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> Anyway this seems more theoretical, because in practice I'd prefer a hardware based network tap and analyze that without creating any risk to the live traffic
by duaneb 11y ago
> Anyway this seems more theoretical, because in practice I'd prefer a hardware based network tap and analyze that without creating any risk to the live traffic
I'll ask amazon to install it when I need it...? They probably won't mind.
- DyslexicAtheist 11y agoUnless I misunderstood her ... I think the argument she makes is analyzing traffic in a datacenter and she talks about analyzing network traffic on a scale. Also she mentions Dick Sites who in his talk mentions datacenter technologies and not how to debug as an end user in some cloud.
- duaneb 11y agoSure. I'm just pointing out that it's becoming increasingly rare to be able to replace a given use case of tcpdump with a physical tap, so you can't always sidestep the nastiness of calculating overhead—especially on a live system.