D2DO276: MCP: Capable, Insecure, and On Your Network Today

D2DO276: MCP: Capable, Insecure, and On Your Network Today

Author: Packet Pushers June 25, 2025 Duration: 33:47
MCP, or Model Context Protocol, is an open-source project originally created by Anthropic. MCP is designed to let AI agents to connect to data repositories, applications, business and developer tools, and other agents to execute tasks and carry out instructions. Day Two DevOps explores the capabilities and pitfalls of MCP, how the protocol works, and... Read more »

Day Two DevOps features hosts Ned Bellavance and Ethan Banks, who steer conversations about the ongoing, real-world work of running cloud platforms. This isn't a theoretical discussion; it's a practical look at the complexities that emerge after the initial deployment, drawing directly from their own extensive backgrounds. Each week, they bring in other seasoned professionals-technical leaders, trainers, and consultants-to unpack the specific nuances and unexpected challenges within environments like AWS and Azure. The dialogue spans critical areas including networking, security, and automation, all through a lens of operational DevOps. Listening to this podcast provides actionable insights and grounded perspectives that help practitioners navigate the continual evolution and management of their systems, moving beyond setup to sustained, confident operation. The focus is on the knowledge required for the long haul, offering a resource for those deep in the details of cloud infrastructure.
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D2DO250: The Realities of Responsible Disclosure in the Cloud [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:28
Cloud security and responsible disclosure are the focus of today’s conversation with guest Kat Traxler. Kat shares her insights on identifying vulnerabilities in cloud services, particularly Google Cloud, and the importa…
D2DO249: The Anatomy of TLS 1.3 and Why You Should Risk It [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:20
Transport Layer Security (TLS) is today’s topic with guest Ed Harmoush. TLS plays a critical role in Internet security, and we dive into the differences between versions 1.2 and 1.3 In addition, Ed shares his journey int…
D2C246: Can Service Level Objectives (SLOs) Help Keep Users Happy? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:39
Service Level Objectives (SLOs) are a set of reliability measurements for customer or user expectations of services; in other words, are people having a good experience with your application or service? Today’s Day Two C…
D2C245: Don’t Fear Database DevOps [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:00
Most platform engineers are scared of databases, and most database administrators prefer it that way. But our guest today says it’s time to move forward together toward a future of database linters, observability, and ab…
D2C244: When the Cloud was Born [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:10
Eric Chou was there for the birth of the public cloud. Before DevOps or SREs were a thing, before Azure was Azure, Eric was a network engineer for Amazon, helping them build out their retail technology platform. Of cours…
Heavy Strategy: Failure and Resilience [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:20
Welcome to a crossover episode with the Heavy Strategy podcast! Firing the wrong person, mistakenly rebooting core switches in a massive network, not passing the CCIE exam– today we talk all about failure. For this conve…
D2C243: Your Kubernetes Clusters are Showing [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:27
There are about 1.4 million Kubernetes clusters just sitting out there on the public internet as we speak. That is 1.4 million lateral-movement rich, highly privileged environments. The bearer of this anxiety-provoking n…
D2C242: Data Engineering and its Streams, Rivers, and Lakes [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:00
Keith Gregory teaches us about data engineering in a way DevOps folks (and hydrologists) can understand. He explains that the role of a data engineer is to create pipelines to transport data from metaphorical rivers and…