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Understanding VMware’s Security Services Platform (SSP)

A brief discussion about understanding vDefend Security Services Platform

CuriousTechie: Hello IT Guy! I have been hearing about a new product in VMware’s portfolio called SSP – Security Services Platform. Can you help me understand what is this product?

ITGuy: Sure! Have you worked with NAPP ( NSX Application Platform) ? And how was your experience working with NAPP?

CuriousTechie: Yes! I have deployed and used NAPP after having a conversation with you here. To be honest, it was fun but little tough to deploy. It required some Kubernetes knowledge and had a lot of dependencies. Also an air gap deployment was very challenging.

ITGuy: SSP is the successor of NAPP but its exponentially easy to deploy without any major dependency. vDefend Security Services Platform represents a next-generation solution for visualizing and managing vDefend Security within VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). It is designed to deliver a high-performance, scalable platform that efficiently operates various vDefend security services.

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3 Ways to Verify Applied Distributed Firewall Rules on a VNIC

A short conversation on how to check the applied Distributed Firewall Rules on a vnic!!

CuriousTechie: Hello IT Guy, I am working on a project to implement DFW rules in an environment and often need to check exactly what firewall rules are applied on a vnic, is there a way to do that?

ITGuy: Sure ! We can talk about three different ways to do that and we can talk about pro’s and con’s of each.

CuriousTechie: Okay cool!

ITGuy:

  • From NSX UI
  • From ESXi Host shell
  • From ARIA Operations for Networks aka vRNI
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