November 21, 2019 Wai Tai Update to NSO Driven NETCONF and YANG Interoperability Testing User Guide I’m glad to report that improvements have been made to NSO 5.2 in which the ability to build a NETCONF NED has now been fully integrated. This new feature is … Read More
October 17, 2019 Wai Tai Update to “ConfD for High Security Applications” Prior to the release of ConfD 7.2, if ConfD users were developing FIPS 140-2 compliant ConfD applications, they had to come up with their own solution or by following the … Read More
June 20, 2019 Wai Tai NSO Driven NETCONF and YANG Interoperability Testing How do you tell if your NETCONF and YANG implementation is done right and can allow your device or application to be easily automated without requiring any special or error … Read More
November 15, 2018 Wai Tai ConfD and High Security Applications In the United States, FIPS (which stands for Federal Information Processing Standard) is a set of rules which outline the basic security needs of cryptographic modules used in computer and … Read More
July 03, 2018 Wai Tai What an experience at NSO Developer Days 2018 in Stockholm I recently attended the NSO Developer Days at the historic Vasa Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. The Vasa Theatre was built in 1886 and has for many years been Stockholm’s main … Read More
June 14, 2018 Wai Tai Importance of the cloud-native architecture in NFVs After the Tail-f whitepaper I wrote on “Network Programmability in cloud-native NFV” was released, a quarterly report on Wireless Packet Core was published by the Dell’Oro Group which further validates … Read More
May 17, 2018 Wai Tai Network Programmability in Cloud-Native NFV Modern communications networks contain an ever-increasing variety of proprietary hardware. The launch of new services often demands network reconfiguration and on-site installation of new equipment which in turn requires additional … Read More
January 04, 2018 Wai Tai What’s New with NETCONF and YANG? As I attend a number of events each year it never ceases to amaze me how conversations have evolved over the years. Less than a decade ago very few engineers … Read More
December 18, 2017 Wai Tai Model-Based Management with YANG While considering the purpose of life and the universe as we know it, I came across a great whitepaper by IDC on “Achieving Automation with YANG Modeling Technologies.” With our … Read More
July 13, 2017 Wai Tai Interoperability at MPLS+SDN/NFVWorld Congress I had the great privilege of attending this year’s MPLS+SDN/NFVWorld Congress in Paris. The event included many great presentations and opportunities to rub shoulders with some very smart and talented … Read More
May 17, 2017 Wai Tai Did you know “ConfD can Integrate with Cisco NSO?” Gone are the days when it would take weeks to months to develop an adaptor for a new device, or different versions of the same device, to be integrated into … Read More
August 23, 2016 Wai Tai ConfD integration with FreeRADIUS for Authentication Although the most common and easiest way to work with ConfD is to use its built-in authentication and authorization (AAA) mechanisms in which all the AAA-related information are being stored … Read More