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Today on Heavy Networking, we return to the subject of networking in AWS, with a focus on AWS Transit Gateways.

The Transit Gateway is an evolution of Amazon’s transit VPC. It centralizes VPN connectivity to multiple VPCs, allowing for greater scale as well as simplified connectivity and management of the VPNs that connect VPCs.

Nick Matthews is our inside guide to this service. He’s a Principal Solutions Architect at AWS.

Nick will also peel back the onion on other networking features including Global Accelerator, TLS termination on Network Load Balancer, and odds and ends such as Client VPN.

In addition, Nick shares details about the technology and architecture that underpins Amazon’s networking services.

This is not a sponsored show. More and more listeners are involved with cloud networking, so this episode aims to help you understand what you’re getting into.

We first heard from Nick back in show 387. If you’d like some insight into what’s really happening under the hood of AWS networking, that’s a good place to start.

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Show Links:

Weekly 387: AWS Networking – A View From The Inside – Packet Pushers

Nick Matthews on Twitter

AWS Transit Gateway – AWS Blog

AWS re:Invent Session NET402: AWS Transit Gateway & Transit VPCs, Ref Arch for Many VPCs – Nick Matthews at AWS re:Invent via YouTube

Shuffle Sharding: Massive and Magical Fault Isolation – AWS Blog

AWS Global Accelerator – AWS Blog

AWS VPC Sharing – AWS Docs

AWS Client VPN – YouTube

AWS C5n – 100g instances – AWS

Network Load Balancer Now Supports TLS Termination – AWS

New – TLS Termination for Network Load Balancers – AWS News Blog

A collection of AWS re:Invent videos and p...

Welcome to Tech Bytes, a short, sharp sponsored conversation about new products, emerging technologies, and all things IT.

Today we talk about the intersection of NetOps and SecOps and how network teams can help respond to security incidents and assist the security team.

VIAVI Solutions is our sponsor. Charles Thompson, Sr. Director, Product Management at VIAVI joins us for the conversation.

We discuss how network teams are now expected to assist in security investigations and forensics. Packet capture and analysis tools are essential as a source of truth to understand the scope of an incident, what happened, and what users, devices, or systems were impacted.

We also look at the notion of enriched flow records, which VIAVI can provide with its GigaFlow product, and how end user experience scoring can help remediate network performance and security problems.

Show Links:

VIAVI Solutions

Observer GigaFlow – VIAVI Solutions

Tech Bytes: How VIAVI Measures End User Experience To Improve Performance Management (Sponsored) – Packet Pushers

Leading Validation Authority puts Observer GigaStor to the Test in Latest Report – VIAVI Solutions

State Of The Network 2017 Infographic – VIAVI Solutions (PDF)

Welcome to Tech Bytes, a short, sharp sponsored conversation about new products, emerging technologies, and all things IT.

Today we talk about the intersection of NetOps and SecOps and how network teams can help respond to security incidents and assist the security team.

VIAVI Solutions is our sponsor. Charles Thompson, Sr. Director, Product Management at VIAVI joins us for the conversation.

We discuss how network teams are now expected to assist in security investigations and forensics. Packet capture and analysis tools are essential as a source of truth to understand the scope of an incident, what happened, and what users, devices, or systems were impacted.

We also look at the notion of enriched flow records, which VIAVI can provide with its GigaFlow product, and how end user experience scoring can help remediate network performance and security problems.

Show Links:

VIAVI Solutions

Observer GigaFlow – VIAVI Solutions

Tech Bytes: How VIAVI Measures End User Experience To Improve Performance Management (Sponsored) – Packet Pushers

Leading Validation Authority puts Observer GigaStor to the Test in Latest Report – VIAVI Solutions

State Of The Network 2017 Infographic – VIAVI Solutions (PDF)

Today's Network Break examines a ETS, a proposed alternative to TLS 1.3 that enables decryption, looks at ICAAN's call for DNSSEC everywhere, discusses new products from startups Volta Networks and Veriflow, and much more tech news.

Take a Network Break! The Electronic Frontier Foundation is warning of a proposed alternative to TLS 1.3, called ETS or eTLS, that provides a backdoor for decrypting traffic.

ICAAN calls for a full deployment of DNSSEC, Volta Networks launches a cloud-native router that takes disaggregation to the next level, and Veriflow has announced a new service that maps and models public cloud deployments in AWS and Google for security, compliance, and operational visibility.

Telecom provider Windstream Holdings has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Telsa closes auto stores to sell cars over the Internet, and Nutanix misses Wall Street targets.

