Douglas B Hanks

Day One: Securing the Routing Engine on the M, MX, and T Series (Junos Fundamentals Series Book 5)

The routing engine on Junos routers performs many different functions, from processing routing protocol updates, to driving the command-line interface (CLI). Given that the routing engine is critical to the operation of the device and its network, you need to protect the routing engine from unwanted...

Tales of Sharp's Island

Juniper MX Series

Discover why routers in the Juniper MX Series, with their advanced feature sets and record breaking scale, are so popular among enterprises and network service providers. This authoritative book shows you step-by-step how to implement high-density, high-speed Layer 2 and Layer 3 Ethernet services, u...

Day One: Scaling Beyond a Single Juniper SRX in the Data Center

When you can no longer upgrade to a higher capacity firewall, or add additional Service Processing Cards (SPC), the only other choice is to scale horizontally. Here’s a proof of concept for doing just that.The traditional approach of putting dedicated firewalls within a given physical location in or...

Muskrat: A Surprise Bid for the America's Cup

This 239 page book is a wonderful story of Eastern Shore humor. The setting starts in the town of Oxford, MD where a few of the locals put their heads together and come up with their own specially designed boat with local flare to enter the world-famous America's Cup in Perth. The result is a hilari...

Oxford treasures, then and now

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