Author: Stefan Fouant

Stefan Fouant brings over 18 years of experience in the Service Provider and network security industries as both an trusted advisor as well as a thought leader. Most recently, Fouant worked at Juniper Networks as a routing and security expert assisting large Tier 1 carriers. His background includes work at Verizon where he was responsible for launching one of the first large-scale cloud-enabled DDoS mitigation and detection services and also work at Neustar/UltraDNS where he was responsible for building out their layered DDoS response mechanisms, laying the groundwork for Neustar’s DDoS mitigation service offerings. Most recently during his time at Corero, he has authored drafts within the IETF relating to standardized signaling of coordinated DDoS attack filtering and mitigation mechanisms. He holds several patents in the areas of DDoS Detection and Mitigation, as well as many industry certifications including CISSP, JNCIE-SP, JNCIE-ENT, and JNCIE-SEC. He was the first person in the world to achieve all three expert level Juniper certifications and was a technical editor of the book “Juniper MX Series” by O’Reilly.
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Interview with John Kindervag, the Godfather of Zero Trust Networking

Last month, I had the pleasure of spending a few minutes with John Kindervag, the industry-described “Godfather” and thought leader behind Zero Trust Networking. John developed these concepts during his tenure as Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research.

Zero Trust, rooted in the principle of “never trust, always verify,” is primarily designed to address the threats of lateral movement within the network by utilizing micro-segmentation and by redefining the perimeter as that based on user, data and location.

We are at an inflection point in the industry where Zero Trust principles are starting to take hold, and many organizations are adopting these principles in order to adopt a stronger security posture. John eloquently describes these principles in this interview.

John’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/Kindervag

John’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-kindervag-40572b1/

More background on Zero Trust architecture – https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/cyberpedia/what-is-a-zero-trust-architecture

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Juniper Lightboard Series – Intro to Juniper Routing – Part 2

Just released the second video in my “Introduction to Juniper Routing” Lightboard Series. In this video, I cover more details around the functions and role of the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE), and describe the difference between transit traffic and exception traffic.

In my next video, I’ll cover how routes are added to the routing table, describe the role of route preference, and briefly discuss the active route selection process.

Hope you enjoy and please don’t forget to check out my YouTube channel and like and subscribe for future videos!

https://www.youtube.com/c/ShortestPathFirst

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Juniper Lightboard Series – Intro to Juniper Routing – Part 1

Very excited to share with you my very first official lightboard video, and what better way to kick things off than to dive into one of my favorite topics — an Intro to Juniper Routing. In this first part, I cover the separation between the Control Plane and the Forwarding Plane, and introduce concepts such as the Routing Engine and the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE).

In my next video, I’ll cover the PFE in more detail and discuss the difference between transit traffic and exception traffic, followed by more videos on topics such as static routing vs. dynamic routing protocols. I will also separately introduce several companion series videos which will cover topics such as Data Center Architectures, Multicast, Class of Service, as well as emerging trends such as HyperConverged Infrastructure (HCI), Docker containers, and Kubernetes.

Hope you enjoy and please don’t forget to check out my YouTube channel and like and subscribe for future videos!

https://www.youtube.com/c/ShortestPathFirst

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Interview with Juniper Networks Ambassador Rob Jeffery

Had a chance to sit down with fellow Ambassador Rob Jeffery at the Juniper NXTWORK 2018 conference in Las Vegas. Rob is the Technical Director and CTO at Next Gen Security based out of the UK, with a heavy focus on bringing emerging network and security products into the marketplace.

We discussed his involvement in bringing automation and orchestration into his customer environments, as well as topics covered at NXTWORK such as AI, machine learning, Contrail, Northstar Controller and Self Driving Networks.

This is the second-to-last Ambassador interview I’ll be publishing before I switch over to my Lightboard series. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I’ve enjoyed putting it together!

Jeffery’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/bobj1983

Jeffery’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobj1983/

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Interview with Juniper Networks Ambassador Said van de Klundert

Had a chance to sit down with Netherlands-based Fellow Juniper Networks Ambassador Said van de Klundert (JNCIE-SP #2573 and JNCIE-DC #26) at the Juniper NXTWORK 2018 conference in Las Vegas. Said is an incredibly knowledgeable network engineer, content developer and blogger, with a wealth of practical experience in the Service Provider, Data Center and Cloud arenas.

We spent a good portion of our time discussing one of my favorite topics — the JNCIE-DC exam, building out a JNCIE-DC lab environment, and his contribution to iNET ZERO’s JNCIE-DC Lab Preparation Workbook. In addition, we discussed his current work at IBM SoftLayer and his emerging interest around DevOps and automation tools such as Python and SaltStack.

Although I am continuously challenged to pronounce NXTWORK correctly, I really enjoyed this interview and hope you do as well!

Said’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/saidvandeklunde

Said’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/saidvandeklundert/

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Interview with Juniper Networks Ambassador Dan Hearty

First of all, let me apologize for the long delay in getting this next Juniper Ambassador interview published. I had a death in the family in December and it consumed a good portion of my time these last two months, so I’ve had little time for social media activities.

Alas, I’m very excited about this next interview – I spent time with one of my favorite Juniper Ambassadors, Dan Hearty (JNCIE-DC #190) at the Juniper NXTWORK 2018 conference in Las Vegas. Dan is just an awesome guy all around, a brilliant technologist, and one of our most active Ambassadors.

We discussed his contribution to the 2018 Juniper Ambassador’s Cookbook, Contrail Enterprise Multicloud and his interest around VMware NSX integration with Juniper’s Data Center products, emerging trends in the Data Center space, specifically around network virtualization, overlays and abstration, and his life as an Ambassador.

Dan’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/danhearty

Dan’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-hearty-b6a38218/

Dan’s Blog – http://danhearty.net

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Interview with Kevin Olivieri, Digital Content and Social Media Manager at Juniper Networks

In this inverview, I sit down with Kevin Olivieri, Digital Content and Social Media Manager at Juniper Networks. We discuss social media trends, thoughts around building out a social media and branding strategy, analysis of different social media platforms and analytics tools, and the democratization of video content. To top it off, we even get a chance to discuss our favorite burger joints!

Kevin’s Twitter – https://twitter.com/KevinOlivieri

Kevin’s LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinjolivieri/

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