firewalls

Interop: Firewalls, Booth Babes and Unicorn Poop

12 May 2013 by Mrs. Y 1 Comment

Now that I've returned from the whirlwind that was Interop Las Vegas, I thought I'd share some thoughts about my experience … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, SDN, Security, Work Life Tagged With: cisco, data center, firewall, firewalls, management, mrs. y, network, network security, networking, SDN, security, tech field day, worklife

A Small Yellow Wooden Door: Thinking Practically About SDN

28 March 2013 by Steven Iveson Leave a Comment

As I do most days, I took a walk in the woods at the back of my garden after a hearty dinner. I was quite surprised to come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, SDN Tagged With: data center, data centre, design, firewalls, networking, packet pushers, routing, SDN, security, switching, virtualization

Show 135 – Change Control Causes Constipation

11 February 2013 by Greg Ferro 12 Comments

Ethan & I talk about recent events in the industry and their workday. I have a head cold so apologies for the sniffles / … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Weekly Shows Tagged With: cisco, data center, design, firewalls, load balancing, networking, nexus, podcast, virtual, virtualization, vmware

Security Superstition

20 January 2013 by Mrs. Y 2 Comments

A scientist is never certain. We all know that. We know that all our statements are approximate statements with different … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Security Tagged With: firewall, firewalls, healthy paranoia, incident response, intrusion detection, mrs. y, network security, security, URL Categorization, URL classification, virtualization, web reputation

Healthy Paranoia Show 6: Once Upon a Time, There Was Virtualization…

17 November 2012 by Mrs. Y 3 Comments

Yes boys and girls, today we tell a story of clouds. The Packetpushers attack the subject of virtualization security. You'll … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Paranoia, Podcasts Tagged With: cloud, data center, data centre, design, firewall, firewalls, mrs. y, network, network security, networking, podcast, virtualization, vmware

Show 122 – Mission Impossible: Blast Radius, Part 2

20 October 2012 by Ethan Banks 1 Comment

In this "part 2" podcast (show 119 was part 1), co-hosts Ethan Banks and Greg Ferro are joined by Tom Hollingsworth, Tony … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts, Weekly Shows Tagged With: firewalls, network security, overlay networks, virtualization security, wan acceleration, wan optimization

Healthy Paranoia Show 4:IPv6 Security Smackdown!

1 October 2012 by Mrs. Y 7 Comments

Join Healthy Paranoia for The Matchup of the Century: The IPv6 Security Smackdown! Where builders and breakers wrestle with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Paranoia, Podcasts Tagged With: Cisco Systems, data center, ethernet, firewall, firewalls, IP address, ipv6, mrs. y, network, network security, networking, packet pushers podcast, podcast, security

Revenge of the TOE

27 September 2012 by Mrs. Y 7 Comments

Recently a colleague and I encountered a very perplexing issue with one of our ASAs. Our team had reports of users … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Data Center, Switching Tagged With: cisco, data center, ethernet, firewalls, healthy paranoia, mrs. y, network, networking, security, switching, troubleshooting

Obscurity. Security. Reality.

1 August 2012 by Russ White 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...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Security Tagged With: firewalls, obscurity, security

John Chambers, Meet Seth Godin

30 June 2012 by Mrs. Y 5 Comments

I started this post about a month ago, after listening to Greg on one of the podcasts talk about how a certain vendor is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Network Management, Security, Work Life Tagged With: cisco, data centre, ethernet, firewalls, juniper, mrs. y, network, network security, networking, security, troubleshooting, worklife

Pwn Your Own Network

7 May 2012 by Mrs. Y Leave a Comment

I'll admit it. Part of the reason I'm in IT is for the toys. Before Daniel Craig (yum) took over, I think the only … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Security, Work Life Tagged With: data center, firewall, firewalls, mrs. y, network, network security, networking, security, wireless

When Is a Firewall Like a Speed Bump?

6 May 2012 by Mrs. Y 5 Comments

The other day the Director of Engineering at my new job asked me why we install firewalls. He admitted that he already had an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Data Center, Security, Work Life Tagged With: data center, firewall, firewalls, mrs. y, network, network security, networking, security, worklife

Fatalism Is Sexy: Security’s New Mindset of the Inevitable Hack

28 April 2012 by Ethan Banks 5 Comments

In my industry reading this week, I came across the following notion a few times: getting hacked is inevitable - therefore, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Security Tagged With: crowdstrike, damage mitigation, firewalls, ids, ips, network security

Thin Slicing a Black Swan: The Search for the Unknown Unknowns

15 April 2012 by Mrs. Y 2 Comments

Over the last two weeks I've had an ongoing conversation with Derick Winkworth regarding the colossal (and largely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Security, Work Life Tagged With: career, data center, design, firewall, firewalls, mrs. y, network security, security, worklife

Netting the Botnets With Cisco ASA Without a License

29 September 2011 by iggdawg 1 Comment

I posted this a couple months ago on my blog, but alas my non-celeb status on the internet means I get few views. Still, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Security Tagged With: asa, cisco, firewalls, scripting, security

Who is Greg Ferro?

Greg Ferro is a Network Engineer/Architect, mostly focussed on Data Centre, Security Infrastructure, and recently Virtualization. He has over 20 years in IT, in wide range of employers working as a freelance consultant including Finance, Service Providers and Online Companies. He is CCIE#6920 and has a few ideas about the world, but not enough to really count.

He is a host on the Packet Pushers Podcast, blogger at EtherealMind.com and on Twitter @etherealmind and Google Plus.

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Who is Ethan Banks?

Ethan Banks, CCIE #20655, is a hands-on networking practitioner who has designed, built and maintained networks for higher education, state government, financial institutions, and technology corporations. Ethan is a host of the Packet Pushers Podcast, which has seen over one million unique downloads, and today reaches a global audience of over ten thousand listeners. Also a writer, Ethan covers network engineering and the networking industry for a variety of IT publications. He is also the editor for the independent community of bloggers at PacketPushers.net. Follow @ecbanks.