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Aaron does lots of stuff and, therefore, does nothing well. He's trying, though. https://masto.ai/@aconaway

Here's To Another Year

Here we are at the end of another year. It’s been a pretty good one for me – the wife got a new job, we have a new house, we’re in good health. I hope that you, too, have had a great year. Here are some highlights from 2009

ISCW Down, Three To Go

I took and passed the ISCW test today. I was super-nervous going into it, which is weird for me, but I finally calmed down after the first few questions. Here’s my take. I don’t want to get into any trouble so I’m not going to include very

Convenience versus Security

I coworker sent over a link today that got me thinking about an old adage that I’ve been sharing for years. The link actually has nothing to do with the philosophy but did trigger a random spewing of words from my brain. Here’s what I tell everyone. When

ISCW Notes - Access List Resequencing

I don’t know if this really pertains to the ISCW test per se, but this is something I learned in my class last week. I’m sure I should have learned this years ago, but, alas, I didn’t. Access lists get messy. You build one, apply it to

ISCW Notes - Role-based Views

I’m at training for the ISCW test this week, and this topic came up yesterday. Since it came up last week at the office, I figure it was a sign from $deity that it was time for a blog entry. An admin in another business unit was trying to

I've Been Hacked

It looks like one of those Russian b*%*#rds got me some time last week. I don’t know how long the site was down for sure, but I would guess that he first got access on Thursday, 22 October. Since we’re talking about WordPress here, I just restored

Using SPF Records To Build Objects

My biggest complain about modern firewalls is their lack of the ability to create rules based on URLs or HTTP streams; you have to open access between IP addresses. Yes, I know there are other means to do that, but I want my ASA/PIX/FWSM to do it without