Let's see here. Graduated from Wayne College University of Akron with an Associates in Computer Repair and Network Technologies.... in 1999. I did get my first IT job through contacts I made while at school, so thatwasn't totally worthless. That was a terrible experience, and I stepped away from IT for way to long.

Between 2001 and 2007 I worked a number of different jobs either doing shipping/receiving or driving a truck.

Started working for a medium sized herbalist operation in early 2008 as one of two IT people. It's down to just me now, and I'm planning to look for something else starting the beginning of next year. Don't like the idea of leaving the people, but professionally it's way past time to move on. At least when I do, they'll be in a much better position tech wise than when I started here.

[self-moderated] local [self-moderated], where are you located? I need to move!

@art_of_shred said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@aidan_walsh said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@aidan_walsh Nice, this is who we have in Rochester....

https://blackbuttondistilling.com/

I'm not usually one for flavoured spirits but that Apple Pie Monshine sounds great.

Oh no, it's disgusting. Moonshine is like a new bizarre fake term in the US for "utterly shit sprits". No one would put the label moonshine on a product if it was palatable. THat's for the hipster kids to think that they are drinking something illegal when, in fact, it's just overpriced garbage.

So true. The only real moonshine comes from a bootlegger up in the hills, in an unlabeled mason jar. I am very fortunate to be semi-connected to some rural moonshine aficionados, and what they bring over on holidays is the truth.

Same here, I drink actual moonshine and it is awesome. What is labeled that is stores is just a gimmick. Nothing like moonshine in taste OR in actuality.

Exactly. Real 'shine has a super clean flavor that is inimitable. And if you want to test the authenticity, pour a tiny bit in the jar lid and light it... should be a pure blue flame, anything else is bs.

I expect to see some at ML Con2!

This is likely still illegal in some parts of the country, ha ha.

Everything not taxable is illegal in NY.

ftfy

It goes to 11, so it must be better than the ones that only go to 10.
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Sorry, can't help myself sometimes.

I've added some Debian machines that needed the OSSIM agent tools installed. The process is just a little different than the documents state, so I thought I should add it here.

In your OOSIM interface, go to ENVIRONMENT -> DETECTION -> AGENTS and click ADD AGENT

After the agent is added, click on the key icon for the agent you just added, and copy the line of random junk that it gives you.

Now on the client machine. Install the prerequisites.

sudo apt-get install inotify-tools build-essential

Download, unzip, and install the OSSIM source.

wget https://bintray.com/artifact/download/ossec/ossec-hids/ossec-hids-2.8.3.tar.gz
tar xf ossec-hids-2.8.3.tar.gz
cd ossec-hids-2.8.3
sudo ./install.sh

The installer will ask you for some things none of the guides I use were up to date with. For this, we just want the client, and it will ask for the server IP or FQDN. Besides that, accept the defaults and let it run.

The client now needs the agent key entered, and the service restarted.

sudo /var/ossec/bin/manage_agents
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Paste the key we copied from the server.

y
Enter
Q
/etc/init.d/ossec restart

Finally, we need to restart the HIDS service on the server. This should be in HIDS CONTROL in the same screen we were in before.

All done.

Sources: https://www.alienvault.com/documentation/usm-v5/ids-configuration/deploying-alienvault-hids.htm#Deployin2
https://www.linode.com/docs/security/ossec-ids-debian-7

Playing developer still. Need to fix printing yet before I can call it done.... printing, the worst part of html!

@scale said in DCJ on Next Gen HCI Unlocks Potential Hybrid Cloud:

The DataCenterJournal's article on Next Gen HCI looks at where hyperconvergence is going in the future and specifically looks at how and why networking may be important in the future to be brought into the HCI fold.

So, how about adding network into that management stack of yours?

It's not just zero day, but when signing up for AlienVault's OSSIM, you can subscribe to their Open Threat Exchange. I have it email me whenever they find something new, which is almost every day. The latest one was "Flying Dragon Eye: Uyghur Themed Threat Activity" https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/581916f4aa96ef71368c8e47/?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=new_pulse_from_subscribed

@dafyre said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

@ChrisL said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

@BRRABill said in If you are new drop in say hello and introduce yourself please!:

I'm sad Coly didn't get his own username.

