Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Take a Network Break! It's a busy show this week. We start with follow-up on Anthropic's Project Glasswing, router bans, and end-of-engineering/end-of-support date changes for Fortinet's FortiOSv7.4. Our Red Alert warns of 13 critical CVEs in the Linux kernel (all of which can be addressed by updating to version 7).
On the news front, Cisco announces an open-source project to secure OpenClaw AI agents, Aviatrix rolls out new cloud-based AI security features for workloads and agents, and BlueCat launches a tech preview of MCP Servers to broker access to its DDI data for AI agents.
AT&T offers essential managed security services for small businesses, Microsoft shifts GitHub Copilot to usage-based billing, and Microsoft Azure updates its private cloud branding into Sovereign Private Cloud.
Google and Palo Alto Networks partner on security for Google Gemini, and we cover financial results from Extreme Networks, F5, and Check Point.
T-Mobile, Cradlepoint, and Starlink partner up to pair fixed-access 5G powered and Starlink satellite services for redundant connectivity; AST SpaceMobile gets permission to launch 248 satellites for orbital broadband; Blue Origin puts an AST satellite in the wrong orbit; and a startup wants to put solar panels in space to beam power down to Earth.
AdSpot Sponsor: Nokia
Nokia Event-Driven Automation (EDA) is a cloud-native infrastructure automation platform built on Kubernetes for data center networks. Transform your data center operations with intent-based networking, real-time observability, multi-vendor support and integrated GenAI and agentic AI capabilities. The new Ask EDA is your 24/7 AIOps assistant that doesn’t just understand what you ask, it understands your network, predicts issues before they hit production, get clear explanations for problems, applies fixes and validates them—all without endless documentation searches or late-night calls to senior engineers. From troubleshooting errors to monitoring network health, Ask EDA is your digital twin and smartest network engineer assistant—always on, always ready. Learn more about Ask EDA at nokia.ly/EDA and try EDA for free at docs.eda.dev.
Links:
Technical Tip: FortiOS End of Support change for FortiOS v7.4 and v7.6 - community.fortinet.com/fortigate-3/technical-tip-fortios-end-of-support-change-for-fortios-v7-4-and-v7-6-224876
US ISP CPE SUPPLY CHAIN - senki.org/us-isp-cpe-supply-chain
Linux CVEs - lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce
I Run OpenClaw at Home. That’s Exactly Why We Built DefenseClaw. - blogs.cisco.com/ai/cisco-announces-defenseclaw
Aviatrix Operationalizes the Containment Era with the Industry's First Containment Platform for AI Agents - aviatrix.ai/newsroom/press-release/containment-platform-for-ai-agents
BlueCat Moves Agentic AI From Insight to Action With New AI Integrations - businesswire.com/news/home/20260430057663/en/BlueCat-Moves-Agentic-AI-From-Insight-to-Action-With-New-AI-Integrations?_bhlid=f28611888c5485df8bc0f2dc6cc1c328607059d2
GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing - https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/
Microsoft Sovereign Private Cloud scales to thousands of nodes with Azure Local - blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/04/27/microsoft-sovereign-private-cloud-scales-to-thousands-of-nodes-with-azure-local
Expand Strategic Collaboration to Secure the AI Enterprise - paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2026/04/google-cloud-expand-strategic-collaboration-secure-ai-enterprise
Extreme Networks Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results - investor.extremenetworks.com/news/news-details/2026/Extreme-Networks-Reports-Third-Quarter-Fiscal-Year-2026-Financial-Results/default.aspx
F5 Reports Second Quarter Results with 11% Revenue Growth Including 22% Product Growth - f5.com/company/news/press-releases/earnings-q2-fy26
Check Point Software Reports 2026 First Quarter Financial Results - checkpoint.com/press-releases/check-point-software-reports-2026-first-quarter-financial-results
T‑Mobile Reinvents Business Internet from the Ground Up and the Sky Down with ‘SuperBroadband’ - t-mobile.com/news/business/business-internet-with-superbroadband
FCC Authorizes AST to Provide Supplemental Coverage from Space - fcc.gov/document/fcc-authorizes-ast-provide-supplemental-coverage-space
AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 “lost” by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin New Glenn rocket launch -datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ast-spacemobiles-bluebird-7-lost-by-jeff-bezos-blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-launch
Network Break is part of the Packet Pushers network. Visit our website to find more great networking and technology podcasts, along with tutorial videos, the Human Infrastructure newsletter, and loads more resources for building your IT career. packetpushers.net
Take a Network Break! It's a busy show this week. We start with follow-up on Anthropic's Project Glasswing, router bans, and end-of-engineering/end-of-support date changes for Fortinet's FortiOSv7.4. Our Red Alert warns of 13 critical CVEs in the Linux kernel (all of which can be addressed by updating to version 7).
