Packet Pushers - Priority Queue

On today Priority Queue podcast, sponsor Juniper walks us through use case for its Contrail Edge Cloud software. We also cover the deployment and operation of this software solution. Our guest is Nick Davey, Product Line Manager at Juniper. The post PQ 162: Edge Compute Use Cases And Juniper’s Contrail Edge Cloud (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue dives into Juniper's programmable Penta ASIC in this sponsored episode. Guest Chang-Hong Wu shares details on how the Penta ASIC works and discusses the future of silicon design for networking. The post PQ 161: Inside Juniper’s Programmable Silicon (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today's Priority Queue we dive into ArcOS®, a new network OS designed for whitebox routing and switching from our sponsor Arrcus. We examine how the OS was designed, how it differentiates itself from competitors, and explore key use cases. The post PQ 160: Inside ArcOS®: The Internet-Scale, Carrier-Grade Network OS (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue is a primer on satellite communications for military and commercial networks, including key basics on frequency bands and coverage areas, how different orbits affect network design, and more. Our guests are PC Drew and Evander Cook. The post PQ 159: The SATCOM Primer For Network Engineers appeared first on Packet Pushers.

We dig into a new online tool, NRE Labs, designed to help network engineers learn the concepts and tools of network automation. NRE Labs was created by Juniper Networks, but it's a free and open source platform, and you can start learning now with no sign-in, no registration, and no paywall. Our guests are Matt Oswalt and Derick Winkworth. The post PQ 158: Introducing NRE Labs For Network Automation Training appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today's sponsored Priority Queue podcast we take a deep dive into Cisco's IOS-XR network OS to learn what it takes to build a carrier-grade NOS, including its microservices architecture, multiple levels of abstraction, and how it captures and shares state data. The post PQ 157: How Cisco Built A Carrier-Grade Network OS (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today's Priority Queue, wireless engineer Lee Badman shares a real-world detective tale about a troubleshooting problem that took him into dark places involving wires. The post PQ 156: Wires Matter – A Wireless Engineer’s Detective Story appeared first on Packet Pushers.

This Priority Queue was recorded live at the Future:Net conference at VMworld 2018. Guests Bruce Davie and Guido Appenzeller discuss service meshes, differences between hybrid and multicloud, intrinsic security, intent-based networking and more. The post PQ 155: Forecasting Network Evolution At VMworld’s Future:Net 2018 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today's Priority Queue we explore the challenges of building military networks, including bandwidth constraints, hostile environments, survivability, training and skills development, and much more. Our guest is PC Drew, an officer in the Marine Corps Reserve and a network engineer. The post PQ 154: Design Challenges In Military Networks appeared first on Packet Pushers.

What if DDoS mitigation services could coordinate to thwart attacks? On today's Priority Queue, we explore Distributed Denial Of Service Open Threat Signalling, or DOTS, an IETF effort to do just that. Andrew Mortensen is our guest. The post PQ 153: DDoS Open Threat Signaling For Coordinated Response appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue podcast looks at what's new with key IETF networking projects including RIFT, BIER and PPR, as well as standards efforts around SD-WAN. Our guests are Russ White and Jeff Tantsura. The post PQ 152: An IETF Update On RIFT, BIER, SD-WAN And More appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today on the Packet Pushers Priority Queue, we get nerdy about disaggregation with sponsor Cisco. Specifically, we look at disaggregation options with Cisco's IOS-XR software. The post PQ 151: Cisco And The Art Of Disaggregation With IOS-XR (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

