BGP PMTUD allows BGP to discover the smallest MTU value on a path so that BGP messages are transmitted based on the path MTU. BGP packets are encapsulated in TCP
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Amazon New Regions/Availability Zones (Dec’17-Jan’18)
Amazon Global Infrastructure The AWS Cloud spans 50 Availability Zones within 18 geographic Regions around the world, with announced plans for 12 more Availability Zones and four more Regions in
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VMware acquired VeloCloud
In December 2017, VMware acquired VeloCloud, the market leader in cloud-delivered SD-WAN that enables enterprises and service providers to deploy flexible, secure WAN connectivity. VeloCloud’s cloud-delivered SD-WAN enables enterprises to
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MTU, IPv4 PMTUD, IPv6 PMTUD
MTU A maximum transmission unit (MTU) is the largest length of a packet that can be transmitted out of an interface toward a destination. When the word MTU is used
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VMware NSX Micro-segmentation Day 2 Book Available!
VMware NSX Micro-segmentation Day 2 is available for free download! VMware NSX Micro-segmentation Day 2 is a concise book that provides the necessary information to guide organizations interested in bolstering their security
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Nokia – Amazon collaboration
Nokia announces strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services to enable easier transition to the cloud Nokia will support service providers in their migration to AWS with a complete suite of
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VMware: Discontinuation of third party vSwitch program
VMware is announcing discontinuation of its third party virtual switch (vSwitch) program, and plans to deprecate the VMware vSphere APIs used by third party switches in the release following vSphere
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Cisco Nexus 5000/9000 – Security Advisories & Responses !!
Cisco Nexus 3K/5K/6K/7K/8K/9K/MDS Telnet CLI Command Injection Vulnerability First Published:2017 May 17 16:00 GMT Workarounds: No workarounds available Cisco Bug IDs:CSCvb86771 A vulnerability in the Telnet CLI command of Cisco NX-OS System Software running on
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New, faster Internet protocol for disasters proposed
A new Multi Node Label Routing (MNLR) protocol will cut Internet data recovery time in disasters, believe scientists The Internet isn’t fast enough, or bandwidth capacious enough for data-intensive emergency
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What is a Container?
Hypervisor and Container A hypervisor is a piece of software, firmware, or hardware that VMs run on top of. The hypervisors themselves run on physical computers, referred to as the
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