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It's obsolete and incomplete, but it keeps serving a purpose. I'll use it until I can open a cmd prompt on any computer and type "netpath 8.8.8.8" and see all paths and hops and latencies.

Tim Cook has great points in his calling for stronger privacy laws. And I think he has no chance of getting positive results with his ideas when government and business had mal-people have money to make or take by defeating privacy laws.

iPhone batteries. It's hard to imagine Apple couldn't anticipate the tremendous backlash and pushback against them slowing iPhone data throughput "just to save battery life". I wonder if any of their employees will lose their jobs over that misstep. Apple went down that path before when they first removed the ability to…

All that dirt you're moving is a great reason for a toy that can handle it. Buy/borrow/rent the right backhoe, excavator, tractor, or ATV-with-plow. I've gotten to the age where I have less time & muscle than I have funds with which to pay someone else to help me get certain jobs done. This looks like one!

Sigh. Buy-in and buy-out. Having one's cake and eating it, too. It's ironic coming from a manufacturer of MANY tools. I'm a firm believer of having the right tools for the job, and SW provides great options. I'm forced to temper my love for tools by budget considerations, while users and the Enterprise are not (apparently)…

The story about the GeoFencing data share to law enforcement reveals some of the need the Justice System has for useful data. However, criminals reading that same story probably take away a reverse bit of understanding: Don't bring your "smart" device anywhere, so you'll never be outed by it during a GeoFence discovery.…

This is common sense--from a Network Administration point of view. Non-technical managers and C-level people and directors could take a note from this brief and insightful blog. It's one reason why the SolarWinds T-Shirt presents the wrong information when it says "No, the Network is NOT down" and it has an arrow pointing…

Thank you for another educational and entertaining mission!

Oh, dear. That's a good lesson for everyone to read or hear about. It's amazing the work some folks will go through to take what's not theirs, versus the work they will NOT do to improve their situation. I heard an amazing NPM story about a fellow from Canada who figured out a low-risk way to counterfeit U.S. currency…

I/O levels only went to 8. I wonder why not to 10. I got a kick out of guitar makers who created pots that were numbered from 1-11. What rocker didn't want to try playing at 11?

Apple Leakers are probably a lot easier to catch than they realize. I've seen companies release private information to staff, both in hard copy and electronically, and everyone unknowingly receives a very unique copy of the information. Somewhere in the hardcopy is a typo or an added bit of punctuation or a slightly…

1. Is it detrimental to leave Hubble on all the time? 2. Is it sufficient to only run Hubble on the Main Instance, or are there benefits to also run it on APE's?

I still reference these lists. Thanks for providing the info.

I'm glad Google's taking the pandemic seriously. Closing down their convention seems to be the most responsible action.

I want this. Send me bodies to fill in my employee/team gaps and I'll love to attend.

I've been using IP SLA for several years. It's reliable, runs in the background, and just does a good job. However, setting it up isn't always intuitive. I'd be interested in seeing more about how Orion can support and monitor it.

One really ought not torch police cars. After all, we're the ones paying for them. And we'll just have to repair or replace every car we destroy. Destroying public property is sort of like cutting off one's nose to spite one's face. I understand the reaction to bad politics, bad history, racism, frustration, etc. Maybe to…

If you like big Walleyes (or any fish in large sizes, for that matter), practicing catch & release is the only way it can happen. We're too sophisticated as fishermen, we've studied habits and structure and bait, and we have high levels of technology to help us find fish. It's a wonder there are any big ones left, I think.…

Perhaps our network implementation desires of using systems that Does What I'm Thinking are limited by Management who control budgets for training and technologies and staffing. Many times I've thought (and stated) "We can work efficiently to build whatever Management wants--if they'd only draw a line in the sand and say…

I'm surprised at how the price of those has come down, thanks to Moore's Law. Years ago, when I bought a 58" set for $1400 I believed I had the best TV for my purposes, at the lowest price anywhere. Last night I was walking through Wal-Mart shopping for other items and I noticed a 75" 4K set for that same $1400. When I…

And it all comes back to training. Knowing the right way to work with customers and code (DevOps, anyone?), knowing HOW to code correctly, and WHEN coding is your responsibility. Get that training funded for you or your people, and no one ever need ask: "Now We do DevOps. Do I Need to Learn Coding?"

It's true, Cisco's not the only solution out there. But we're quite heavily invested in Cisco-centric technologies that for all intents and purposes, to my organization they ARE the only player. We don't eliminate the others from consideration, and we're not above going with a best-of-breed solution. At a minimum, even…

Congratulations. I hope it's a great company to work for, because it seems like fun work I'd love to do!

Say it with ST:TNG style! Or be skeptical! Or just try to explain it as if you were speaking to a child:

Here's another classic outage, affecting MANY users, caused by human error today: Ever wanted to strangle Microsoft? Now Outlook, Skype 'throttle' users amid storm cloud drama • The Register

My impression about the gap in Cyber Security hiring reflects poorly on Management's investment in training. I'd suggest training internal staff to become SME's for every need instead of waiting for someone to come out of CISSP school with the necessary certifications. Your internal staff will be better able to understand…

This is a sweet value-add for just keeping a support contract up to date. Being able to have all the ASA Insight benefits "for free" by just upgrading to NPM 12.2 is a no-brainer. I only have 80 ASA's, but I've already improved their security and performance through the Net Insight visibility provided by the new version of…

Apparently "secure shadow" is "a thing." And for history buffs, this tangent: "Secure the Shadow, 'ere the substance fades" "Secure the shadow, ere the substance fades" was one of the earliest advertising slogans used by photographers . . ." "The phrase urged one and all to capture the image (Secure the shadow) before…