Network Break 355: Azure Brags About DDoS Protection; Marvell Hitches Ride With Dent Network OS
Today on the Network Break, we discuss Marvell’s choice of the Dent network OS for its Prestera silicon, Microsoft shares details about how its Azure cloud service thwarted a 2.4Tbps DDoS attack, and a researcher shares details on snooping data from a copper patch lead. The sale of a tranche of IPv4 addresses racks up big bucks, and questions arise over the ownership of a VPN service–can you trust your consumer VPN provider? Sponsor: Nokia We’re sponsored today by Nokia and its SR Linux network OS. SR Linux was built with NetOps in mind, to let you develop your own apps to help automate network design, provisioning, and deployment. Find out more at https://nokia.ly/srlinux. Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks Stay tuned after the news for Tech Bytes podcast, where we look at new features in Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma SASE and Prisma SD-WAN, including digital experience management for home and branch users, new Cloudblades, a new appliance, and enhanced AI Ops capabilities. Show Links: Marvell Announces Industry’s First Commercial Switch Platforms with Dent to Accelerate Smart Retail and Enterprise Edge Infrastructure – Marvell Dent Introduces Industry’s First End-to-End Networking Stack Designed for the Modern Distributed Enterprise Edge and Powered by Linux – Linux Foundation Business as usual for Azure customers despite 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack – Microsoft Azure View and configure DDoS protection telemetry for Azure DDoS Protection Standard – Microsoft Cloudflare thwarts largest DDoS attack ever recorded – TechRadar LANTENNA: Exfiltrating Data from Air-Gapped Networks via Ethernet Cables 2110.00104.pdf – Arvix (PDF) LANtenna attack reveals Ethernet cable traffic contents – The Register IPv4 for sale – WIDE and APNIC selling 43.0.0.0/8 – Toonk.io Former Malware Distributor Kape Technologies Now Owns ExpressVPN, CyberGhost, Private Internet Access, Zenmate, and a Collection of VPN “Review” Websites – Restore Privacy