Network Break 318: Cisco Unveils New Catalyst Hardware; Internet Sleuth Uncovers Global IPv4 Misuse

Take a Network Break! Today’s explores new products from Cisco, including edge appliances for SD-WAN and micro switches to bring fiber to the desktop. In other product news, Fortinet has announced FortiXDR, a detection and response offering that combines an endpoint agent with cloud-based analytics. Independent researcher Ron Guilmette uncovers IPv4 address misuse at AFRINIC, where an employee allegedly made millions of dollars selling misallocated addresses. Guilmette has also uncovered shenanigans by Russian hosting provider DDOS-Guard, which broke rules to get access to v4 addresses for Latin America. We analyze financial results from Juniper Networks and F5, and examine a $208 million investment in routing startup DriveNets. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks Enable secure access for your remote workers from anywhere with Palo Alto Networks’  Prisma Access, a cloud-delivered, tier-one network. Prisma® Access offers comprehensive network security in a single services edge platform designed for all traffic, all applications, and all users. Learn more at paloaltonetworks.com/secure-remote-workforces. Tech Bytes: Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with Aruba Networks on its Fabric Composer software, which automates the provisioning of your data center network underlay and overlay, plus other features for orchestration, visibility, and troubleshooting. Find out more at Aruba Fabric Composer. Show Links: New Catalyst Products Bring 5G and Accelerated SASE to the WAN Edge – Cisco Cisco Catalyst Micro Switch Series – Cisco Cisco intros desktop switches, one with USB-C to power your laptop – The Register Fortinet Announces AI-powered XDR for Fully Automated Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response – Fortinet The Great $50M African IP Address Heist – Krebs On Security Outcome of the AFRINIC Audit – RIPE Labs A Comprehensive audit of the AFRINIC WHOIS Database – AFRINIC – Regional Internet Registry for Africa Misappropriation of IP addresses in the AFRINIC region – AFRINIC – Regional Internet Registry for Africa DDoS-Guard To Forfeit Internet Space Occupied by Parler – Krebs On Security