I should let you know right off the top, this is not a ‘how-to’ from an expert. Instead, this is a how I was able to do something cool for the first time, article. The reason for this post is that I had to use multiple different how-to sites and was still left to troubleshootContinue reading “Gitlab + Hugo = Website Magic Happy Time”
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Starting the GIAC Certification Process
So I’ve made it through just about all of the SANS SEC503 material. That’s no small accomplishment in it of itself and I already feel like I’ve leveled up a bit. I now know some of the secrets about the TCP handshake, checksums and window size 🙂 If you’ve followed me through my first threeContinue reading “Starting the GIAC Certification Process”
scapy or not, here I come!
I came across a pretty cool tool during the first part of section 3 of my SANS503 course: Scapy. Using this tool you can do many things, for example, read in packets, edit packets and create entirely new packets just to name a few. The easiest way to get started it to just type outContinue reading “scapy or not, here I come!”
new snort rule, who dis?
The third section of my SANS503 course has a huge section, the second biggest of the entire course, dealing with some 110+ slides on snort. I’m not here to give you the history of snort, IDS/IPS placement within your enterprise or any of that, instead I just want to introduce you to the basic structureContinue reading “new snort rule, who dis?”
tcpdump filters, an intro
When learning, I often try to do as my teacher. For example, when I went through Kirk Byers free network automation course he used Vim exclusively which meant I got to get pretty comfortable with it myself. Now that I’m on to day 2 materials of my SANS SEC503 course I find myself getting deepContinue reading “tcpdump filters, an intro”
Starting Over
Standing at the bottom of the mountain looking up is where I find myself yet again. I joined the Air National Guard full-time in the summer of 2018, 36 years old and beginning what is my 4th, 5th or 6th career or life stage so to speak. Getting back into IT wasn’t something I plannedContinue reading “Starting Over”
