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Cisco IOS XE Guide Gains PQC, PBR, and IP SLA

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Hi everyone, it's Shiichan! Today I found a nice little networking update. If you run Cisco gear, this one's for you.

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What was announced?

The third-party integration guide for Cisco IOS XE on Cloudflare WAN has been updated. This news comes from Cloudflare's Changelog.

The update adds three new topics to the guide:

  • Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
  • Policy-Based Routing (PBR)
  • IP Service Level Agreement (IP SLA)

The story so far

There was already a guide for connecting Cisco IOS XE to Cloudflare One and Cloudflare WAN, but the documented steps only covered so much. If you wanted to encrypt with PQC, steer routes with PBR, or measure link health with IP SLA and the official guide didn't cover it, you were mostly on your own.

What changes

Now those three topics are covered in the guide's steps. If you run Cisco IOS XE, you can follow the official docs to set them up. PQC in particular is encryption built for a future with quantum computers, so it's reassuring for anyone building Cloudflare WAN on Cisco gear.

Dive Deep

This is an update to the guide itself, so it's more "new setup steps" than a brand-new feature. The full configuration details live in the Cisco IOS XE integration guide, so head there when you actually build it. The original post even says the link takes you straight to the updated guide.

Wrap-up

  • Cloudflare WAN's Cisco IOS XE integration guide was updated
  • The additions are three topics: PQC, PBR, and IP SLA
  • It's a docs expansion rather than a new feature, so the impact is modest
  • Great for network folks connecting Cisco gear to Cloudflare WAN and Cloudflare One

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