He'd have more moderated posts than @JaredBusch by sundown.

@JaredBusch would take that as a challenge @ChrisL ... I wonder who'd win.

The mods....

@dbeato said in NYC Mango Meetup June 2017:

Gotta check if available, that is the same week of my anniversary...

I sense a chance to combine work and an anniversary weekend in NYC.

@JaredBusch said in IT Security Update:

@IRJ said in IT Security Update:

@dafyre said in IT Security Update:

@IRJ said in IT Security Update:

@nadnerB said in IT Security Update:

Good to hear.
More time for fishing?

Unfortunately not. I have a much longer drive to work, but now I am able to listen to podcast and watch Udemy Training videos.

Um... perhaps you should listen to the udemy training videos? Even @JaredBusch doesn't watch videos while he drives... Does he?

I mostly listen and sometimes I glance.

I used to read entire novels on long drives with my e-reader and the font set to ludicrous size.

Did you wear plaid?

@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Need someone to flip a coin:

• Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB vs
• AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB

Similar performance, but the GTX 1060 requires less power (nearly 100 W less). On the other hand, I prefer AMD for GPUs.

Why not both?

@scottalanmiller said in True Open Source PBX:

@JaredBusch said in True Open Source PBX:

@scottalanmiller said in True Open Source PBX:

and I hate the FreePBX interface

So write your own. :juggling_tone1:

I've seriously thought about that. I'm not good with interfaces, though. So not my wheelhouse.

Can't be so bad as mine... who needs CSS, the default boxes look fine!

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller Is this the first snow of the year, when everybody completely forgets how to drive in the snow?

Fast and reckless is the only way to drive in the snow.

oh don't forget drunk!

Me and my AWD wagon plan on doing exactly that if it ever snows here.

When it actually does snow in Georgia, generally there isn't enough of the stuff to matter.

The classic joke for northern truck drivers who get pulled over after it snows in the southern states. "You call this snow, I just drove through the Great Lakes snow belt, this ain't no thing!"

@CitrixNewbJD said in XenServer 6.2 servers down. I have no Xen skill. Most likely networking? Help!:

@Dashrender @scottalanmiller Systems are up. New disk in, VD is degraded and being rebuilt.

Uhm, full backup created first?

Twas the time to run XS backups,
and all through the network,
not a peep could be heard,
not even a mouse.

The users were all snug at their desks,
while visions of Christmas danced in their heads.
Backups I run while nary a shout,
no "The internets not working",
nor even "The mouse!",
yet the network, it was raising a clatter,
but with aggregated links,
it didn't matter.

@lance said in Get your free Meraki gear!:

@Dashrender said in Get your free Meraki gear!:

I don't see a need to delete the post, or even the followup posts - if you're happy with a product, definitely feel free to talk about it.

I guess I was taken aback at first because of all of the other positive things I've read from people using them. I kind of reacted out of haste.

Very easy to do, learning to filter the kool-aid is a big part of what we do around here. You might want to take a look at if-you-don-t-question-me-you-don-t-respect-me, as @scottalanmiller can seem abrasive if you're not familiar with the man.

@Dominica said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

@scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

I only get mad when the kids fool around instead of playing the game that they are making us sit there to play.

You scare them and they panic. You take that game way too seriously, bruh.

You always add more spice around here when you pop in @Dominica

@dafyre said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:

@travisdh1 said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:

@BRRABill said in Linux File Server. Which One Would You Pick?:

@travisdh1 said i

Well sure. It is popular. Is it the most stable platform? No, it was never meant to be.

What defines stability in this case?

Knowing security updates won't break config files for one.

I have not had any issues with this on Linux in a long time.

Debian/Ubuntu/Mint (all the same base) are the only major system that feels the need to replace config files on you. If you're doing updates via 'apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y', it actually stops to ask you about replacing config files. Something that just doesn't happen on RedHat/CentOS.

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@RojoLoco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@MattSpeller She's the one asking for the gym I told you, I'm fat.

@scottalanmiller

rofl I get it now

Basically, I'm the worst.

Don't forget that vigorous sex is also exercise.... and I'm pretty sure that I out-fat you. I'm old too. So suck it up, youngster!

I out fat you both.

We can turn anything into a competition (snort).