Bits, Bytes, & Radio Waves

A quiet journey through discovery and understanding.

Technology


  • Amazon Web Services

    Moved to Amazon Web Services (AWS)! Finishing up some military training, then planning on finishing CompTIA Linux+, then starting an AWS training frenzy!!


  • VMware ESXi 6.5 STIG Default File Permissions

    Sorry for the long title, but I wanted it to be descriptive enough to understand and search. So recently, I was testing out the VMware Fling, “DoD Security Technical Implementation Guide(STIG) ESXi VIB” to try to speed up how I secure my hosts. Unfortunately, it changed the default file permissions on my files and I…


  • Introduction to Subnetting 

    Intro to Subnetting by Aaron G. Rombaut Introduction: Subnetting is a way for network administrators to use available network address space without waste. A general rule of thumb in networking is to remember a subnet = broadcast domain = vlan. Discussion: An IPv4  address consists of four octets in dotted decimal notation. Each octet contains…