A long time ago, when the internet was far smaller, IP addresses were used to reach services. The introduction of qualified names for the services has simplified usage, particularly when it comes to browsers. DNS has been created to manage the hierarchy of names and fully qualified domain names which appear on the web to…

As explained in our solution paper “Edge DNS GSLB: Complement Your Load Balancing and Multi-Cloud Strategy”, the EfficientIP Edge DNS GSLB solution brings valuable enhancements to user experience, multi-site resiliency, disaster recovery planning, and datacenter scalability and agility. As a reminder, Edge DNS GSLB brings a simple and efficient way to load balance traffic, taking…

SD-WAN has become the mainstream underlying network deployment scheme today within the SASE/SDSA frameworks. The principle of SD-WAN is to build networks around the Internet using MPLS and wireless networks (e.g. 4G/5G, Satellite Constellations) for diversity. There are obvious advantages using the Internet but it also brings new challenges. Routing now happens between Internet sites…

Access control to applications can be performed at multiple levels in accordance with the security policies in place within the organization. For most, the main level in place nowadays is Authentication and Authorization at the application level through credentials meaning that normally no application is accessible without user screening. But is that really enough? Can…