This is the blog of Ronald Bartels that wanders on and off the subject of problem management (that is how it started). Mostly now the topics are about IoT and SD-WAN.
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Revenue assurance in an ISP - mechanisms to claw back lost revenue
The fundamental Configuration Management Database (CMDB) requirement for
an Internet Service Provider (ISP) is IP address management. One tool
that provides this is TeemIP which is listed in this guide here. Commercial alternatives exist which includes those available from Infoblox.
These database are used to record the IP addresses allocated to
customers as well as internal network links. Without a workable IP
address that is propagated upstream to peering exchanges a client will
not have connectivity.
Firewalls are becoming increasingly important in today’s world. Hackers and automated scripts are constantly trying to invade your system and use it for Bitcoin mining, botnets or other things. To prevent these attacks, you can use a firewall on your system. IPTables is the strongest firewall in Linux because it can filter packets in the kernel before they reach the application. Using IPTables is not very easy for Linux beginners. We have created easywall - the simple IPTables web interface . The focus of the software is on easy installation and use. Access this neat software over on github: easywall
When building a DDoS mitigation service it’s incredibly tempting to think that the solution is scrubbing centers or scrubbing servers. I, too, thought that was a good idea in the beginning, but experience has shown that there are serious pitfalls to this approach. Read the post of at Cloudflare's blog: N o Scrubs: The Architecture That Made Unmetered Mitigation Possible
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