Fri.Apr 11, 2025

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HN776: Security Platforms: Balancing Efficacy, Ops, and Emerging Threats (Sponsored)

Packet Pushers

Network security has evolved from stateful perimeter firewalls with maybe some IDS/IPS to a complex stack delivered as numerous unique tools, which often don’t talk to one another and may need to be operated by specialists. In this environment it’s hard to unify a security policy, troubleshoot problems, manage and operate tools, and respond effectively.

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Paolo Maffezzoli posted an update: Microsoft Defender will isolate undiscovered endpoints to […]

4sysops

Microsoft Defender will isolate undiscovered endpoints to block attacks Microsoft is developing a new feature for Defender for Endpoint aimed at blocking network traffic to and from undiscovered devices, thereby preventing attackers from moving laterally within a network. This functionality works by containing the IP addresses of devices that have not yet been recognized or onboarded into the Defender for Endpoint system.

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Announcing OIDC Token Federation for Enhanced Delta Sharing Security

databricks

We are excited to introduce the Public Preview of OIDC Token Federation for Enhanced Delta Sharing Security a major security and usability enhancement for when

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Unlocking Data Insights with Confluent Tableflow: Querying Apache Iceberg™️ Tables with Jupyter Notebooks

Confluent

Learn how to integrate Confluent Tableflow with Trino to query Apache Iceberg tables, and unlock real-time and historical analytics with Jupyter Notebooks

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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ESXi free is back!

vInfrastructure Blog

Reading Time: 2 minutes One year ago, Broadcom killed the Free vSphere Hypervisor, but now, with the last VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3e, the free (and limited) version is back again! Broadcom makes again available the VMware vSphere Hypervisor (the entry-level and free hypervisor). To download the free ESXi, you still need to login in the Broadcom Support Portal, but now you don’t need anymore any licence entitlement.

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MCP + Auth0: An Agentic Match Made in Heaven

auth0

Secure AI agents need more than context. MCP + Auth0 combines identity and control for safe, scalable, autonomous actions.

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20 years of coding

Codecentric Blog

We all grow older. It is simply inevitable. As the saying goes, The only way to not grow old is to die young. Recently, I've completed my 20th year in the development industry. Through academia, consulting, and a stint in product development, I've learned.

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Baki Onur Okutucu wrote a new post: Build your own natural language interface for PowerShell using the Azure OpenAI API

4sysops

This article presents a PowerShell script leveraging the Azure OpenAI API, enabling you to execute PowerShell commands using natural language. A key benefit compared to comparable AI tools like ShellGPT is the ability to customize the script.

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Cyber attacks drop by nearly 10%

DCNN Magazine

Four in 10 (43%) of UK businesses and 30% of charities experienced cyber attacks or data breaches in the last 12 months, according to the latest Cyber Security Breaches Survey. While this marks a slight decrease from last years 50%, the threat level for medium and large businesses remains alarmingly high. The average cost of the most disruptive breach was estimated at 1,600 for businesses and 3,240 for charities.

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shivakumar KY commented on GitHub Copilot Agent mode vs. Ask and Edit mode in VS Code

4sysops

wow, agent mode would add value to co-pilot users.

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

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Juniper and Google Cloud enhance branch deployments

DCNN Magazine

Juniper Networks has announced its collaboration with Google Cloud to accelerate new enterprise campus and branch deployments and optimise user experiences. With just a few clicks in theGoogle Cloud Marketplace, customers can subscribe to Googles Cloud WAN solution alongside Juniper Mist wired, wireless, NAC, firewalls and secure SD-WAN solutions. Unveiled at Google Cloud Next 25, the solution is designed to simply, securely and reliably connect users to critical applications and AI workloads wh

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Simple, scalable, and global: Containers are coming to Cloudflare Workers in June 2025

CloudFaire

It is almost the end of Developer Week and we havent talked about containers: until now. As some of you may know , weve been working on a container platform behind the scenes for some time. In late June, we plan to release Containers in open beta, and today well give you a sneak peek at what makes it unique. Workers are the simplest way to ship software around the world with little overhead.

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Compu Dynamics launches AI and HPC Services unit

DCNN Magazine

Compu Dynamics has announced the launch of its full lifecycle AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) Services unit, showcasing the companys end to end capabilities. The expanded portfolio encompasses the entire spectrum of data centre needs, from initial design and procurement to construction, operation and ongoing maintenance, with a particular emphasis on cutting-edge liquid cooling technologies for AI and HPC environments.

