Network Break 410: AWS Previews Secure Remote Access; Broadcom Promises Not To Raise VMware Prices

On today’s Network Break we discuss two new AWS previews: one for secure remote access and one to connect applications and services across VPCs. We also examine a serious outage at social media company Hive Social, Open RAN 5G coming to fighter jets and other military aircraft, and a promise from Broadcom’s CEO not to raise prices if the VMware acquisition goes through. TSMC promises to make more advanced chips at a US-based manufacturing plant, a mobile provider experiments with using Starlink for backhaul, and the Federal Communications Commission gives Starlink permission to launch 7,500 Gen2 satellites. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: ITProTV Start or grow your IT career with online IT training from ITProTV. Learn IT, pass your certs, and get a great job! Visit itpro.tv/NETWORKBREAK for 30% off all plans. Use promo code NETWORKBREAK at checkout. Sponsor: Internet Society Getting Internet access from low-earth-orbit satellites has great promise for addressing the digital divide, supporting disaster response, and creating new opportunities for communication. If you’re curious how about these systems work as well as the technological, and policy implications download the free whitepaper “Perspectives on Low Earth Orbit Satellite Systems for Internet access” by the Internet Society. Just go internetsociety.org/packetpushers. Tech Bytes: ThousandEyes Stick around after the news for a Tech Bytes conversation with sponsor ThousandEyes. We’ll examine significant outages that his Microsoft and Google, how they happened and what applications were affected, why it’s not always the network, and tips for workarounds when a SaaS app goes down. Show Links: AWS Verified Access Preview — VPN-less Secure Network Access to Corporate Applications – AWS Introducing VPC Lattice – Simplify Networking for Service-to-Service Communication (Preview) – AWS Amazon VPC Lattice – AWS Hive Social turns off servers after researchers warn hackers can access all data – Ars Technica Hi everyone!🐝The Hive team has become aware of security issues that affect the stability of our application and the safety of our users. Fixing these issues will require temporarily turning off our servers for a couple of days while we fix this for a better and safer experience pic.twitter.com/wOgW7ga9xN — Hive (@TheHIVE_Social) December 1, 2022 Warning: Do Not Use Hive Social – Zerforschung Lockheed Martin Successfully Hosts Advanced 5G.MIL® Capabilities on Flight Ready – Lockheed Martin Hardware