
Intent Based Networking

Intent Based Networking

The inner workings of the TCP reassembly queue


How vendors react to @taviso

Watching the account manager explaining the new pricing structure

When a competitor asks how you manage your network

When the customer asks you for additional IPv4 space

When you have a 32-bit ASN and you see RFC 8092 got published

Why BGP Connection Collision Resolution is useful

Average network engineer be like

Networking truths, RFC 1925 section 2.7a: “Good, Fast, Cheap: Pick any two”

When your upstream does beautiful scenic routing

When the manager says he’ll patch the software himself

Network Automation attempt #5

Tripping BGP Max-Prefix

Getting control plane policing working on the first attempt

Testing the new CoPP firewall rules

When your colleague shows you his new router clean-up script

Explaining a cascading failure due to staff shortage to your manager

When the redundant setup doesn’t crap itself during a failover test

Tcpdumping the interface over which you are logged in

When someone dumps an IPR claim on your IETF draft at the very last minute

Addressing all concerns on the IETF IDR mailing list

Upgrading the dual RPs at the same time

When the dreamteam is on call

When the vendor asks who would possibly ever use Large BGP Communities

When the account manager emails you the new End-of-Life product sheet

When the Internet Of Things is weaponised and used in DDoS attacks