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When a layer 3 switch or a switch with SVI receives a broadcast frame, does the switch decapsulate the frame?

Network Engineering

When a layer 3 switch or a switch with SVI receives a broadcast frame, does the switch decapsulate the frame? I was confused on this. I was playing with packet tracer trying to get a better understanding of things. In simulation mode in packet tracer I got confused with the part the arp process check the routing table whether the requested Ip address is reachable.

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Launching LLM-Based Products: From Concept to Cash in 90 Days

Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Second Yondr data centre goes live at London campus

DCNN Magazine

Yondr Group has achieved the first phase of completion at the companys second data centre on its 100MW London campus. The facility now has 10MW of the buildings 30MW capacity live and operational. The achievement is the latest in a series of project milestones for Yondrs London campus, with the first building entering into operation in the summer of 2024, and work commencing on a third 40MW data centre earlier this year.

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How to ping my PC that has the same public addresss as my phone(due to wifi - hotspot connection) from a device from an another network? [closed]

Network Engineering

I connect my PC to my phone's hotspot for internet and both my phone and PC have the same public address. I can't ping my PC using [link] and the PC's public address.

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Workers AI gets a speed boost, batch workload support, more LoRAs, new models, and a refreshed dashboard

CloudFaire

Since the launch of Workers AI in September 2023, our mission has been to make inference accessible to everyone. Over the last few quarters, our Workers AI team has been heads down on improving the quality of our platform, working on various routing improvements, GPU optimizations, and capacity management improvements. Managing a distributed inference platform is not a simple task, but distributed systems are also what we do best.

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Layer 1 Friday: Flattened Pins

SubnetZero

How about a little layer 1 Friday combined with Netstalgia? Back in the 1990’s I was doing desktop and light network support for a variety of very small clients in San Francisco, mostly advertising agencies. Ad agencies were experiencing a boom because of the dotcom era.

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI pr

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Startup Program update: empowering every stage of the startup journey

CloudFaire

During Cloudflares Birthday Week in September 2024, we introduced a revamped Startup Program designed to make it easier for startups to adopt Cloudflare through a new credits system. This update focused on better aligning the program with how startups and developers actually consume Cloudflare, by providing them with clearer insight into their projected usage, especially as they approach graduation from the program.

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TNO024: Networks for AI and AI for Networks — A Dual Perspective with Aviz Networks (Sponsored)

Packet Pushers

On todays show, we introduce Aviz Networks with Vishal Shukla, Co-Founder & CEO. Vishal and Aviz are making Networks for AI, and AI for Networks. Vishal explains how Aviz does this by offering AI Networking Unpacked. Designed for open-source and vendor-agnostic networking, AI Networking Unpacked works with existing network infrastructures. It also integrates with existing.

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A next-generation Certificate Transparency log built on Cloudflare Workers

CloudFaire

Any public certification authority (CA) can issue a certificate for any website on the Internet to allow a webserver to authenticate itself to connecting clients. Take a moment to scroll through the list of trusted CAs for your web browser (e.g., Chrome ). You may recognize (and even trust) some of the names on that list, but it should make you uncomfortable that any CA on that list could issue a certificate for any website, and your browser would trust it.

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Hedge 266: SR/MPLS

Rule 11

When most people think of segment routing (SR), they think of SRv6–using IPv6 addresses as segment IDs, and breaking the least significant /64 to create microsids for service differentiation. This is not, however, the only way to implement and deploy SR. The alternative is SR using MPLS labels, or SR/MPLS. Hemant Sharma joins Tom Ammon and Russ White to discuss SR/MPLS, why operators might choose MPLS over IPv6 SIDs, and other topics related to SR/MPLS.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Startup spotlight: building AI agents and accelerating innovation with Cohort #5

CloudFaire

With quick access to flexible infrastructure and innovative AI tools, startups are able to deploy production-ready applications with speed and efficiency. Cloudflare plays a pivotal role for countless applications, empowering founders and engineering teams to build, scale, and accelerate their innovations with ease and without the burden of technical overhead.

