Networking
VMware ESXi 3.5u4, Intel SATA, and local datastores
This morning I rebooted my test box running VMware ESXi 3.5 to complete the upgrade from Update 3 to Update 4. The hypervisor came back up, but no guests were running and when I popped open the VI Client it indicated that there were no datastores configured and it could not find any of […]
Coming Soon: Comparison of PC-based router/firewall platforms
Over the coming weeks I will be spending one week each with a number of PC-based router/firewall products installed as the primary NAT gateway at my apartment. I will be reviewing them based on overall performance, interoperability with my SIP-based VoIP service, QoS capabilities, VPN capabilities, and any extra features that make them stand […]
Potentially serious vulnerability in a number of SIP endpoints
Sjur Usken and Sandro Gauci have discovered a major flaw in the SIP implementations on a wide range of IP phones. The short explanation is that the phones do not verify where a proxy authentication request is coming from and happily return the SIP authentication information. It is hashed and salted, but the […]