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HN790: From Rule-Based to Goal-Based: Rethinking Autonomous AI Operations (Sponsored)

August 01, 2025 57:45 10.91 MB ( 44.52 MB less) Downloads: 0

On Heavy Networking today, AI operations for networking. That is, how do we delegate some amount of responsibility for network operations to artificial intelligence? Cisco is our sponsor, and our guests are Omar Sultan, Director for Product Management of Automation and AI; and Javier Antich, Chief Mad Scientist for AI (yes, that’s his title!). We talk... Read more »

TNO037: The Next Era of Network Management and Operations

August 01, 2025 46:31 8.74 MB ( 58.24 MB less) Downloads: 0

What’s the next era of network management and operations? Total Network Operations talks to Mahesh Jethanandani, Chair of NETCONF Working Group and Distinguished Engineer at Arrcus. Mahesh describes a workshop from December of 2024 that sought to investigate the past, present, and future of network management and operations. He talks about the IETF’s role in... Read more »

N4N035: Well Actually . . . Listener Comments and Corrections

July 31, 2025 46:35 8.01 MB ( 36.7 MB less) Downloads: 0

We ask listeners for follow up and you’ve sent it in. On today’s show we respond to listener comments and corrections on tunneling, the link aggregation control protocol, link aggregation in general, and DHCP options. We also talk about the network engineering certification journey. If you’ve got a “Well, actually” or any other follow up,... Read more »

D2DO278: The Future of HashiCorp Inside IBM

July 30, 2025 40:10 6.79 MB ( 89.6 MB less) Downloads: 0

On today’s show, we talk to Armon Dadgar, co-founder and CTO of HashiCorp regarding HashiCorp’s future within IBM. We start with a quick recap of IBM’s acquisition of HashiCorp and then move on to the challenges of bringing a small, young tech company into a huge corporation that makes lots of its revenue on legacy... Read more »

PP072: Mobile Device Threat Management

July 29, 2025 47:13 8.1 MB ( 105.22 MB less) Downloads: 0

Mobile devices blur the boundaries between personal and work devices and are packed with sensitive information, making them popular targets for malware, spyware, and data collection. On today’s Packet Protector we dig into strategies for managing threats to mobile devices with guest Akili Akridge. Akili started his career pulling burner phones off suspects as a... Read more »

NB536: Fortinet FortiOS Goes Post-Quantum; Intel Scales Back Global Projects

July 28, 2025 27:43 4.75 MB ( 21.85 MB less) Downloads: 0

Take a Network Break! In our Red Alert section we note that memory safety bugs bug Firefox and Thunderbird, and on-prem SharePoint instances are under attack. In tech news, Fortinet adds support for Post Quantum Cryptography in FortiOS, Cato Networks integrates Azure Virtual WANs to its SASE offering, and we weigh the pros and cons... Read more »

HN789: How a Global Payments Processor Automates Firewall Changes at Scale

July 25, 2025 48:25 8.24 MB ( 38.23 MB less) Downloads: 0

Ayden is a global payments processor whose primary business is providing payment services for merchants, retailers, and venues, as well as online payments. On today’s Heavy Networking we talk about a firewall automation project the company has undertaken. With dozens of change requests coming in every day that need to touch network and host firewalls,... Read more »

TNO036: Bridging Networking and Security with Auvik (Sponsored)

July 25, 2025 57:28 9.67 MB ( 73.06 MB less) Downloads: 0

Auvik is network management software that lets users monitor, manage, and troubleshoot their networks. On today’s sponsored episode we talk with Doug Murray, CEO; and John Harden, Director of Strategy & Technology Evangelism, both from Auvik, about the challenges facing today’s network operators. We look at the rise of the IT generalist, workloads and burnout,... Read more »

TL017: From the Mailbag: Yes and No, and Mid-Year Evaluations

July 24, 2025 31:46 5.72 MB ( 40.01 MB less) Downloads: 0

Laura Santamaria opens the listener mailbag to answer questions, including how to say yes or no to leadership opportunities without tanking your career or trashing your work-life balance. She also explores the mid-year review process and offers tips for successful self-evaluation and paths to self-growth. Episode Links: The Line Between Management and IC Leadership –... Read more »

N4N034: OSPF Network Types

July 24, 2025 43:10 8.11 MB ( 54.05 MB less) Downloads: 0

Ethan and Holly continue their OSPF journey this week with OSPF Network Types. They discuss the two main OSPF network types used today: the broadcast and point to point networks. They also explain designated routers, backup designated routers, and when those are used and why. Lastly they discuss some soft skills – knowing your vendor... Read more »

NAN096: NautobotGPT – An AI Assistant for Network Automation

July 23, 2025 55:35 10.53 MB ( 122.88 MB less) Downloads: 0

NautobotGPT is a new AI assistant for Nautobot that helps engineers with network automation, answers questions, recommends tooling, and delivers working code. We discuss the user experience of NautobotGPT with Matthew Schwen, Associate Director of Network Automation at Humana, CoFounder and CTO of PortalCX; and Brad Haas, VP of Professional Services at Network to Code.... Read more »

PP071: SSE Vendor Test Results; Can HPE and Juniper Get Along?

July 22, 2025 46:20 7.9 MB ( 103.29 MB less) Downloads: 0

CyberRatings, a non-profit that performs independent testing of security products and services, has released the results of comparative tests it conducted on Secure Service Edge, or SSE, services. Tested vendors include Cisco, Cloudflare, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, Skyhigh Security, Versa Networks, and Zscaler. We look at what was tested and how, highlight results, and discuss... Read more »

NB535: Tomahawk Ultra Chops Congestion; Denmark Invests for Quantum Advantages

July 21, 2025 51:38 9.57 MB ( 39.98 MB less) Downloads: 0

Take a Network Break! We begin with a listener question about a paper critiquing Shor’s Algorithm and quantum computing, and touch on a remote code execution vulnerability in Riverbed SteelCentral NetProfiler / NetExpress 10.8.7. We discuss a Cloudflare BGP misconfiguration that caused the Internet to hiccup, Broadcom’s new Tomahawk Ultra ASIC aimed for–you guessed it–AI... Read more »

TNO035: Network Engineer and Content Creator – A Career Journey with Kevin Nanns

July 18, 2025 56:10 10.56 MB ( 99.64 MB less) Downloads: 0

Kevin Nanns is today’s guest on Total Network Operations. Kevin describes his “Wizard of Oz” moment when he discovered the world of networking. He talks about how he came up through the ranks working a help desk and then in a NOC, and his climb up the certification ladder. We also discuss how AI is... Read more »

HN788: Behind Megaport’s Network Automation Platform (Sponsored)

July 18, 2025 51:50 8.78 MB ( 40.96 MB less) Downloads: 0

We have a network automation discussion for you today from sponsor Megaport. At the AutoCon3 conference earlier this year, Luke Gollan presented on a complex network automation project migrating Megaport’s API-driven software defined network from a legacy VXC overlay to an EVPN framework. This helped improve scalability, but was fraught with practical challenges, not the... Read more »