Rich Freeman on 17 May 2018 05:34:08 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Fwd: VMware Releases Security Update


On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 8:27 AM brent timothy saner <brent.saner@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 05/17/2018 08:20 AM, Rich Freeman wrote:
> > On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 7:55 AM brent timothy saner <
brent.saner@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> i'd say 9 out of 10 deployments
> >> don't really need it, though.
> >
> >  With a
> > central configuration you could compile device-specific rules and push
them
> > out anytime something changes, versus managing every switch
individually.
> >

> this is pure oversimplification and reduction. you can absolutely
> implement host-specific rules and gateway/network-wide rules both
> *without* running any sort of software-defined networking as the term is
> used.


Nothing you said contradicts what I said.  I said that centralizing it
eliminates the need to manage every switch individually.  Is that not
accurate?

-- 
Rich
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