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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Dusty,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>From time to time I get some “OK” independent information here, just type in SD-WAN or Meraki in the search field and away you go;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="https://www.telecomramblings.com/">https://www.telecomramblings.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>(for the sake of clarity I’m not associated with this website in any way)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Kind regards,<br><br>Bryan <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> AusNOG <ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>dusty<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, 31 May 2021 12:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> ausnog@ausnog.net (ausnog@lists.ausnog.net) <ausnog@lists.ausnog.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] SDWAN Security<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Folks,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>After a number of years being more managerial than technical, I find myself staring at a proposal to swap a perfectly good MPLS network with some Meraki shenanigans.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This, frankly, gives me the heebie jeebies.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I've done a bunch of poking around but, alas, it is remarkably difficult to locate reliable analyses of the actual security (or lack thereof) of these solutions - plenty of glossy marketing and whizzbang, not a lot of facts.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Can anyone point me in the direction of some decent whitepapers, blogs, etc about the relative merits of these things?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--dusty (in Brisbane)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>