Network Break 354: VMworld’s Constipation, Facebook Footgun, Marvell 5nm DPUs

As usual, VMware has constipated its news and announcement for the last 3 months and now we have the VMworld eruption with 5 key announcements and Ethan digs for insights into what it all means. We take a look at Facebook’s DNS and BGP footgun incident when their services went offline due to DNS automation gone wrong. With the DNS down staff were unable to access operations, and also unable enter the data centres to recover services manually. Marvell announced 5nm silicon for Data Processing Units and a new Prestera switching ASIC. Fortinet Zero Trust – Tech Byte Sponsor Today on the Tech Bytes podcast we’re talking Zero Trust Network Access, or ZTNA, with sponsor Fortinet. As organizations grapple with controlling end user access to applications and services, particularly when those end users and applications could be anywhere, Fortinet is here to make the case that it’s the right platform for ZTNA. Check out Fortinet.com for more information Links VMware Delivers ‘Cloud-Smart’ Approach for the Multi-Cloud Era at VMworld 2021 VMware Propels App Modernization for Customers on Any Cloud VMware Helps Customers Move to the Cloud with Flexibility and Speed VMware Charts Course for Customers to Seize Opportunity at the Edge VMware Accelerates Customers’ Journey to Zero Trust Security Link: Company – Newsroom – Marvell Expands 5nm Data Infrastructure Portfolio with New Prestera Carrier Switch and OCTEON 10 DPU – https://www.marvell.com/company/newsroom/marvell-expands-5nm-data-infrastructure-portfolio-with-new-prestera-carrier-switch-and-octeon-10-dpu.html Link:  Marvell® OCTEON 10 DPU Platform – https://www.marvell.com/content/dam/marvell/en/public-collateral/embedded-processors/marvell-octeon-10-dpu-platform-product-brief.pdf Link: Facebook Outage Analysis – https://www.thousandeyes.com/blog/facebook-outage-analysis Link: Understanding How Facebook Disappeared from the Internet – https://blog.cloudflare.com/october-2021-facebook-outage/ Link: More details about the October 4 outage – Facebook Engineering – https://engineering.fb.com/2021/10/05/networking-traffic/outage-details/ Link: Update about the October 4th outage – Facebook Engineering – https://engineering.fb.com/2021/10/04/networking-traffic/outage/ Link: Learning from Facebook’s Mistakes – Geoff Huston – https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2021-10/nofacebook.html Fiber optic cables used as vibration sensors challenge IoT