It's either two hours, two days, two weeks... or too long. Two things these last two weeks have brought this old saying to … [Read more...]
About Russ White
Russ White is a Network Architect who's currently looking for a new challenge. He's scribbled a basket of books, penned a plethora of patents, written a raft of RFCs, taught a trencher of classes, and done a lot of other stuff you either already know about, or don't really care about. If you want letters, well... BSIT/MSIT (Capella University), CCIE #2635, CCDE 2007:001, CCAr. So there.
Book Review: A Primer of Multicast Routing
7 May 2013 by 4 Comments
I was recently in need of a refresher on multicast routing, so I picked up Eric Rosenberg's A Primer of Multicast Routing … [Read more...]
Are You a Fuddy Duddy?
4 May 2013 by 7 Comments
This recent article from IEEE Spectrum discusses our impression that as we age, we lose the ability to learn quickly — … [Read more...]
Machine Fragile: More Thoughts
2 May 2013 by 3 Comments
I just ran across a pointer to this research on Bruce Schneier's blog: Networking system components that are well-behaved in … [Read more...]
Machine Fragile
27 April 2013 by 3 Comments
Yesterday, a “breaking news” tweet at 1:07 PM EDT from the Associated Press reported that two explosions had occurred at … [Read more...]
Surprised by Spam
20 March 2013 by 3 Comments
I attended my first in person meeting of the ISOC Advisory Council this last week — I'm a newly minted co-chair, and … [Read more...]
Stuff You Don’t Need to Know: In Response to Ethan
12 February 2013 by 7 Comments
I would have put this in the comments to Ethan's post --but responding post to post is much more fun. :-) To begin, I must … [Read more...]
Thoughts on Open EIGRP
4 February 2013 by 5 Comments
I've been in a hole working on a lot of other projects for a few months (hence my lack of posts!), but not so deep as to not … [Read more...]
No, Not That Kind of Model!
15 August 2012 by 10 Comments
We're not selling clothes, after all. Ivan and I have been tossing emails back and forth about Openflow over the last week … [Read more...]
Balloons, Bags, and SDNs
8 August 2012 by 5 Comments
"It won't scale." These words have become an almost reflexive habit, haven't they? Particularly in relation to SDNs, "it … [Read more...]
Obscurity. Security. Reality.
1 August 2012 by 22 Comments
It was only a year or two ago that I was informed I no longer need curtains in my house. “So long as your door locks are … [Read more...]
July 2012 IETF Update
30 July 2012 by 7 Comments
The IETF is on my mind this week (for pretty obvious reasons). If anyone is in Vancouver, and would like to meet up, send me … [Read more...]
Prepping for the CCDE: The Scalability and Flexibility Domains
18 July 2012 by 4 Comments
What comes to mind when you hear the word "scalability?" If you're an old timer, like me, you might think about several … [Read more...]
Prepping for the CCDE: The Availability Domain
29 June 2012 by Leave a Comment
The normal place to start when studying for a certification like the CCDE would be with technology --after all, we're … [Read more...]
Cisco and the SDN
16 June 2012 by 10 Comments
If you keep your ear to the ground, you'll already know Cisco announced a new jump into the SDN space this week. I sat around … [Read more...]
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