Typical network architecture solutions designed and implemented by GIT.
These patterns are derived from real enterprise environments and long-term operational experience.
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Typical network architecture solutions designed and implemented by GIT.
These patterns are derived from real enterprise environments and long-term operational experience.
Referring to next-generation firewalls as “traditional” may sound like a black joke. However, with the wider adoption of HTTP/3 and QUIC, the scope of encryption has expanded to the point where even DNS traffic is encrypted. Under such conditions, concerns are emerging that techniques such as URL filtering and FQDN-based routing may no longer function as expected.
When NGINX was acquired by F5 in 2019, I initially assumed that appliance-based load balancers were approaching the end of their lifecycle. For a moment, it seemed reasonable to think that the era of BIG-IP would continue for quite some time. More recently, however, discussions around freenginx have surfaced, adding another layer of nuance to that assumption.
As was also the case with Netscreen, the interpretation of corporate acquisitions and related developments can vary significantly depending on the reader’s professional background. This highlights the importance of being someone who can read and interpret such information carefully—particularly as an engineer, but not only as one.
However, in practice, many people seem to assume that these factors are a trade-off — that they are inherently in conflict with one another.
I will begin by discussing concrete examples from a micro-level, on-the-ground perspective.
How to strHigh-risk tasks are typically addressed at an early stage. The reasoning is straightforward: if a rollback were to become necessary, the time required could be kept to a minimum.
Additionally, in the initial phases, extra time buffers are intentionally allocated to higher-risk action items. As the project progresses, the remaining tasks generally tend to involve lower levels of risk, which can help reduce overall time pressure and stress. This approach often contributes to a higher likelihood of success over the course of the project.ucture a WBS and timeline
Risk management is not about pushing risks to the later stages, but rather about addressing them early by design.
Reduction of non-compliant or unjustified expenses
t is not uncommon to encounter organizations where a culture persists in which unnecessary business trips are justified under the pretext of network maintenance. This represents a direct inefficiency in terms of cost, and at the same time poses a risk to organizational integrity and morale.
Case Example 1: Unnecessary On-Site Work for Firewall Deployment
In the past, each new customer required an on-site visit for firewall deployment. However, these customers were, in effect, comparable to tenants occupying the same building.
Improvement approach: A single pair of firewalls was placed on-site, and the design was revised so that additional SVI instances (virtual interfaces, effectively functioning as virtual firewalls) could be provisioned remotely as needed.
As a result, business travel costs were effectively reduced to zero.
Case Example 2: Business Travel Solely for Packet Capture
In one organization, staff members were traveling on-site solely to perform packet capture.
Improvement approach: A combination of remote desktop access and remote SPAN was implemented, allowing mirrored traffic (referred to in IPA terminology as a “mirror port”) to be forwarded to a remote location for packet capture.
This approach reduced travel-related costs and labor time, and also helped alleviate the psychological burden on the personnel involved.
Rationalization of Equipment Procurement
We asked the vendor whether it would be possible to keep a small amount of inventory on hand, even if sourced from surplus originally allocated to larger customers.
The rationale is straightforward.
Large, one-time purchases tend to concentrate construction and design work into a short period, which may require temporary increases in staffing.
By contrast, smaller and more continuous purchases make it more likely that projects can be handled within the existing workforce.
This approach is intended to maintain a balanced relationship between cash flow, labor costs, and operational risk.
Risk needs to be approached deliberately and with care.
I tend to view risk in the following way.
The more predictable the potential impact of damage is, the thicker the ice can be considered. The less predictable the impact is, the thinner that ice becomes.
In other words, when crossing thin ice, one deliberately steps on the parts that are considered the thickest. Rather than ignoring risk, the focus is placed on areas that can be reasonably anticipated, while avoiding entry into unknown territory.
Some concluding observations
Risk reduction and cost reduction can be achieved together.
In many cases, deferring risk tends to lead to higher costs over the long term.
Focusing solely on cost reduction may, in turn, create larger risks.
For this reason, I tend to choose a design approach in which the thickest parts of the “thin ice” are addressed first, deliberately resolving the risks that should be dealt with early on. As a result, costs are often reduced, and the overall operational burden becomes lighter.
Since we cannot publish what we learned on-site (generally, we recognize that we do not own the intellectual property rights to things discovered using our own verification/measuring equipment), we will link to a conversation with ChatGPT to explain how we implemented this (accuracy requires actual verification, but we have already purchased a verification machine).
Typical network architecture solutions designed and implemented by GIT.
These patterns are derived from real enterprise environments and long-term operational experience.
This section documents ongoing research conducted by the principal engineer and also illustrates how musical perception is applied to engineering and language analysis.
As part of a long-term effort with a clearly defined endpoint, I am currently executing a structured learning plan scheduled to conclude in June 2030. The plan consists of approximately 900 hours in total, based on 30 minutes per day over a five-year period. This duration corresponds to nearly 90% of the commonly cited time required for a Japanese speaker to become conversational in Russian.
The intent of this plan extends beyond language acquisition itself and focuses on developing sensitivity to timing, pitch, and continuous variation within a fixed time horizon.
During this process, I encountered an unexpected realization: Russian pronunciation contains phenomena that closely resemble blue notes. Certain vowel transitions and interrogative intonations do not settle on fixed pitches, but instead occupy intermediate regions between tones. Recognizing this was a moment of genuine surprise.
My initial attempt to analyze these characteristics relied on the piano. However, I soon realized a fundamental limitation: a piano, by design, does not allow any form of pitch bending. Each key produces a fixed, discrete pitch, making it impossible to represent the soft, elastic transitions that characterize Russian phonetics. This rigidity forces pitch decisions to occur too early and obscures the continuous nature of the sound.
At first, I found the guitar to be a more suitable instrument. String bending and vibrato made it possible to approximate the required microtonal variation, and the physical nature of the instrument helped reveal the presence of pitch movement. However, while the guitar excels at expressive bending, it lacks the precision and repeatability needed for systematic analysis.
This led me to conclude that a synthesizer keyboard offers the most appropriate balance. Unlike a piano, it is not constrained to fixed pitch behavior, and unlike a guitar, it allows controlled, repeatable manipulation of pitch, sustain, and timing.
In addition, keyboard-based instruments provide a wide variety of ways to stop or release sound: key release timing, envelope shaping, velocity sensitivity, and controlled decay. This diversity makes it possible to model the subtle softness, fading, and articulation that are essential to Russian pronunciation, particularly at phrase endings.
References to blue notes, guitar techniques, and synthesizer keyboard control are therefore included here not as musical hobbies, but as analytical instruments. They provide a practical framework for reason
As a single practical note related to “musical notes,” I have adopted a simple workaround for interrogative intonation.
If forming a question feels difficult, one option is to append a word equivalent to “OK?” at the end of the sentence. The word I use is “верно” (verno).
As a mnemonic, I associate it with “verna” from the Italian word “taverna” (a small restaurant), which makes it easier to recall.
The pitch movement can be approximated as: C → D → D♯
However, the sharp should not be treated as a fixed pitch. It is better expressed by bending up to the note after picking, then gradually releasing the bend while maintaining sustain.
For explaining how sounds are sustained and released, I find it more effective to use a keyboard-based instrument. That said, compared to the strong mechanical resistance of a piano keyboard, a synthesizer keyboard feels more suitable for this purpose.
👉 From here onward, a list of random example sentences follows. 👉 The table below has not yet been translated and is currently in Japanese.