Insights from the load balancer experts

Layer 7

25 Jan 2022

HAProxy ACL rules don't have to be painful with Loadbalancer

Oliver Warren Former Solutions Engineer

We love complex rules. Although, we have seen some pretty scary config files...

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Open source

21 Jan 2022

ModSecurity DoS vulnerability (CVE-2021-42717)

Andrew Howe Former Technical Author/Architect

All WAF vendors and services using ModSecurity are affected by this vulnerability (unless they have the vulnerable piece of code disabled, by chance)...

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Security

20 Jan 2022

Does Niagara Networks have the answer to scaling Secure Web Gateways all the way up to 100G?

Malcolm Turnbull Co-Founder & CEO

Network Security devices such as firewalls, WAF, SWG, IPS etc. are often deployed inline with bridge mode., which has two major problems...

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How-tos

17 Jan 2022

Simplifying web application security with the Core Rule Set v3

Andrew Howe Former Technical Author/Architect

A WAF isn't a magic bullet, but, as part of a defense in depth strategy, a properly configured WAF should catch and stop common, everyday attacks...

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Events

06 Jan 2022

The importance of outreach: Introducing students to load balancing

Andrew Howe Former Technical Author/Architect

A recent visit to Southampton Solent University...

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How-tos

17 Dec 2021

I wonder…Can HAProxy Proxy Protocol fix my Secure Web Gateway routing problem?

Neil Stone Test Lead & EMEA/US Support Shift Leader

All Secure Web Gateways require client IP transparency in order to implement any proper kind of security and authentication. Which can be a real pain if you have a load balancer in the middle...

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Security

13 Dec 2021

Apache Log4j vulnerability CVE-2021-44228

Damian Pacuszka Solutions Architect & Technical Sales Engineer

The Apache Log4j utility is commonly used for logging requests by millions of Java applications to log error messages. However, recently the critical vulnerability CVE-2021-44228 was discovered in the Apache Log4j library...

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High Availability

07 Dec 2021

RSNA 2021 - this year's innovation: tailored high availability

Jake Borman Former Operations Director

Fast forward to a post-Covid-world (if we can call it that) and in many ways the pandemic has helped us all go back to basics and appreciate what’s important in life...

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Healthcare

03 Dec 2021

Lessons from RSNA 2021: Do your medical imaging systems need critical care?

George Booth Former Lead Sales Manager

The pain experienced by your support and professional service teams is enormous. Not least because every customer experiences this issue at the same time!..

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Microsoft

02 Dec 2021

Considerations for higher education institutions rolling out virtual desktops

Harrison Rockensuss Former Sales Manager

There are a number of different types of virtual desktops; two of which rely on virtualization software...

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01 Dec 2021

Cloud migration checklist for universities: When and why

Harrison Rockensuss Former Sales Manager

For each application, will you 'lift and shift' or rebuild specifically for the cloud? Which applications can't or shouldn't be moved? Do you want separate applications in separate clouds..

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How-tos

15 Nov 2021

How to extend Net-SNMP for infrastructure monitoring

Damian Pacuszka Solutions Architect & Technical Sales Engineer

Monitoring your infrastructure is a crucial task, and (regardless of the software you've chosen) requires you to make use of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)...

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