Mastodawn

Could not figure out why my work VPN would drop connection each time I'd try and log on from my home office over the last few weeks. I tried so many combinations over two weeks that didn't make a difference. I went into the IT room at work last Friday, met with my admin and logged onto the VPN on the staff WiFi, no issues.

Go to log into the VPN today, I then lose all internet connection, both WiFi and wired. I'm wired directly to my fiber router, there should be no issue. Finally pulled logs today with my network admin, when we log into our VPN remotely it pulls patches and host tables from an IP assigned to an #AWS server.

As a coincidence, parts of #AWS were down today and during the other times I tried to log in remotely, meaning that my client side login could not pull the patch and tables due to no response from the host. So the program would fail gracefully and sit with the 'lost connection'. This didn't happen when I logged in at work because of our direct connection to the state IT enterprise system.

I really really wish that we had the capacity as a state enterprise to do our own hosting in a reliable, resilient and cost effective manner. But wishing only gets us so far and that is a triangle situation: you need three but get to pick two. 😉

#IT #AmazonWebServices #LoadBearingHostFiles #TalesFromIT #AreWeCentralizedYet #InformationTechnology #TechOverlords #DecentralizeMeCaptain

joe•iuculano

14h ago

Via #TheVerge @ 3:44pm EST on Nov 26, 2025

#Campbells says it fired its vice president of #InformationTechnology after leaked audio allegedly captured him saying the company uses meat that “came from a #3D printer.” The comments led Campbell’s to issue an explanation on its website, insisting its soups aren’t made with 3D-printed chicken, #LabGrownChicken, or #BioengineeredMeat.

https://www.theverge.com/news/829516/campbells-3d-printed-chicken-soup

Campbell’s promises its soups are not made with 3D printed meat

Campbell’s is pushing back on leaked audio that purportedly captures an IT VP saying the company’s meat “came from a 3D printer.”

The Verge

ISEC @ TU Graz 19h ago

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#student #uni #university #studyabroad #tugraz #graz #university #austria #scholarship #informationtechnology #cybersecurity

Magical Cat 2d ago

Is this a too grim or I giving a realistic assessment here?
// IT sphere is generally anti-freedom and hierarchical. It was a glitch that people were able to use it for free expression and exchange of information. // with more details on perspective of IT and sources of hierarchy and anti-freedom.
https://medium.com/@kote_isaev/it-sphere-is-generally-anti-freedom-and-hierarchical-2254d532aee6

#IT #InformationTechnology #Prognosis #Freedom #Future

IT sphere is generally anti-freedom and hierarchical.

IT in generally is quite hierarchical:

Medium

Edwin G. Jolly (Maybe!) 🎄🎅3d ago

Microsoft will be removing WINS support in the next version of Windows Server.

Me: Finally!

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-to-remove-wins-support-after-windows-server-2025/
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Microsoft retirera la prise en charge de WINS dans la prochaine version de Windows Server.

Moi: Finalement!

https://support.microsoft.com/fr-ca/topic/wins-removal-moving-forward-with-modern-name-resolution-f00381f0-7237-4f7b-8e78-aa6f9c5b279f

#Microsoft #Windows #WindowsServer #IT #TI #InformationTechnology #Technologies #SysAdmin

Microsoft to remove WINS support after Windows Server 2025

Microsoft has warned IT administrators to prepare for the removal of Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) from Windows Server releases starting in November 2034.

BleepingComputer