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As a sysadmin in a prior life, I see this as the equivalent of a non-developer (for instance, a sysadmin) asking can I create a site scraper using google, curl/
by devnonymous 11y ago
As a sysadmin in a prior life, I see this as the equivalent of a non-developer (for instance, a sysadmin) asking can I create a site scraper using google, curl/sed/awk/..bash, copy/paste and a little bit of of brain between my ears ? Yes. As a developer you know there is a lot my subtlety to programming than that.
I think what @scurvy was driving at is there is a lot more subtlety to network ops than developers would be willing to acknowledge.
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- scurvy 11y agoYes, indeed that was my point. While the two examples I gave were easy to Google and get a "functional" setup going, there are enough things there to blow up in your face if you just go with the StackOverflow/ServerFault answers. You're going to run IPSEC, which DH group are you going to use? What cipher? How often are you going to rekey? Should rekeying be based on bytes, time, or both? Your Juniper box is connecting to a Linux tunnel server. What should your inner and outer identities be? I haven't even come to OSPF yet... While just an example, it shows that our professions all have subtlety and nuance to deal with. You gain the ability to handle this through experience, not Google. Throwing a "full stack" developer against every problem is definitely not the solution.