Tom Hollingsworth

About the Author:

Tom Hollingsworth is a networking professional, blogger, and speaker on advanced technology topics. He is also an organizer for networking and wireless for Tech Field Day.  His blog can be found at https://networkingnerd.net/

Articles by Tom Hollingsworth

The Name’s The Thing With Guardicore

November 12, 2019

Having trouble memorizing all the IP addresses in your network? Still trying to build security policies based on VLANS? Maybe what you need is to give a name to your pain with some labels and a little help from Guardicore.

Junos – Loading Configs – 1 of 5 – Merge

November 6, 2019

If you’re doing networking configuration the old fashioned way, you need to know how best to merge your configurations for your device. If you’re running Junos, make sure you check out Jeff Fry’s series here!

Monitoring Cloud Network Traffic with ExtraHop

November 5, 2019

If you’re moving data to the cloud, you need visibility to ensure you’re secure. Tom Hollingsworth talks about ExtraHop Reveal(x) and how they can provide the visibility you need no matter where your data lives.

iOS 13 and iPadOS Wi-Fi Diagnostics

November 4, 2019

If you’re having issues with gathering enough information about your iOS 13 device connecting to the wireless network, make sure you check out George Stefanick’s overview of a new diagnostic utility.

Noticing the Details with SecBI

October 31, 2019

How can modern SecOps teams hope to overcome the deluge of information streaming in every second? Perhaps a little context from machine learning? Tom Hollingsworth spoke with SecBI at Black Hat 2019 and has an overview of how their solution can help.

Building Better Policies with Machine Learning and Edgewise Networks

October 30, 2019

Security is all about the policy. So why not leverage your technology to help you create it? Tom Hollingsworth takes a look at the Security Field Day presentation from Edgewise Networks and how machine learning is the key to building better security policies.

How Did We End With 1500-Byte MTU?

October 28, 2019

Ever wondered why the MTU for Ethernet is 1500 bytes? Ivan Pepelnjak teaches us a bit about why we have this relic of the early days of networking still hanging around in our lives today.

Hiding in Plain Sight

October 22, 2019

It’s a game of hide-and-seek with wireless access points. Check out how Ian Beyer manages to provide service with a little bit of secrecy!

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