November 6, 2019 archive

TDYR 370 – CDNs, Anycast, Containers, and the Disaggregation of Networking Models

Once upon a time, our mental model of how networking worked was rather simple. You had a device connected to a network (a "client") and a server to which that device was connecting. Each had a host name and an IP address. The server was typically a computer on a desk or in a rack. But that's not TODAY's network... now instead we have content delivery networks (CDNs), Anycast networks, containers and so much more.. it's a FASCINATING time to be in networking! I talk about all of that on this episode...