We discuss networking for hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and how Big Switch's Big Cloud Fabric can help on today's sponsored Priority Queue podcast. The post PQ 150: HCI Networking With Big Switch’s Big Cloud Fabric (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue explores features in the upcoming WPA3 specifications to improve wireless security, including Opportunistic Wireless Encryption. Our guest is Dan Harkins from Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. The post PQ 149: WPA3 And Wireless Security Improvements appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Find out how to apply network monitoring to security, and get deep visibility into your network, with Paessler PRTG in today's sponsored Priority Queue. The post PQ 148: How To Monitor Cryptojacking With Paessler PRTG (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's sponsored Priority Queue discusses how to connect security controls with GDPR regulations. Our guests are Cisco partners Equilibrium Security and ePlus/IGX Global. The post PQ 147: Connecting Security And GDPR Compliance (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's show walks through a practical use case for Python; namely, deploying BFD to detect routing failures. Our guest is Billy Downing. The post PQ 146: Practical Python For Deploying BFD appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Greg Ferro chats with Ivan Pepelnjak about the state of the networking industry, including automation, intent, product quality, and whatever else catches their fancy. The post PQ 145: Greg And Ivan Have A Chat appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The Packet Pushers convene an engineer roundtable to discuss encryption, code-writing strategies for networkers, and what it's like to work in tech after a certain age. The post PQ 144: Engineer Roundtable: Encryption, Code Style, Tech Over 40 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Martin Casado, general partner at Andreesen Horowitz, shares his perspective on the changing dynamics of how enteprises buy IT, and how it's sold to them. The post PQ 143: The Strange Dynamics Of Buying & Selling Enterprise IT appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue peers into the Ruru project, which is open source software for TCP monitoring. Our guest is Ruru developer Richard Cziva. The post PQ 142: TCP Latency Monitoring With Ruru appeared first on Packet Pushers.

FastNetMon is open-source software for DDoS detection. On today's Priority Queue we explore the software & its capabilities with project leader Pavel Odintsov. The post PQ 141: Using Open-Source FastNetMon For DDoS Detection appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue looks at OPNsense, the open-source firewall and router. We examine features and capabilities, how it differs from other open firewalls, and more. The post PQ 140: OPNsense Wants To Be Your Open-Source Firewall appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today's Priority Queue we talk with AT&T about its dNOS project: an open source network OS the company hopes will become a standard platform for white boxes and spur new applications and tools. The post PQ 139: Why AT&T Is Building An Open Source Network OS appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue delves into Open vSwitch with guest Ben Pfaff, an Open vSwitch contributor for the past ten years. The post PQ 138: Inside Open vSwitch appeared first on Packet Pushers.

On today’s sponsored Priority Queue, we're joined by sponsors WhiteSpider & Cisco to examine real-world deployments of Cisco ACI. We also discuss how Cisco’s SD-Access takes ACI constructs and applies them to the campus network. The post PQ 137: WhiteSpider & Real-World Cisco ACI Deployments (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue, sponsored by Ribbon Communications, examines how to make the transition from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams, and how Ribbon's Session Border Controller (SBC) can help. The post PQ 136: Making The Transition From Skype To Microsoft Teams (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today on the Priority Queue, we're talking about the book "Mastering Python Networking" by Eric Chou. We also cover Pythan, automation, Ansible, and other good stuff. The post PQ 135: Mastering Python Networking – The Book appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue dives into ZeroTier, an open source project for building virtual networks including VPNs, SDN, and SD-WAN. Our guest is founder Adam Ierymenko. The post PQ 134: Meet ZeroTier – Open Source Networking appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue explores real-world use cases for analytics and automation with Nokia Deepfield, our sponsor for this episode. The post PQ 133: Analytics & Automation Use Cases With Nokia Deepfield (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Recorded live at IETF 99, today's Priority Queue is a conversation about network automation and the YANG data modeling language. Our guest is Sue Hares. The post PQ 132: YANG All The Things – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Our Priority Queue series from IETF 99 continues with a conversation about whitebox switching at LinkedIn. Our guests are Shawn Zandi and Russ White. The post PQ 131: Whitebox At LinkedIn – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Greg Ferro talks about the challenges of connecting lots of little devices to the network in a conversation recorded live at the IETF 99 conference. His guest is Michael Richardson. The post PQ 130: ANIMA And IoT Networking – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The Packet Pushers and an expert panel discuss why technology change is so difficult in the enterprise, and how that might be fixed. This podcast, sponsored by VMware, was recorded live at the Future:Net 2017 conference. The post PQ 129: Accelerating Change In Enterprise IT – Future:Net (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

