Network Break 431: Juniper NAC Emerges From The Mist; New Google TLDs Are A Bad Idea

Take a Network Break! This week we cover Juniper’s new cloud-based NAC and why Juniper is adding ChatGPT to its interacctive Marvis service. Aviatrix announces new firewall and traffic inspection capabilities as part of its multi-cloud networking offering. Dell builds a story, if not a product, around Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). DDI vendor BlueCat acquires Mice&Men, also a DDI player. Google comes under significant criticism from security experts for rolling out .zip and .mov Top Level Domains, which could be used by attackers to trick people into clicking on malicious links. Broadcom tries to reassure EU regulators that it won’t freeze out competitors in the Fibre Channel Host Buss Adapter markets if it’s allowed to acquire VMware. Cisco reports a profitable Q3 and points to signs of a rosy Q4. Last but not least, the World Health Organization recommends avoiding non-sugar sweeteners if you’re trying to lose weight. Get links to all these stories below. Sponsor: Palo Alto Networks Your branch has changed. Your SD-WAN should, too. Join Palo Alto Networks to see how AI/ML is powering next-gen SD-WAN and SASE for the branch. SDxCentral and Palo Alto Networks are hosting an exclusive online event on May 24th so you can see how next-gen SD-WAN and SASE can help you modernize and secure your branches. Go to SDXcentral.com to get the link to this free event. Tech Bytes: Pica8 Stay tuned for a sponsored Tech Bytes podcast where we talk with Pica8 about how whitebox networking gives engineers the flexibility to choose the hardware and software that best meets their campus needs. Pica8’s network OS runs on multiple hardware platforms, so engineers can overcome challenges including supply chain disruptions and end-of-life hardware. Show Links: Juniper Networks Introduces First Cloud-Native Access Assurance Service Driven by Mist AI – Juniper Networks Juniper Mist Access Assurance – Juniper Networks Aviatrix Distributed Cloud Firewall – Aviatrix BlueCat acquires Men&Mice to boost its industry-leading DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (DDI) platform – Globe Newswire The Dangers of Google’s .zip TLD. Can you quickly tell which of the URLs…  – Bobbyr via Medium Google pushes .zip and .mov domains onto the Internet, and the Internet pushes back – Ars Technica Broadcom offers VMware interoperability remedies to address EU concerns ...