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Brandon Hitzel

Oct 15
14 min

The Biggest Single Point of Failure in Human History - a Cloud

Opinion: Could we be setting ourselves up for problems with cloud dependency? Analysis and opinion of IT architecture trends

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Brandon Hitzel

Apr 26
16 min

Network Design Scenario #3: Remote Access VPN Design

Network Design covering Remote Access Client based VPNs aka SSL VPN

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Brandon Hitzel

Nov 26, 2019
10 min

Troubleshooting with Wireshark: The Case of the TCP Challenge ACK

Troubleshooting an issue where the server replies with an ACK only instead of SYN/ACK. Also I will show a few simple Wireshark tips.

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Brandon Hitzel

Nov 23, 2019
2 min

Cisco IT Blog Award Finalist in "Best Analysis"

Network Defense Blog has become a finalist in the Cisco IT Blog Awards! Vote now!

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Brandon Hitzel is an IT professional living in Southern California. He specializes in the Networking field with a focus on routers and switches along with focuses on the design and security tracks....

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BGP Connectivity Designs

I have been responsible for engineering multiple solutions for various connectivity projects as the network moves to the cloud and integrates further with 3rd party vendors. Each of these projects for the data centers, 3rd parties, and Azure/Express route included multiple entry/exit points and required Active/Active redundancy with as minimal complexity as possible. Each design had a BGP, route filter, and redistribution component.