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In this edition of Beyond Their Intended Scope, we take a look at last week’s BGP leak by a DDoS mitigation company which impacted networks around the world. We look at the impacts in both BGP and traffic data, and discuss how RFC 9234’s “Only to Customer” BGP Path Attribute could have helped.

If you're running workloads in AWS, you've probably heard about VPC Flow Logs. These logs are your eyes and ears for network traffic in your Virtual Private Cloud, and knowing how to check them properly can save you hours of troubleshooting headaches. Whether you're tracking down connectivity issues or monitoring for suspicious activity, this guide will walk you through checking VPC flow logs step by step, with practical examples you can apply today.

Choosing between Envoy and HAProxy isn't just about picking a proxy server. It's about deciding which tool will handle your traffic, balance your loads, and keep your services running when everything else wants to crash. If you're a DevOps engineer or system admin weighing these options, you're in the right place.

The shift toward remote work has made reliable and secure access to company resources more important than ever. As organizations explore different solutions to address these needs, two popular technologies stand out: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and Virtual Private Networks, or VDI and VPN. Both offer distinct benefits for connecting employees to critical systems, but the differences between them can significantly impact your business operations.

Compare these two leading networking technologies so you can decide which is best for your organization. In 2025, Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) is considered an essential part of many organizations’ network fabric. But what about Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)? Has this trusty routing technique been made redundant by the increasing uptake of SD-WAN? What are the differences and similarities between SD-WAN and MPLS? And are there valid reasons to use both?

Each link type has its strengths and weaknesses. Still, without proper monitoring, even the most expensive connections can fail at crucial junctures, like when a customer is trying a UPI transaction and lead to a loss of revenue and trust.

If you need to monitor your application’s health, troubleshoot issues quickly, and ensure compliance with various security policies, application logging is compulsory. Without proper logging, identifying the root cause of failures, tracking suspicious activity, or optimizing application performance will become significantly more challenging, if not impossible.

If your network feels sluggish, you're not alone. After years of battling slow connections, dropped calls, and frustrated end-users, I’ve learned one thing: network performance issues always have a root cause. Maybe your VoIP calls keep cutting out. Maybe cloud apps take forever to load. Or maybe your team complains about "the network being slow" — again. The problem? Networks don’t slow down for no reason.