Posts by Russ
Hedge 230: Preparing for Layoffs
You will probably be laid off at least once in your career–we no longer live a world of “permanent positions,” or even a world where people are in complete control of their “work destiny.” It’s important, then, to prepare to be laid off, made redundant, or impacted by a RIF, today. Mike Bushong joins Eyvonne Sharp, Tom Ammon, and Russ White in a wide-ranging discussion about preparing to be laid off.
Hedge 229: QUIC
What is QUIC? Where did it come from? Why has it been successfully deployed where so many other protocols have either taken forever or flat-out failed? George Michaelson (of APNIC fame) joins Tom Ammon and Russ White on this episode of the Hedge to (quickly) talk about QUIC.
Rule 11 Academy 060324
New material at Rule 11 Academy this week:
Understanding Intra-AS BGP
Suboptimal BGP Route Reflection Lab
I’ve done a good bit of BGP to this point; I’m probably going to work on link state or some other part of the outline next week. I’m trying to make certain everyone who signs up for the first time gets the first six months for free; the membership plugin is being a bit squirrely, so you might see accounts expired, etc. I’m fixing these as I see them.
Hedge 228: Five Execs Misunderstandings about Tech
Miscommunication between techies and business leaders are often caused by misunderstanding. Listen in as Eyvonne, Tom, and Russ discuss these misunderstandings and how we can address them.
On the ‘net: Modeling Tunnels
On the ‘net: Grey Failures and the Law of Large Numbers
You’ve just finished building a 1,000 router fabric using a proper underlay and overlay. You’ve thought of everything, including doing it all with a single SKU, carefully choosing transceivers, using only the best optical cables, and running all the software through a rigorous testing cycle. Time to relax? Perhaps—or perhaps not.
Upcoming Training: How the Internet Really Works
The 29th of May, in 7 days, I’m teaching a four-hour webinar/class on Safari Books Online:
This class isn’t just for network engineers, it’s for anyone interested in how the Internet works. You don’t need prior network engineering experience or knowledge to understand the content–so feel free to forward along to anyone you think might be interested, even managers (!) and coders.