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Hedge 290: The Amoeba and the Mathematician

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2025/12/12

In this Hedge roundtable, Eyvonne, Tom, and Russ discuss The Amoeba and the Mathematician

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27:46

Best of the Hedge: Hedge 6 on DoH (Part 2)

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2025/12/05

In this episode of the Hedge, Geoff Huston joins Tom Ammon and Russ White to finish the discussion on the ideas behind DNS over HTTPS (DoH), and to consider the implications of its widespread adoption. Is it time to bow to our new overlords?

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51:05

Hedge 288: Loneliness

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2025/11/13

Sometimes we just like to talk about "life issues" as they relate to network engineering and technology career fields. Loneliness seems to especially plague network engineering and other "small" IT fields, where communities are small, change is rapid, and stress is high. Loneliness expert Lucy Rose joins Eyvonne, Tom, and Russ to discuss loneliness.

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46:00

Hedge 285: Post Quantum Crypto

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2025/10/24

Is quantum really an immediate and dangerous threat to current cryptography systems, or are we pushing to hastily adopt new technologies we won't necessarily need for a few more years? Should we allow the quantum pie to bake a few more years before slicing a piece and digging in? George Michaelson joins Russ and Tom to discuss.

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46:36

Hedge 277: Sociotechnical Systems

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2025/08/15

What is the relationship between humans and machines? Do we adapt to machines, or do we adapt machines to humans? Does technology drive culture, or does our culture drive our technology? Join Mark Prosser, Eyvonne, Tom, and Russ as they discuss what a sociotechnical system is and how it impacts our lives.

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41:24

Hedge 276: Common Mistakes in RFPs

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2025/08/07

Requests for proposals (RFPs) are a little understood part of running a network--or any other IT system. What are some common mistakes, and some things engineers should think about, when building and executing RFPs? Andreas Taudte joins Tom and Russ to discuss RFPs.

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35:55

Hedge 275: Jevon’s Paradox

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2025/07/24

What is Jevon's Paradox? Tom, Eyvonne, and Russ discuss how this famous paradox impact network engineering.

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29:31

Hedge 272: Are we addicted to the CLI?

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2025/06/26

Is the CLI the best way to configure, manage, and troubleshoot routers and other networking gear? Or should we move past the CLI towards automation and (possibly even) GUI-based tools? Mark Posser joins Russ and Tom to discuss on this episode of the Hedge.

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45:26

Hedge 269: Web 3.0

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2025/05/29

Yes, we took an (unintentional) three-week break for medical reasons ... but we're back with a new episode. What is Web 3.0, and how is it different from Web 2.0? What about XR, AI, and Quantum, and their relationship to Web 3.0? Jamie Schwartz joins Tom Ammon and Russ White to try to get to a solid definition of what Web 3.0 and how it impacts the future of the Internet.

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32:59

Hedge 267: Can modularization solve people problems?

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2025/04/25

Solving technology problems often involves breaking a problem into multiple smaller problems, build interaction surfaces between the pieces, and glue the pieces back into a larger system. We also know every technology problem is actually a people problem--whether in the past, the present, or the future.Given these two points, can we say something like: "If technology and people problems are interchangeable, we should be able to solve people problems the way we solve technology problems--via

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46:32

Hedge 265: Out of Band Networks

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2025/04/04

Out of band management networks were once more common than they are today. Should we go back to building out of band management networks? Should out of band management networks be virtual or physical? How can we sell out of band management networks to the folks paying the bills? Daryll Swer joins Tom Ammon and Russ White to discuss the importance of OOB management.

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38:28

Hedge 260: The State of the DFZ

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2025/02/21

Trends in the global BGP table--the Default Free Zone (DFZ) table--can tell us a lot about the state of the global Internet. Is the Internet growing? Is IPv6 growing, or are we still in a world of "all things IPv4?" Geoff Huston joins Tom Ammon and Russ White to review the state of the routing table from 2024.

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31:39

Hedge 251: Regulating Local Data Centers

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2024/11/22

What impact do local regulations have on our ability to build and operate new data centers in the United States? What impact do these regulations have on local economies? Juan Londoño, from the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, joins Ned Bellavance and Russ White to discuss yet another part of the network engineering world.

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37:19

Hedge 246: Complexity and Deployment

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2024/10/11

In this roundtable episode of the Hedge, Tom, Eyvonne, and Russ discuss complexity and deployment. Why do some protocols fail to deploy, or require decades, while others deploy quickly?

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57:07

Hedge 236: Permissionless with Greg Ferro

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2024/07/26

Eyvonne and Russ catch up with Greg Ferro one last time to talk about the permissionless Internet--a thing of the past--vendor lock in, and many other random topics on this episode of the Hedge. Greg--here's to a grand time in the future. We'll miss you.

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41:58

Hedge 221: Energy Aware Protocols

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2024/04/11

A lot of people are spending time thinking about how to make transport and control plane protocols more energy efficient. Is this effort worth it? What amount of power are we really like to save, and what downside potential is there in changing protocols to save energy? George Michaelson joins us from Australia to discuss energy awareness in protocols.

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50:53

Hedge 220: The Cost of the Cloud

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2024/04/04

Cloud services are all the rage right now, but are they worth it? There are many aspects to the question, and the answer is almost always going to be "it depends." Do you really need to spin up capacity more quickly than you can buy hardware and get it running? Do you really need to be able to spin capacity down without leaving any hardware behind? Is cloud really the best use of your team's time and talent?

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52:09

Hedge 217: Doug Madory and BGP Security Incidents

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2024/03/14

We hear a lot about BGP security incidents--but what is really going on? How often do these happen, and how much damage do they do? Doug Madory, who monitors these things for Kentik, joins Russ White and Tom Ammon to talk about BGP security in the wild.

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49:45

Hedge 216: Automation Success Stories

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2024/03/08

One thing we often hear about automation is that its hard because there are so many different interfaces. On this episode of the Hedge, Daniel Teycheney joins Ethan Banks and Russ White to discuss how they started from a simple idea and ended up building an automation system that does cross vendor boundaries within a larger discussion about automation and APIs.

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