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Random Postings on Application Delivery, Development, and SOA 



November 20, 2009

Scaling Security in the Cloud: Just Hit the Reset Button

Sometimes the best answer to a problem is to hit the reset button, but it should probably be the last answer, not the first.
via devcentral.f5.com

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November 19, 2009

WARNING: Security Device Enclosed

via devcentral.f5.com

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November 18, 2009

It’s DNSSEC Not DNSSUX

Whenever keys, certificates, and PKI enter into a security solution’s architecture the solution almost always becomes overly complex. DNSSEC is no exception, but it doesn’t have to be.
via devcentral.f5.com

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November 17, 2009

Google SPDY Protocol Would Require Mass Change in Infrastructure

Google’s desire to speed up the web via a new protocol is laudable, but the SPDY protocol would require massive changes across networks to support Check out this website I found at devcentral.f5.com

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November 16, 2009

Data as a Service Could Drastically Impact Success of SQL Injection Attacks

The question is whether that impact is positive (a reduction) or negative (an increase).
via devcentral.f5.com

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November 13, 2009

Is Vendor Lock-In Really a Bad Thing?

When you look at the success of some very proprietary solutions and the loyalty with which customers defend them, you have to wonder if vendor lock-in is really as bad a thing as we sometimes make it sound.
via devcentral.f5.com

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November 12, 2009

Cloud, Standards, and Pants

These three things have a lot more in common than you might think and all three tend to evoke similar levels of frustration.
via devcentral.f5.com

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November 11, 2009

‘Drowsy’ Networking

No, not the kind you do on Facebook when you’re really, really tired but the kind defined as a means to reduce power consumption without affecting application performance or availability by eliminating non-essential processing and networking whenever possible.
via devcentral.f5.com

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November 10, 2009

Microsoft Exchange 2010: HELO New Architecture

Microsoft has made some fairly substantial changes to the core architecture of Exchange 2010. Here's the down and dirty overview of what's changed and how it will impact your deployment.
via devcentral.f5.com

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November 9, 2009

Virtualization Changes Application Deployment But Not Development

Cloud computing management functionality and standards are right now laser-focused on virtual machines, and most APIs focus on that level of the infrastructure. This is because the application is still insulated by its virtualized environment. This means nothing changes for developers. But it could and maybe it should. Check out this website I found at devcentral.f5.com

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