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HN762: A Network Automation Roadmap
December 20, 2024

Once you get past a handful of Python scripts, network automation can bedaunting. If you want to make network automation process-driven, repeatable, reliable, and something that doesnt just rely on

HN761: Who Are You Building Automation For? An AutoCon2 Roundtable
December 13, 2024

Todays Heavy Networking comes to you from the AutoCon2 tech event being held in Westminster, Colorado. This episode was recorded in conference room on site at AutoCon2 in November, 2024. The f

HN760: Mitigate IoT/OT Vulnerabilities with Guided Virtual Patching (Sponsored)
December 06, 2024

Today on Heavy Networking, sponsored by Palo Alto Networks, we explore how virtual patching can be used to protect IoT and OT devices. Virtual patching leverages intrusion detection and intrusion

HN 759: Deploying the BGP Monitoring Protocol (BMP) at ISP Scale
November 22, 2024

The BGP Monitoring Protocol, or BMP, is an IETF standard. With BMP you can send BGP prefixes and updates from a router to a collector before any policy filters are applied. Once collected, you can

HN758: How Selector Built an AI Language Model for Networking (Sponsored)
November 15, 2024

On todays episode, artificial intelligence with sponsor Selector.AI. If youre curious and maybe still skeptical about the value AI brings to network operations, listen to this episode. Selector is

HN757: Building a DIY SD-WAN to Serve (Very) Remote Customers
November 08, 2024

On todays episode, we chat with wireless ISP engineer Elijah Zeida. Elijah had an interesting connectivity challenge to solve for a remote mountain town that relies on a wireless connection for I

HN756: Alkira Enhances Its Multi-Cloud Networking With ZTNA and Security (Sponsored)
November 01, 2024

Alkira provides a Multi-Cloud Networking Service (MCNS) that lets you connect public cloud and on-prem locations using a cloud-delivered, as-a-service approach. But Alkira offers more than just

HN755: Optimizing Ethernet to Meet AI Infrastructure Demands
October 25, 2024

Ethernet competes with InfiniBand as a network fabric for AI workloads such as model training. One issue is that AI jobs dont tolerate latency, drops, and retransmits. In other words, AI workloads d

HN754: Secure AI by Design with Palo Alto Networks (Sponsored)
October 18, 2024

AI is finding its way into more and more consumer and business applications. In particular, the widespread use of Generative AI raises a serious question: how secure is it? In this sponsored Heavy

HN753: Getting to Know Cisco’s Network Service Orchestrator (NSO)
October 14, 2024

On todays episode, guest James Henderson joins the Packet Pushers to discuss Ciscos Network Service Orchestrator (NSO). NSOs role in network automation, its declarative management approach, and th