Author Archives: Humair
Cross-VC NSX for Multi-site Solutions
Check-out my latest blog post, Cross-VC NSX for Multi-site Solutions, on the VMware NSX Network Virtualization blog. In the post, I discuss Cross-VC NSX functionality and step through vMotion across different vCenter domains at two different sites.
Posted in Labs, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware
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VMware NSX Online Fundamentals – Multi-Site/Disaster Recovery
Check-out this overview and walk-through presentation I recently did on Cross-VC NSX functionality introduced in NSX 6.2. Deployment models, Multi-Site, and Disaster Recovery solutions are also discussed. To view the video, you must first register. You will then have access … Continue reading
Posted in Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware
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Advanced VMware NSX Security Services with Check Point vSEC
If you haven’t already, checkout my post on the VMware Network Virtualization blog where I describe and show a demo on Advanced VMware NSX Security Services with Check Point vSEC. Most of the information is from prior posts I had … Continue reading
Posted in Check Point, Network Security, Networking, Security, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware
Tagged advanced security, Anti-Bot, Anti-Virus, Application Control, Check Point, Check Point vSEC, Check Point vSEC solution, checkpoint, checkpoint vsec, DFW, distributed firewall, distributed security architecture, Identity Awareness, IDS, Intel, IPS, L5-L7, L5-L7 NSX security, L5-L7 security, McAfee, microsegmentation, microsegmentation model, network virtualization platform, NSX, NSX advanced security, NSX advanced security policies, NSX Check Point vSEC solution, nsx checkpoint, nsx checkpoint vsec, NSX DFW, NSX Distributed Firewall, NSX network virtualization, NSX network virtualization platform, NSX Technology Partners, NSX third party security products, Palo Alto Networks, perimeter-centric security, Rapid 7, security, Symmantec, Threat Emulation, Trend Micro, Tufin, URL Filtering, virtualization, vmware, vmware checkpoint vsec, VMware network virtualization, VMware network virtualization platform, VMware NSX, VMware NSX advanced security, VMware NSX advanced security policies, VMware NSX Check Point vSEC solution, vmware nsx checkpoint vsec, VMware NSX DFW, VMware NSX Distributed Firewall, VMware NSX network virtualization, VMware NSX network virtualization platform, VMware NSX Technology Partners, VMware NSX third party security products, vritualization security, vritualization security services, vSEC
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Automating VMware NSX Security Rules Creation with Splunk and Python
If you haven’t already, checkout my post on the VMware Network Virtualization blog where I describe and show a demo of how Splunk can be used to monitor the VMware NSX distributed firewall (DFW), and, with a little Python code, … Continue reading
Posted in Labs, Network Security, Networking, Programming Languages, Python, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware
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Reset VMware NSX-V DFW to Default Setting via NSX REST API with Python
I’ve been playing with the VMware NSX-V 6.2 REST API using both a browser based REST API client and Python. While I was exploring different methods, I deleted the default NSX-V Distributed Firewall (DFW) L3 section via REST API call … Continue reading
Posted in Labs, Network Security, Networking, Programming Languages, Python, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware
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LinkedIN Publishing Platform – Bugs and Issues to Know
It’s brilliant that LinkedIN created an integrated publishing platform. It’s been a huge success and has allowed many talented writers and experts across many industries to publish and share their knowledge with the communities who would most likely be interested … Continue reading
Posted in Applications, Blogging, LinkedIN, Technology, Tips & Tricks
Tagged article filtering, filtered, follow, LinkedIn, LinkedIN article filtering, LinkedIN bugs, LinkedIN connections, LinkedIN followers, LinkedIN Notification Failure, LinkedIN notification issue, LinkedIN notifications, LinkedIN Publishing Activity Updates, LinkedIN Publishing article filtering, LinkedIN Publishing Notification Failure, LinkedIN Publishing notification issue, LinkedIN Publishing notifications, LinkedIN Publishing Platform, LinkedIN Publishing Platform Activity Updates, LinkedIN Publishing Platform article filtering, LinkedIN Publishing Platform bugs, LinkedIN Publishing Platform Notification Failure, LinkedIN publishing platform notification issue, LinkedIN Publishing Platform notifications, LinkedIN Publishing Platform Recent Activity, LinkedIN Publishing Platform troubleshooting, LinkedIN Publishing Platform Update, LinkedIN Publishing Recent Activity, LinkedIN Publishing Updates, LinkedIN Pulse Channel, LinkedIN Recent Activity, LinkedIN support, linkedin support phone, LinkedIN troubleshooting, Notification flag, Pulse Channel, Pulse Channels, security, security flag, troubleshooting
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VMware NSX and Comprehensive Security for the SDDC
I’ve written several prior articles on the VMware NSX network virtualization platform as it relates to security. NSX offers such a robust platform for security, I sometimes come across folks interested in NSX yet not aware of the full potential … Continue reading
Posted in Check Point, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware
