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Detecting Dubious Domains with Levenshtein, Shannon & URL Toolbox

In Parsing Domains with URL Toolbox, we detailed how you can pass a fully qualified domain name or URL to URL Toolbox and receive a nicely parsed set of fields that includes the query string, top level domain, subdomains, and more. In this article, we are going to do some nerdy analytic arithmetic on those fields.

Cassandra vs OpenSearch

In the following comparison table, we will provide you with an extensive guide designed to enable a detailed assessment of Cassandra and OpenSearch. This comparison aims to supply an in-depth exploration of multiple aspects of these two database systems, providing you with the insights required to make informed decisions tailored to your specific use case.

Configuring Elastic Agent's new output to Kafka

Introducing Elastic Agent's new feature: native output to Kafka. With this latest addition, Elastic’s users can now effortlessly route their data to Kafka clusters, unlocking unparalleled scalability and flexibility in data streaming and processing. In this video, we'll guide you through a step-by-step configuration with Fleet and Confluent Cloud.
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Buyer Beware! Three Challenges with Elasticsearch and OpenSearch

Elasticsearch and OpenSearch are powerful enterprise search and analytics engines that have become popular in the world of data management and telemetry analysis. Their ability to swiftly search, analyze, and visualize data has made them indispensable for businesses and organizations. However, in this blog, we will explore a few key challenges faced by companies using Elasticsearch and OpenSearch, shedding light on important considerations when selecting the right tool for your needs.

What is Cardinality? Cardinality Metrics for Monitoring and Observability

The transition to cloud-native architectures has led to an explosion in metrics data, both in volume and cardinality. This necessitates the development of monitoring systems capable of managing large-scale, high-cardinality data to achieve effective observability in these environments . In this blog post, we’ll explore the important role of cardinality in monitoring and observability.

Metrics to Monitor for AWS (ELB) Elastic Load Balancing

Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) allows websites and web services to serve more requests from users by adding more servers based on need. There are several challenges to operating load balancers, as discussed in a previous blog post: Microservices Load Balancing: Navigating the Waves of Modern Architecture. An unhealthy ELB can cause your website to go offline or slow to a crawl.

Istio Roadmap, Ambient Mesh, and the Service Mesh Landscape: KubeCon 2023 Updates

In the dynamic landscape of microservices and cloud-native architectures, the role of service meshes has become increasingly crucial. These programmable frameworks empower users to seamlessly connect, secure, and observe their microservices, relieving them of the complexities associated with these critical tasks within their applications. Istio, a leading service mesh project, has been at the forefront of this evolution since its inception in 2017.

Syslog-NG: The Sandbox That Taught Me to Appreciate Cribl Even More

Recently, we launched a new Sandbox focused on handling syslog at scale with Cribl. The marketing messaging behind the Sandbox has been done a couple times already; therefore I wanted to let y’all see what we as Cribl Technical Marketing Engineers(TMEs) actually do in our daily lives. I’ll try to keep it engaging, with tales of danger and subterfuge, but I can only take so much artistic license. What’s in a Sandbox and how the Sandbox platform functions (i.e.

Splunk SOAR 6.2 Introduces New Automation Features, Workload Migration, and Firewall Integrations

The Splunk team is proud to announce the release of Splunk SOAR 6.2 (Security Orchestration Automation and Response). We’ve been hard at work developing the latest and greatest features for this update, several of which have come from requests and suggestions from our users over on Splunk Ideas.

Paving the way for modern search workflows and generative AI apps

Elastic’s innovative investments to support an open ecosystem and a simpler developer experience In this blog, we want to share the investments that Elastic® is making to simplify your experience as you build AI applications. We know that developers have to stay nimble in today’s fast-evolving AI environment. Yet, common challenges make building generative AI applications needlessly rigid and complicated. To name just a few.