Palo Alto Global Protect Internal Host Detection & Internal Gateways - Lessons Learnt I already had Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN configured with an external gateway and portal, allowing me to connect back to Suresh Vinasiththamby Oct 18, 2024 6 min read
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Python Running a Simple HTTP Server with Python I think this is going to be the shortest blog post of all time because running a Python HTTP server Suresh Vinasiththamby Sep 26, 2024 2 min read
Python Creating a Simple GUI Application with Python Tkinter A few years ago, I used a simple application called 'TypeItIn'. It kept a small GUI window open Suresh Vinasiththamby Sep 20, 2024 3 min read
Python How to Use GitPython to Manage Git Repositories? I know what you're thinking, we usually manage our Python code via Git to track changes, but what Suresh Vinasiththamby Sep 16, 2024 3 min read
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Cisco Private VLAN (PVLAN) Configuration Example We all know that by default, all the devices in the same VLAN can talk to each other. For example, Suresh Vinasiththamby Sep 14, 2024 7 min read
CI/CD Network CI/CD - Configuration Management with Napalm and Nornir Hi all, welcome back to part 4 of the Network CI/CD blog series. So far, we've covered Suresh Vinasiththamby Sep 7, 2024 12 min read
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CI/CD Network CI/CD Pipeline - What's the Point? Hi all, welcome to the 'Network CI/CD' blog series. To kick things off, let's ask Suresh Vinasiththamby Aug 24, 2024 10 min read