Netcat or nc, is a forgotten tool in too many arsenals these days. It lays dormant waiting at the command line to make connections across the globe for you. Knowing how to use it, could ease many of your day to day tasks. Simply put, netcat creates a TCP socket either in listening mode (server) […]
BGP Security Tips (updated)
For some, BGP is a rather large obtrusive beast of a protocol that scares them half to death. This is not without good reason as BGP is not only the most important protocol running on your network, but it is also one of the most targeted routing protocols in terms of malicious attacks. The majority […]
Layer 2 Ethernet transport over OpenVPN
One of the things I used to deploy frequently at my previous position was transport for other ISPs and businesses. Since MPLS support is in its infancy on the Imagestream platform, and was yet to be deployed at the time, this is what I came up with. The configuration is quite simple, setup an OpenVPN […]
