In 2012 and 2013 I worked for Palantir Technologies, deploying Gotham, their powerful analysis software into state and local police forces. I feel good about how Palantir Gotham helped everyone from beat cops to detectives to crime analysts find and make sense of information to solve crimes. One thing that left a sour taste in … [Read more…]
This is the final installment of a 4-part series on service function chaining. Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Greed Part 3: Censorship In previous installments, I described what service functions and service function chains are, and why you should be concerned about them. The extremely brief summary is that service functions are deployed by network … [Read more…]
This is Part 2 of a series on service function chaining. I recommend starting with Part 1 as an introduction. So let’s start talking in more detail about the kinds of things network providers and governments want to use service function chaining for. In this installment, I’ll be focusing on use cases that are primarily … [Read more…]