Double_Virgule πŸš«πŸ‘‘ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

@double_virgule@ioc.exchange
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Sysadmin at a major telecommunications company. Views and opinions are my own. Live in Cobb County, GA. Been in IT since I was a teenager and still have imposter syndrome.

(He/Him)

GitHubhttps://github.com/double-virgule
Websitehttps://blog.questionmarkabouttech.space
Double_Virgule πŸš«πŸ‘‘ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ18h ago

I think the dumbest thing about this time - not the worst, the dumbest - is that our president is interviewed more often wearing a baseball hat and a tacky suit than he is with anything else.

I love baseball hats as much as the next balding male, but I cannot take anyone seriously if they're wearing a suit and a giant baseball cap and trying to tell me about the war in Iran.

I think he should just lean into it and start wearing a giant sunhat. #uspol #trump #dumbestTimeline

Double_Virgule πŸš«πŸ‘‘ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆJun 14
Don't wanna brag, but we had Big Bird show up at our #nokings protest in #marietta.
Double_Virgule πŸš«πŸ‘‘ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆJun 2
MikeJun 28, 2023
@SecurityWriter it was either this or sleep.
Double_Virgule πŸš«πŸ‘‘ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆMay 26
Mother #bird back in the nest, post-work. She cussed me out a bit, which I felt I deserved.
Double_Virgule πŸš«πŸ‘‘ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆApr 26
Mark McDonaldFeb 21, 2023
If you tell your friends about Mastodon, you’re technically an ambassador of the federation.
Double_Virgule πŸš«πŸ‘‘ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆApr 18
Props to the #wikipedia editor who added subtitles to the Howler Monkey sounds. Got a good chuckle from that.
Double_Virgule πŸš«πŸ‘‘ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆApr 12
mauveFeb 15, 2023

Remember, when the internet gets disbanded, don't blame Hasbro Interactive. They had nothing to do with it.

From the back of my Master of Orion II disc.

Double_Virgule πŸš«πŸ‘‘ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆApr 8
I'm so tired of AI hype.
Double_Virgule πŸš«πŸ‘‘ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆMar 22

What is the modern equivalent of "Quick! Turn to channel 11!"?

Quick! Open YouTube and search for "Dangerous Thing Happening 2025 Livestream"?

Double_Virgule πŸš«πŸ‘‘ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆMar 17
I'm part of the Groups.io #hamradio group where I live, and the hardest part of it is how often lately they're announcing deaths of the local #ham operators. For one, they all seem like fantastic people and I'm sad I never got to know them, and for two, it really feels like ham radio is made up of more and more of a dying group. The two facts that I can always bring up as "what's unique about you" style icebreakers is that I'm a ham radio operator and a lapsed puppeteer. Nobody else ever has experience with those two things.
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MikeJun 28, 2023
@SecurityWriter it was either this or sleep.
Show threadguentherJun 28, 2023

@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter

since when is iptables a "dedicated network device"?

Show threadMikeJun 28, 2023

@guenther @SecurityWriter I’d never be caught dead deploying a white box PC with some PCI network cards and IPTables as a firewall in production. I’m a professional.

I used FreeBSD and Packet Filter.

Show threadSimon Fondrie-TeitlerJun 28, 2023
@guenther @mikemacleod @SecurityWriter since it can direct traffic in addition to restricting I feel like it belongs in the middle bottom instead of the top right.
Show threadMaisie SummersJun 28, 2023

@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter

A boss of mine once used an old PC, put four network cards in it, and set up traffic handling rules with Linux. With the four cards we had external internet trunk, our external web server, our internal intranet server, and our external office connections.
Remember he was delighted one day sitting there watching someone in China pinging our system, and the pings falling into a black hole he'd set up.

Show threadMatt PalmerJun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod @campuscodi @SecurityWriter you made the correct choice.
Show threadMike (no, the other one)Jun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter
Show threadHannahJun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter Every device can be a firewall if you operate it wrong enough.
Show threadravenlbJun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod someone needs to put this in the Louvre, incredible
Show threadMichaΕ‚ "rysiek" WoΕΊniak Β· πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦Jun 28, 2023

@mikemacleod thanks, now I need to clean the spat-out coffee off of my screen.