ExtraHop joins the Packet Pushers for this sponsored episode to discuss packet analysis and the latest capabilities in ExtraHop 7.0. We also talk about ExtraHop's Addy machine learning and its ability to provide more actionable insight. The post PQ 128: ExtraHop 7.0 & Addy Machine Learning (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Priority Queue sits down with the co-chairs of the Path Aware Networking Research Group from the IETF to discuss efforts to put more choice and intelligence into path selection. The post PQ 127: Path Aware Networking Research Group – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Recorded live at IETF 99, this Priority Queue episode is a roundtable conversation on new and emerging ideas for data center fabrics. Our guests are Jeff Tantsura, Russ White, and Tony Przygienda. The post PQ 126: The Future Of Data Center Fabrics – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue explores In-situ OAM (IOAM), an IETF initiative to enable per-packet telemetry to be collected and extracted from the network. The post PQ 125: In-Situ OAM And Telemetry Is Magic – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Sonus Networks joins the Packet Pushers to discuss cloud SBCs for security and analytics in this sponsored episode of Priority Queue. The post PQ 124: Cloud SBC Security & Analytics With Sonus Networks (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue explores DMARC, an IETF project to improve email authentication to ensure mail delivery while thwarting spam and phishing. Our guest is Kurt Andersen. The post PQ 123: DMARC And Email Authentication – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The Interface to Network Security Functions (i2nsf) is an IETF project to provide standard software interfaces and data models for multi-vendor security services. Greg Ferro talks with Linda Dunbar about the project. The post PQ 122: Interface To Network Security Functions – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Find out the many ways you can participate in the IETF in this conversation with Greg Ferro and guests at the IETF 99 meeting. The post PQ Show 121: Getting Involved With The IETF – IETF 99 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The Packet Pushers talk intent-based networking with our sponsor Apstra. We discuss why the industry cares about intent, how intent-based networking works, and its potential impacts on network engineers. The post PQ Show 120: Intent-Based Networking With Apstra (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Guest Dave McCrory discusses the network in relation to distributed systems and problems of consistency. The post PQ Show 119: Can The Network Do That? appeared first on Packet Pushers.

The Priority Queue delves into the Enterprise Data Center Operators Group, which aims to get enterprises engaged with the IETF standards process. Our guest is Nalini Elkins. The post PQ Show 118: IETF & The Enterprise Data Center Operators Group appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue episode is a sponsored conversation with VMware about NSX and container networking. Our guest is Sai Chaitanya. The post PQ Show 117: VMware NSX & Container Networking (Sponsored) appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue explores network modeling and programmability. Our guest Michael Kashin has been working with YANG models, python, and a variety of supporting tools. We discuss how to work with network models and how they tie to the future of network configuration. The post PQ Show 116: Practical YANG For Network Automation appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue explores three IETF draft projects for routing, including BIER, RIFT, and the use of BGP as a control plane for service function chaining. Our guests are Alia Atlas and Antoni Przygienda. The post PQ Show 115: BIER, RIFT & BGP+SFC At IETF 98 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue looks at hackathons at the IETF. Hackathons provide real-world feedback for working groups, validate implementations of standards, and help drive adoption in the broader tech community. The post PQ Show 114: Hackathons: Rough Consensus, Running Code At IETF 98 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue is all about DNS, including scale, security, privacy, and DDoS protection. We'll also get into mechanisms for DNS authentication and operational issues. This episode was recorded live at IETF 98 with guest Tim Wicinski. The post PQ Show 113: All About DNS At IETF 98 appeared first on Packet Pushers.

Today's Priority Queue dives into Free Range Routing, an open source router that's a fork of Quagga. We examine capabilities, deployment options & more. This episode was recorded live at IETF 98. The post PQ Show 112: Free Range Routing At IETF 98 appeared first on Packet Pushers.