Learn Juniper and Cisco networking – with jokes!
BGP study guides tell you that loopback-to-loopback EBGP session require a TTL of 2 or more. The trouble is, they rarely say why. This leads new students to come to some very incorrect assumptions about how the TTL field works in IP. In fact though, you can absolutely have a TTL of 1! In this post we clear up all the confusion – and we even look at how you can use a TTL of 255 to bring extra security to your network.
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Firewall filters in Junos let you do far more than just filter traffic. They’re really powerful! And, despite their length, you can create them very quickly and easily. Let me show you how!
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Do you know the difference between a stateful rule and a stateless rule? No? Well, you’d better click this post then!
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If you’re brand new to creating access lists, firewall rules, or security policies, you might wonder how the order of your rules can make a difference. In fact, they can make a BIG difference! This post shows you exactly why – and how to potentially avoid an outage.
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