@SecurityWriter

Show threadVLJun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter
Show threadPatrick $8 Jun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod Where is NAT on this chart? Somewhere near WRT54G?
Show threadraminfJun 28, 2023

@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter

Only one can create true security: a working Air Gap.

Show threadMikeJun 28, 2023
@raminf @SecurityWriter what is an excavator if not spontaneous air-gap as a service (AGaaS)?
Show threadEthanJun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter @iamtjg
Show threadCat PanderingJun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter Important to start learning early. My toddler's first firewall.
Show threadWanderingBeekeeperJun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter yeah, I think we've all had excavators in the data path at some point in our careers.
Show threadElyse M GrassoJun 28, 2023
@WanderingBeekeeper @mikemacleod @SecurityWriter In the late 80s at a meeting about implementing T1, an AT&T rep mentioned (admiringly) that one of their competitors had bought a lot of cable routes in gas line rights of way. He said people running backhoes pay a lot more attention to signs that say 'warning: gas line' than to signs that say 'warning: telephone line'.
(Nonetheless, when I put the power lines to my house underground, the excavator managed to cut the gas line twice...)
Show threadDaniel C πŸ‘οΈπŸβ“‚οΈJun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter love this.
Show threadDaniel Pacheβš“Jun 28, 2023

@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter

I'm bottom right but slightly different:

Show threadResunaJun 28, 2023

@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter Green Ethernet is a firewall.

Oh you turned off that port because the server is sleeping with WoL and hasn't sent any traffic and you don't send the WoL wake up packet because you turned off the port.

Show threadKelly GuimontJun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod well that lives in my work Slack now...
Show threadRenaliaJun 28, 2023

@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter interesting the Excavator is the only firewall that can be employed retroactively :3

"haha we stole your data through your unsecured internet!...wait... what's that rumbling?"

Show threadKaryx DragonJun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter Fibre-seeking backhoes *do* make effective firewalls :)
Show threadCJJun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod Spanning tree being on this is really next level insanity.
Show threadMikeJun 28, 2023
@crh it was either that or β€œrogue DHCP server”
Show threadCJJun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod I think you should add a rodent operating the excavator. Squirrel, rat, etc.
Show threadBill, organizer of stuffJun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter Having lived through "Excavator is a firewall" and "Don't run the backup fiber through the same electrical duct as the primary," I can vouch for this.
Show threadWayne WernerJun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter A shark is a firewall
Show threadNewsGoth Condensed (if you know you know)Jun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter A strong pair of scissors makes a great layer-1 firewall.
Show threadStuart Longland (VK4MSL)Jun 28, 2023

@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter

I have a colleague that calls anything that features more than two Ethernet ports as a "router", whether it does anything at layer 3 or not.

Show threadlawnerdbarakJun 28, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter anything is a firewall if you use enough fire.
Show threadCassandrichJun 29, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter Aww you redefined the axes. Otherwise I was gonna say "nope, all firewalls are lawful evil".
Show threadkazordJun 29, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter nice, but where is OpenOffice in this chart
Show threadmari πŸ’œJun 29, 2023
@mikemacleod Missed opportunity for "NAT is a firewall"
Show threadartisanroxJun 29, 2023

@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter

I was just telling people of my appreciation for the mix of form and function...and here is proof, right here in my WRT!   

🀟  πŸ€Ÿ

Show threadDavid A. Pirata InformΓ‘tico Jun 29, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter After having a 24 hour outage due to a fibercut, this is perfect.
Show threadMikeJun 29, 2023
@riskymanag3ment @SecurityWriter it’s not an outage, it’s the spontaneous implementation of an air gap security solution.
Show threadAll your base are belong to usDec 27, 2023
@mikemacleod @SecurityWriter The last image reminds me of the phrase "back hoe fade margin".