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rule11.tech/hedge-236/ Eyvonne and Russ catch up with Greg Ferro one last time to talk about the permissionless Internet--a thing of the past--vendor lock in, and many other random topics on this episode of the Hedge. Greg--here's to a grand time in the future, wherever your

Here we are near the end of July ... I've posted eight more lessons to Rule 11 Academy this month, including: BGP Exit Policy; Introduction to RDMA; BGP Bestpath Lab; Content and Sources of the Routing Table; Topological Distance; The Four Things Model; Two Hosts and a Wire; and

Looking at changes in the market in the last ten years, it certainly seems like vendors work less toward innovation and more towards locking customers in to revenue streams. Chris Emerick, Dave Taht, and Russ White decided it’s time to talk about. What’s wrong with vendors? And

The massive failure resulting from a failed update to 8.5 million Windows hosts by Crowdstrike will live in Internet history for years to come. The failure will be studied by engineering teams and college classes to understand what went wrong and how we can stop this from

Next Friday, the 16th, join me for three hours of interviewing strategies: learning.oreilly.com/live-events/ne… Hear my take on puzzle questions, the right way to assess team fit, and the best way to assess technical skills.

There are (at least) three different aspects of AI in network engineering: network design to support AI, AI for development, and AI for operations. J.P. Vassuer joins Tom Ammon and Russ White to discuss AI for understanding and operating networks. What are the possibilities? What

Many network operators think the idea of building rather than buying is something that's out of reach--but is it? Join Steve Dodd, Eyvonne, Tom, and Russ as we discuss the positive and negative aspects of build versus buy, what operators get wrong, and what operators don't often

I’ve been working on new material over at Rule 11 Academy. This month’s posts are: BGP Route Reflector Lab The Clos Fabric (history) The Default Free Zone Network Addresses BGP Policy Entrance Selection (2) Interview Rubric Sample BGP Policy Entrance Select (1) Interviewing

New post from Russ White on the limitations of testing and failure modes, and what CrowdStrike can teach us. packetpushers.net/blog/what-the-…

When Starlink first went into service we heard a lot of stories about how its Internet service was slow and unreliable. We're a few years into Starlink launching satellites--how is Starlink holding up? Is service improving? Geoff Huston joins Tom, Eyvonne, and Russ to look into

In the early days of computer programming, some thought there was a difference between a coder and a programmer. Did this division ever really exist, and are there similar divisions in network engineering? rule11.tech/hedge-242/

What can network engineers learn from the Crowdstrike outage? A lot more than "test more!" packetpushers.net/blog/what-the-…

Range is one of the most underappreciated technical skills ... cacm.acm.org/careers/a-tech… but you have to remember it takes time to build range ...

The cellular network world is similar enough to the IP networking world to feel familiar, but different enough to require learning new terms and ideas. Tom Nadeau joins Tom Ammon and Russ White to discuss one element of this networking world, the RAN network, and the current move

What are the requirements for running AI workloads over a data center fabric? Why is InfiniBand so popular for building AI networks? What about Ethernet for AI? JeffT joins Tom Ammon and Russ White to discuss networks for AI workloads. rule11.tech/hedge-244/

On "spoiled software enginers", programming languages, and #GoLang in particular from @Wired. wired.com/story/attentio…

October starts tomorrow ... so it's time for an update on the content over at Rule 11 Academy ... This month I've added: Network Design Fundamentals, Resilience (1) FE Interfaces (1) Interviewing Skills, Discovery (Interviewer) Wired Transmission BGP Permanent Oscillation Lab

One of many activities this weekend (besides recording two lessons for Rule 11 Academy) ...

RADIUS is one of those protocols we tend to forget about because it is ubiquitous–but authentication protocols are very large attack surfaces network engineers should pay more attention to. Alan DeKok joins Tom Ammon and Russ White to discuss the RADIUS protocol.