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…]
Photo by publik15 – CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Introduction I’m a technology optimist. I look at new technologies and most of the time, I’m excited. I see all the good they can bring and don’t often wonder too deeply about the bad. Information technology in particular, has largely been a force for good in this world. It … [Read more…]