On the news front, Cisco announces an open-source project to secure OpenClaw AI agents, Aviatrix rolls out new cloud-based AI security features for workloads and agents, and BlueCat launches a tech preview of MCP Servers to broker access to its DDI data for AI agents.
AT&T offers essential managed security services for small businesses, Microsoft shifts GitHub Copilot to usage-based billing, and Microsoft Azure updates its private cloud branding into Sovereign Private Cloud.
Google and Palo Alto Networks partner on security for Google Gemini, and we cover financial results from Extreme Networks, F5, and Check Point.
T-Mobile, Cradlepoint, and Starlink partner up to pair fixed-access 5G powered and Starlink satellite services for redundant connectivity; AST SpaceMobile gets permission to launch 248 satellites for orbital broadband; Blue Origin puts an AST satellite in the wrong orbit; and a startup wants to put solar panels in space to beam power down to Earth.
AdSpot Sponsor: Nokia
Nokia Event-Driven Automation (EDA) is a cloud-native infrastructure automation platform built on Kubernetes for data center networks. Transform your data center operations with intent-based networking, real-time observability, multi-vendor support and integrated GenAI and agentic AI capabilities. The new Ask EDA is your 24/7 AIOps assistant that doesn’t just understand what you ask, it understands your network, predicts issues before they hit production, get clear explanations for problems, applies fixes and validates them—all without endless documentation searches or late-night calls to senior engineers. From troubleshooting errors to monitoring network health, Ask EDA is your digital twin and smartest network engineer assistant—always on, always ready. Learn more about Ask EDA at nokia.ly/EDA and try EDA for free at docs.eda.dev.
Links:
Technical Tip: FortiOS End of Support change for FortiOS v7.4 and v7.6 - community.fortinet.com/fortigate-3/technical-tip-fortios-end-of-support-change-for-fortios-v7-4-and-v7-6-224876
US ISP CPE SUPPLY CHAIN - senki.org/us-isp-cpe-supply-chain
Linux CVEs - lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce
I Run OpenClaw at Home. That’s Exactly Why We Built DefenseClaw. - blogs.cisco.com/ai/cisco-announces-defenseclaw
Aviatrix Operationalizes the Containment Era with the Industry's First Containment Platform for AI Agents - aviatrix.ai/newsroom/press-release/containment-platform-for-ai-agents
BlueCat Moves Agentic AI From Insight to Action With New AI Integrations - businesswire.com/news/home/20260430057663/en/BlueCat-Moves-Agentic-AI-From-Insight-to-Action-With-New-AI-Integrations?_bhlid=f28611888c5485df8bc0f2dc6cc1c328607059d2
GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing - https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-copilot-is-moving-to-usage-based-billing/
Microsoft Sovereign Private Cloud scales to thousands of nodes with Azure Local - blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2026/04/27/microsoft-sovereign-private-cloud-scales-to-thousands-of-nodes-with-azure-local
Expand Strategic Collaboration to Secure the AI Enterprise - paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2026/04/google-cloud-expand-strategic-collaboration-secure-ai-enterprise
Extreme Networks Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results - investor.extremenetworks.com/news/news-details/2026/Extreme-Networks-Reports-Third-Quarter-Fiscal-Year-2026-Financial-Results/default.aspx
F5 Reports Second Quarter Results with 11% Revenue Growth Including 22% Product Growth - f5.com/company/news/press-releases/earnings-q2-fy26
Check Point Software Reports 2026 First Quarter Financial Results - checkpoint.com/press-releases/check-point-software-reports-2026-first-quarter-financial-results
T‑Mobile Reinvents Business Internet from the Ground Up and the Sky Down with ‘SuperBroadband’ - t-mobile.com/news/business/business-internet-with-superbroadband
FCC Authorizes AST to Provide Supplemental Coverage from Space - fcc.gov/document/fcc-authorizes-ast-provide-supplemental-coverage-space
AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 “lost” by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin New Glenn rocket launch -datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ast-spacemobiles-bluebird-7-lost-by-jeff-bezos-blue-origin-new-glenn-rocket-launch
Network Break is part of the Packet Pushers network. Visit our website to find more great networking and technology podcasts, along with tutorial videos, the Human Infrastructure newsletter, and loads more resources for building your IT career. packetpushers.net
