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NetDev 0x13 on Software Gone Wild
The last Software Gone Wild podcast recorded in 2019 focused on advances in Linux networking - in particular on interesting stuff presented at NetDev 0x13 conference in Prague. The guests (in alphabetical first name order) Jamal Hadi Salim, Shrijeet Mukh
IP Fabric with Gian-Paolo Boarina on Software Gone Wild
No, we were not talking about IP fabrics in general - IP Fabric is a network management software (oops, network assurance platform) Gian Paolo discovered a while ago and thoroughly tested in the meantime. He was kind enough to share what he found in Epis
OpenBGPD with Claudio Jeker on Software Gone Wild
Everyone is talking about FRRouting suite these days, while hidden somewhere in the background OpenBGPD has been making continuous progress for years. Interestingly, OpenBGPD project was started for the same reason FRR was forked - developers were unhapp
Net2Text: Natural-Language Interface to Network Operations
Sick-and-tired of intent-based GUIs that are barely better than CiscoWorks on steroids? How about asking Siri-like assistant queries about network state in somewhat-limited English and getting replies back in full-blown sentences?Warning: you might be re
Intent-Based Networking with Batfish on Software Gone Wild
Imagine you would have a system that would read network device configurations, figure out how those devices might be connected, reverse-engineer the network topology, and be able to answer questions like “what would happen if this link fails” or “do I ha
Device Configuration Synthesis with NetComplete on Software Gone Wild
When I was still at university the fourth-generation programming languages were all the hype, prompting us to make jokes along the lines “fifth generation will implement do what I don’t know how” The research team working in Networked Systems Group at ET
Programmable Packet Forwarding Pipelines Using P4 on Software Gone Wild
Every time a new simple programming language is invented, we go through the same predictable cycle:Tons of hype;Unbounded enthusiasm when people who never worked in target environment realize they could get something simple done in a short time;Ever-worse
Using Faucet to Build SC18 Network with OpenFlow
Remember how Nick Buraglio tried to use OpenDaylight to build a small part of SuperComputing conference network… and ended up with a programmable patch panel? This time he repeated the experiment using Faucet SDN Controller – an OpenFlow con
Multipath TCP on Software Gone Wild
I mentioned Multipath TCP (MP-TCP) numerous times in the past but I never managed to get beyond “this is the thing that might solve some TCP multihoming challenges” We fixed this omission in Episode 100 of Software Gone Wild with Christoph Paa
Smart NICs and Related Linux Kernel Infrastructure
A while ago we did a podcast with Luke Gorrie in which he explained why he’d love to have simple, dumb, and easy-to-work-with Ethernet NICs. What about the other side of the coin – smart NICs with their own CPU, RAM and operating system? Do th