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Surender Kumar posted an update: Microsoft Collaborates with Anthropic to Launch C# SDK for […]

4sysops

Microsoft Collaborates with Anthropic to Launch C# SDK for MCP Integration – InfoQ Microsoft has collaborated with Anthropic to create an official C# SDK for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open protocol that connects large language models with external tools and data. This open-source SDK is hosted under the modelcontextprotocol GitHub organization and builds on the existing community project mcpdotnet, initiated by Peder Holdgaard Pederson.

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How we simplified NCMEC reporting with Cloudflare Workflows

CloudFaire

Cloudflare plays a significant role in supporting the Internets infrastructure. As a reverse proxy by approximately 20% of all websites , we sit directly in the request path between users and the origin, helping to improve performance, security, and reliability at scale. Beyond that, our global network powers services like delivery , Workers , and R2 making Cloudflare not just a passive intermediary, but an active platform for delivering and hosting content across the Internet.

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Indiana Digital Learning Grant Can Support Khan Academy District Partnerships

Khan Academy

Use Khan Academy and Khanmigo to enhance student learning Great news! The Indiana Digital Learning Grant for SY 2025-26 is accepting applications now through Friday, May 16th, and you can apply today to request up to $50k to bring Khan Academy and AI-powered student tutoring and AI teacher tools for your district. Were proud to say that Khan Academy with Khanmigo was the #1 tool selected by Indiana educators in prior Digital Learning grant cycles.

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A Tale of Two Case Studies: Using LLMs in Production

Speaker: Tony Karrer, Ryan Barker, Grant Wiles, Zach Asman, & Mark Pace

Join our exclusive webinar with top industry visionaries, where we'll explore the latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence and the incredible potential of LLMs. We'll walk through two compelling case studies that showcase how AI is reimagining industries and revolutionizing the way we interact with technology. Some takeaways include: How to test and evaluate results 📊 Why confidence scoring matters 🔐 How to assess cost and quality 🤖 Cross-platform cost vs. quality tr

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Weekend Reads 041125

Rule 11

Amazon was a major player in ICANNs last top-level domain (TLD) expansion round, serving as a Registry Operator for over 50 TLDs based on over 70 strings for which they originally applied. A recent influx of /16 IPv4 address blocks has sent ripples through the secondary market, triggering a notable decline in average sale prices for the largest address sizes.

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Paolo Maffezzoli posted an update: Windows 11: Microsoft warns do not delete inetpub folder […]

4sysops

Windows 11: Microsoft warns do not delete inetpub folder after causing confusion Microsoft has issued a warning to Windows 11 users not to delete the “inetpub” folder, which is created as part of the April 2025 Update. Initially thought to be a bug, the folder’s existence has been confirmed as an intentional aspect of a security patch related to the vulnerability CVE-2025-21204, which allows potential attackers to modify system files.

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Housecall Pro Review: A Call Worth Taking for Home Services

Geek Flare

What is Housecall Pro? Housecall Pro is a mobile-first field service management software specifically designed for field service businesses and small-to-mid-sized teams. Founded in 2013 in Denver, USA, it addresses the unique operational challenges faced by professionals working outside of a traditional office setting. Trusted by 45,000 businesses, it focuses on streamlining workflows for a […] The post Housecall Pro Review: A Call Worth Taking for Home Services appeared first on Geekflare

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Paolo Maffezzoli posted an update: OpenAI's GPT-4 retires at the end of April OpenAI […]

4sysops

OpenAI’s GPT-4 retires at the end of April OpenAI announced that its GPT-4 language model will be removed from ChatGPT effective April 30. It will be replaced by GPT-4o, a model that OpenAI claims offers superior performance in writing, programming, and STEM tasks. Though GPT-4 will no longer be available within the ChatGPT interface, developers can still access it via OpenAI’s API.

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LLMOps for Your Data: Best Practices to Ensure Safety, Quality, and Cost

Speaker: Shreya Rajpal, Co-Founder and CEO at Guardrails AI & Travis Addair, Co-Founder and CTO at Predibase

Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT offer unprecedented potential for complex enterprise applications. However, productionizing LLMs comes with a unique set of challenges such as model brittleness, total cost of ownership, data governance and privacy, and the need for consistent, accurate outputs. Putting the right LLMOps process in place today will pay dividends tomorrow, enabling you to leverage the part of AI that constitutes your IP – your data – to build a defensible AI strategy fo