Bits, Bytes, & Radio Waves

A quiet journey through discovery and understanding.

  • MyLab: Smart Card Authentication

    I use a YubiKey 5 Series security key (from Yubico) in my lab. This allows me to use strong authentication and test out security scenarios that I usually find myself in while on the job. I did use the reference material from Yubico to get this working, but am going to transcribe and document this…

  • MyLab: Workspace ONE Access (post v2)

    Preparing to Deploy the VMware Workspace ONE Access Appliance Preparation tasks include the following:

  • MyLab: VMware Horizon True SSO

    An Enterprise Certificate Authority needs to be accessible. Certificates are a big part of True SSO. There are going to be short term certificates that will be issued. True SSO will require the following servers and services: Familiarity with the command line is helpful, but not necessary as well.

Notes from practice

I use this site to document systems, configurations, and lessons learned as I work through real problems—both professionally and through personal experimentation. The goal is clarity: understand how something works, explain why it behaves the way it does, and make it reliable and repeatable.

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Aaron Rombaut

Technologist & Writer