply chain attacks targeting npm, our news roundup provides context and commentary on a fresh crop of security news. That includes a well-crafted BRICKstorm backdoor deployed by savvy threat actors, the pressing need to roll out Cisco and SonicWall patches, clever AI agent hacks, and more things you should know about. | LISTEN NOW

EP 284 | OCTOBER 8, 2025

AI, MCP, and the Identities that Tie Them All Together

AI is developing at an incredible pace. With that development comes questions. For instance, how do you connect your resources to agents? How do agents connect with each other? And how do you keep it all secure? Our guest Christian Posta is here to guide us through AI, MCP, and the concept of workload identities. Christian explains these concepts in detail, and gives examples of what security controls could look like and how to use current technologies to implement those controls. | LISTEN NOW

EP 026 | MAY 15, 2025

Mock Interview for a Network Administration Job

The job interview is an inescapable part of a career journey. Ethan and Holly conduct a mock interview with a candidate who’s applying for a junior network administration role. They ask about the candidate's experience, certifications, and technical knowledge. They also evaluate listening and communication skills, and look for traits such as curiosity, the ability to take initiative, the ability to solve problems and find answers plus other factors that might affect how this candidate would fit within a larger team. They close with a discussion about constructing a good resume, job-hunting tips, and how to deal with AI filters. | LISTEN NOW

EP 185 | OCTOBER 9, 2025

When IPv6 VPN and DNS Don’t Cooperate

Sometimes weirdness occurs within DNS if you're on an IPv4 network and you connect to a dual-stack or v6-only VPN. Maybe the browser doesn't connect, but you can still send pings, or vice versa. Is the OS getting confused about which stack and which order of interfaces to request services? Is the weird behavior being caused by Happy Eyeballs? Is it something else? On today's IPv6 Buzz we dive into this weirdness to see if we can figure out the causes, and offer suggestions to get your remote access VPN and DNS to play nicely with mixed stacks.| LISTEN NOW

EP 045 | OCTOBER 10, 2025

IP and Optical Integration: Automation Across Layers

LightRiver has software and service products focused on the automation, optimization, and simplification of multi-layer, multi-vendor, and multi-generation networking.  Today we have a team from LightRiver lead by Jim Brinksma to help explain how LightRiver is advancing automation in optical and bridging the gap between the IP and optical layers. They discuss the challenges, obstacles and success along the journey with perspectives from their engineers in AI/ML, SecOps engineers, Quality Assurance, Security and DevOps engineers. This is an unsponsored episode. | LISTEN NOW

EP 800 | OCTOB ER 10, 2025

Root Cause Analysis for the Entire Stack (Sponsored)

Today's show is one of those “We’re living in the future” episodes, where we talk about using AI to perform root cause analysis of a performance issue. But not root cause analysis for just the networking part of the stack. Sponsor Selector is here to talk about exactly how they provide comprehensive root cause analysis. We dig into how Selector does that, walk through a typical customer engagement, and dive into a few examples of how Selector helps companies dramatically reduce trouble tickets and respond to issues faster and more effectively. | LISTEN NOW