Tagged advanced security, Anti-Bot, Anti-Virus, Application Control, Check Point, Check Point vSEC, Check Point vSEC solution, checkpoint, checkpoint vsec, demo, DFW, distributed firewall, distributed security architecture, Identity Awareness, IDS, Intel, IPS, L5-L7, L5-L7 NSX security, L5-L7 security, McAfee, microsegmentation, microsegmentation model, network virtualization platform, NSX, NSX advanced security, NSX advanced security policies, NSX Check Point Demo, NSX Check Point Demo Video, NSX Check Point Video, NSX Check Point vSEC solution, nsx checkpoint, nsx checkpoint vsec, NSX DFW, NSX Distributed Firewall, NSX network virtualization, NSX network virtualization platform, NSX Technology Partners, NSX third party security products, Palo Alto Networks, perimeter-centric security, Rapid 7, security, Symmantec, Threat Emulation, Trend Micro, Tufin, URL Filtering, video, virtualization, vmware, vmware checkpoint vsec, VMware network virtualization, VMware network virtualization platform, VMware NSX, VMware NSX advanced security, VMware NSX advanced security policies, VMware NSX Check Point vSEC Demo, VMware NSX Check Point vSEC Demo Video, VMware NSX Check Point vSEC solution, VMware NSX Check Point vSEC Video, vmware nsx checkpoint vsec, VMware NSX DFW, VMware NSX Distributed Firewall, VMware NSX network virtualization, VMware NSX network virtualization platform, VMware NSX Technology Partners, VMware NSX third party security products, vritualization security, vritualization security services, vSEC
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Advanced Security with VMware NSX and Check Point vSEC [Video]
In a prior blog, I wrote about VMware NSX and Check Point vSEC integration for advanced security. Check out the VMware NSX Check Point vSEC demo on the VMware NSX YouTube channel or embedded directly below. In this demo, I … Continue reading
Posted in Check Point, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Technology, VMware
Tagged advanced security, Anti-Bot, Anti-Virus, Application Control, Check Point, Check Point vSEC, Check Point vSEC solution, checkpoint, checkpoint vsec, demo, DFW, distributed firewall, distributed security architecture, Identity Awareness, IDS, Intel, IPS, L5-L7, L5-L7 NSX security, L5-L7 security, McAfee, microsegmentation, microsegmentation model, network virtualization platform, NSX, NSX advanced security, NSX advanced security policies, NSX Check Point Demo, NSX Check Point Demo Video, NSX Check Point Video, NSX Check Point vSEC solution, nsx checkpoint, nsx checkpoint vsec, NSX DFW, NSX Distributed Firewall, NSX network virtualization, NSX network virtualization platform, NSX Technology Partners, NSX third party security products, Palo Alto Networks, perimeter-centric security, Rapid 7, security, Symmantec, Threat Emulation, Trend Micro, Tufin, URL Filtering, video, virtualization, vmware, vmware checkpoint vsec, VMware network virtualization, VMware network virtualization platform, VMware NSX, VMware NSX advanced security, VMware NSX advanced security policies, VMware NSX Check Point vSEC Demo, VMware NSX Check Point vSEC Demo Video, VMware NSX Check Point vSEC solution, VMware NSX Check Point vSEC Video, vmware nsx checkpoint vsec, VMware NSX DFW, VMware NSX Distributed Firewall, VMware NSX network virtualization, VMware NSX network virtualization platform, VMware NSX Technology Partners, VMware NSX third party security products, vritualization security, vritualization security services, vSEC
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VMware NSX 6.2 Adds Cross-vCenter Networking and Security
Ahead of this year’s VMworld which was just this past week (08/30 – 09/03), VMware recently released NSX 6.2 with many new and exciting features. You can see a list of new features listed in the NSX 6.2 online release … Continue reading
Posted in Network Architecture, Networking, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware
Tagged 8 NSX Managers, ARP snooping, Central CLI, CLI monitoring, communication channel health monitoring, Cross-VC NSX, Cross-VC NSX object, Cross-VC NSX objects, Cross-vCenter, Cross-vCenter Networking and Security, DFW, DHCP snooping, distributed firewall, DSX logical router, eight NSX Managers, global, host locale ID, ip address, IP Set, local egress, locale ID, logical router, logical switch, MAC address, MAC Set, multi-site deployment, multi-vcenter NSX, Network Virtualization, north-south, North-South traffic, NSX, NSX 6.2, NSX 6.2 new feature, NSX Controller Cluster, NSX Controllers, NSX DFW, NSX Distributed Firewall, NSX DLR, nsx logical router, NSX logical switch, NSX LS, NSX Manager, NSX multi-site deployment, NSX network virtualization, NSX Security Groups, NSX UDLR, NSX Universal Controller Cluster, NSX Universal Controllers, NSX Universal DFW, NSX Universal DFW Rules, NSX Universal Distributed Firewall, NSX Universal Distributed Logical Router, NSX Universal Logical Switch, NSX Universal LS, NSX Universal Rules, NSX Universal Synchronization Service, NSX Universal Transport Zone, NSX UTZ, NSX with multiple vCenters, primary NSX Manager, secondary NSX Manager, security, Security Groups, trace flow, UDLR, universal, Universal Controller Cluster, Universal DFW, Universal DFW rules, Universal Distributed Firewall, Universal distributed firewall rules, Universal Distributed Logical Router, Universal DLR, Universal Logical Switch, Universal LS, Universal rules, Universal Synchronization Service, Universal Transport Zone, UTZ, vCenter, VMware network virtualization, VMware NSX 6.2, VMware NSX Manager, VMware vCenter, VSS
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