Monitor all the things and Reduce downtime

18.00 - Mingling & Food

18.15 - 19.00 - Monitor all the things by Yaron Idan from Soluto

Monitoring is important - but can also be very complicated. At Soluto, we put a lot of efforts into monitoring, so we can know that our users does not experience issues. We want to share some of the tools we are using: Basic metrics check using graphite, HTTP check (including ensuring TLS certificates does not expire) and complex monitoring that are based on user behavior using analytics
About Yaron Idan
Yaron Idan has been chopping away at various types of software for 15 years now. After spending ~10 years as a DBA he shifted himself into a DevOps oriented approach and started spending his energy on mastering the toolchain. Currently he is an essential part of Soluto’s DevOps team and leading the effort of shifting our production workload to kubernetes, along with many other daily challenges.

19.00 - 19.30 - The Security of Transport Layer Security by Artiom Lichtenstein from F5 Networks

TLS/SSL is a deceptively simple technology. It is easy to deploy, and it just works… except that it does not, really.
The first part is true - TLS is easy to deploy - but it turns out that it’s not easy to deploy correctly.
Surprisingly little attention is paid to how TLS/SSL is configured, given its widespread usage as the standard for encrypted network communication.
We’ll talk about (and demo) scanning public TLS/SSL web servers for certificate issues, protocol and cipher suite support and crypto vulnerabilities.
Expect notifications to Slack!

About Artiom Lichtenstein
Artiom is a Systems Engineer for F5 Networks specializing in cloud and security with a genuine passion for coding.