No, not the David Bowie song.
For those in the know, my contract at ST ended January 4th and I had
the joy of being unemployed (underemployed?) for a whole 5 days, my
choice.
I have accepted the role of Security Officer with “Unnamed Company” and that
starts January 14th so this should be a fun week as I get started in
my new position (no comments from Bruce please).
As it says in the calendar, this week is meeting week.
I was thinking that we should set a couple of goals for the year, so we
have something to work towards, as well as try for a few training
sessions.
Topics welcome.
Some things that will come up are:
- firewalls
- possible amateur radio presentation
- stuff to do
- training?
Others may or may not have come across this website before, but if not I
figured that it would be a good source of information, from a legal
point of view on some of the issues facing our industry. If nothing else
it could be the catalyst for some interesting arguements.
Michael Geist is a lawyer who appears to take a relatively rational
approach to some of the “improvements” the politicians are trying to
inflict upon a world that they do not understand.
I have been reviewing Solaris hardening guides to try to get a couple of
better ideas for my customized hardening scripts. While reading, I ran
across a link to softpanorama.org. I was glancing at the article which
almost looks as if it was sponsored by Microsoft :)
Anyway, to cut to the chase…
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Well, that was quite the meal:
- Good food
- Good company
- Good wine
- Good conversation
Pretty much sums it up. I’m sitting in front of my computer wondering
how long it will be until I feel like a normal person again. I have to
order a smaller meal next time I am down there.
For those who were wondering where that post I mentioned regarding the
Apple Leopard Server OS, the link is
“I’m not a mac zealot. Really!” Of
course, there are those who doubt, especially after the mac promo info
I gave out at the meeting.