Dell Technologies reports its first quarterly earnings since coming back to the public market, VMware posts strong results for its Q4 and full fiscal year, and Nike developers have to fix a bug that prevents their self-lacing shoes from lacing.

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Packet Pushers Virtual Design Clinic

Join the Packet Pushers on March 14th for our free, online Virtual Design Clinic.

You’ll see technical presentations on the P4 Programming Language, and an IPv6 Address Planning Survival Guide, and a sponsored presentation from Kentik. And don’t miss the the Ask Me Anyhing sessions with a panel of experts who answer your network and design questions. Get details and sign up at packetpushers.net/vdc.

Tech Bytes: VIAVI Solutions

Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with VIAVI Solutions. We talk about the intersection of NetOps and Security Ops, and how network engineers can use VIAVI’s packet capture and analytics tools to assist in security investigations and forensic analysis. Find out more at viavisolutions.com/packetpushers.

Show Links:

ETS Isn’t TLS and You Shouldn’t Use It – Electronic Frontier Foundation

ICANN Calls for Full DNSSEC Deployment, Promotes Community Collaboration to Protect the Internet – ICANN

Volta Networks Unveils Industry’s First Cloud-Native Routing Platform that Reduces Total Cost of Ownership 90% Compared to Legacy Routers – Volta Networks

Veriflow Delivers CloudPredict™ SaaS, Industry’s First Network Visibility and Assurance Platform for Multi-Cloud Environments – Veriflow

CDS Strikes Again (Aurelius and Windstream) – Credit Slips

On today's Heavy Networking, three SD-WAN analysts walk into a podcast. We talk deployment strategies, hear advice on how to build a vendor shortlist, get insights about the operational challenges and cost considerations, and more.

Three SD-WAN analysts walk into a podcast.

No, it’s not the start of a joke. Today’s Heavy Networking dives into the business and strategy aspects of SD-WAN with three guest analysts.

We look at the business drivers of SD-WAN, compare market hype to actual deployments, debate the notion you can ditch MPLS for DIA, and get insights about the operational challenges and cost considerations that come with SD-WAN.

Our guests also talk about deployment strategies, offer advice on how to build a vendor shortlist, and explore the concept and ramifications of SD-WAN as a multi-sided market.

Our professional pontificators are Greg Bryan from Telegeograhy, Jason Gintert from WAN Dynamics, and Steve Garson from SD-WAN Experts.

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Show Links:

Telegeography Blog

WAN Summit

SD-WAN Experts.com

SD-WAN Experts on Twitter

Steve Garson on Packet Pushers

WAN Dynamics.com

Jason Gintert on Twitter

Packet Pushers SD-WAN Survey – Packet Pushers Ignition (free membership required)

How are we doing with this whole public cloud thing? Today’s show looks at various components of the public cloud, including APIs, toolsets, and DevOps processes, and tries to get a measure of their maturity.

Our guest is Alex Neihaus, Cloud Architect at Air11 Technology. He has experience with both Azure and AWS clouds, so the podcast focuses primarily on these two (sorry Google).

In addition to APIs and toolsets, we discuss how IT professionals tackle migration to the public cloud, and the struggles and pitfalls that are commonly (or uncommonly) experienced.

Alex argues that organizations shouldn’t get hung up on tools. Process is more important. He also makes the case for why there is JSON, and only JSON.

Show Links:

AWS Lambda and PowerShell – Yobyot

Yobyot.com – Alex’s blog

Alex Neihaus on Twitter

How are we doing with this whole public cloud thing? Today’s show looks at various components of the public cloud, including APIs, toolsets, and DevOps processes, and tries to get a measure of their maturity.

Our guest is Alex Neihaus, Cloud Architect at Air11 Technology. He has experience with both Azure and AWS clouds, so the podcast focuses primarily on these two (sorry Google).

In addition to APIs and toolsets, we discuss how IT professionals tackle migration to the public cloud, and the struggles and pitfalls that are commonly (or uncommonly) experienced.

Alex argues that organizations shouldn’t get hung up on tools. Process is more important. He also makes the case for why there is JSON, and only JSON.

Show Links:

AWS Lambda and PowerShell – Yobyot

Yobyot.com – Alex’s blog

Alex Neihaus on Twitter

Today's Network Break examines Google's new hybrid cloud beta release, Palo Alto's acquisition of security orchestrator Demisto, research by Duo Security on Chrome browser extensions, and more tech news.