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    Certification suggestions for intrusion detection/Snort

    Good point. I interviewed at two places (one fortune 100, one private but equally large) for a sec analyst position. Both offered at least 1 SANS course/cert a year and T&E for a couple sec conferences. Companies will invest in the good talent, with your background you are most likely going...
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    Data Center Network Design

    Putting your storage directly on the "core" isn't bad if the setup allows for it in smaller networks.
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    Certification suggestions for intrusion detection/Snort

    It might be this: https://www.elearnsecurity.com/certification/ejpt/
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    Data Center Network Design

    Short answer, yes at the size your going to a distro layer is requirement if it can be done. What vendor will this be with?
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    Power supply going strong after 9 years...

    So there ya go, anything is possible.
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    Need help setting up an automatic proxy configuration to bypass for specific sites.

    IF you can't get this to work, PIA (Private Internet Access) has a chrome extension that achieves what you are trying to do. I use it and it works well.
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    Certification suggestions for intrusion detection/Snort

    cybersailor check this out: https://hireourheroes.org/sans-vet-success-academy-cyber-security-training-dc/ Open to US Veterans only.
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    Recommend some Good Story Driven Single Player FPS games?

    AH FEAR! I forgot about that game. It was awesome when it first came out...I didn't realize there was a sequel (I never finished the first anyways lol).
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    Certification suggestions for intrusion detection/Snort

    For certain jobs it helps. CISSP is less technical than what he does now and has a much broader scope.
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    I need more desk space - wall mount my case?

    Oh that is nice. Exactly what I wondered...I will rig up a shelf from Home Depot and get some real estate back....
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    Certification suggestions for intrusion detection/Snort

    Let me know if you need help on the job hunt. I have parlayed a handful of years, some certs & college into a work from home security job for some Fortune 20 clients. I have picked up a few tricks along the way, I would enjoy helping a vet make the most of their skill set :) +1 to this. The...
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    Building Budget Gaming PC Need Advice

    I don't know how this will be received....but I would go with used equipment in the 2-4 year range. Purely as an example, my current setup is all Frankenstein'd free parts plus a $60 case to make it presentable. I play GTAV on high in the 40-50 FPS range. List: i3-2120 DH61CR Intel MOBO 16GB...
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    Certification suggestions for intrusion detection/Snort

    Mega6 thats going a very different direction from where he/she is now. There is plenty of work on the "blue" side of house cybersailor. Do you have an active clearance? I don't know if you can PM me, if you can send me an address to email you.... The biggest "problem" I see with prior...
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    I need more desk space - wall mount my case?

    I need just a few more inches to make things fit together better and I am thinking that moving the PC tower from the desk to the wall would get me that room. I know there are special wall mounts with velcro and straps and metal....but I am thinking of just making a shelf and putting it up...
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    Sata cable in pcie slot

    This please.
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    Anyone happy with their UPS?

    My only experiences are with the big APC's used in "corporate" environments. They work great, last forever and the software works (I have tested many times)...
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    Power supply going strong after 9 years...

    <------ *triple service life on PC parts crew member #8* I have never had a PS kill parts because of it dying. Only had them shut off due to failure.
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    Expand wired network from 4 port router

    I have used the super cheap TP-Link 8 port switches with success. I believe some of them even have their own way of blocking ports as needed (not quite STP, but similar). Best practices though, run as many cables as needed. Try not to use a switch unless you have to in "remote" rooms. With...
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    Security precautions to take before gaming online?

    Im not looking forward to my kid (and his Switch) after his bday in a few weeks. Ill probably just put all that on his own segment lol.
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    Do you trust MOBO RAID?

    I am looking at Backblaze for $5/month. Thats not bad either... if I need to recover my library I can get a HD shipped to me up to 4TB for ~$200. That works.
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    Do you trust MOBO RAID?

    Oh I like this! Checking it out now....
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    Do you trust MOBO RAID?

    Right on. Not a backup, but instead some resiliency to single drive failures. I am considering putting all of the videos into something like crashplan but I don't think recovery (if needed) would work with ~2 TB of data... So if I get a common mobo (manufacturer, chipset) and the mobo dies...
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    Security precautions to take before gaming online?

    Respectfully, you don't understand what your saying. Each app does need it's own port, but on the client side that port is going to be a random uncommon port. Server side will be 80 or 443 or whatever port the devs of a game willy nilly decide to use. There is no good reason why a COD server...
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    Security precautions to take before gaming online?

    Being that dedicated ports are typically set on the server side or receiving side I don't understand why developers would force game traffic out on a specific (odd) port. I figured they stopped doing that a decade ago.... For the record I block everything BUT TCP 80 & 443. The firewall does...
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    Do you trust MOBO RAID?

    Will that resolve the "mobo dies" issue?
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    Do you trust MOBO RAID?

    My plex library has grown over the years and I am looking for a way to build in some redundancy. I currently have two externals that I have copies of the library on, then annually (roughly) I buy new externals and make new copies. I am planning my next build and I can't help but wonder if...
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    Security precautions to take before gaming online?

    Real talk, do games still need uncommon ports opened to work (fully)?
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    password storage

    You can, there are few bad answers when we are talking about password managers. I don't trust flash drives for that though, I have had a enough randomly stop working after long periods of not using them to make it a no-go in my book. It will also depend on your goal or purpose for making a...
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    Run programs from a server

    Keep it simple. I would avoid installing an application on a network drive (in your typical home network). Random hiccups that don't cause problems for most traffic could create random annoying issues with an app like that.
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    Program to limit WiFi speed at certain times

    Fortigate 60D's are smaller, easier to setup and use and do this well.
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    Need some direction - getting back into IT (security)

    My infragard chapter is pretty dead, I stopped paying attention to the emails. Semi-annual meetings in citys 2 hours away....no thanks. Try to find some meet ups in your area. I live in the sticks in Michigan but have things like Arbsec (Ann Arbor Security) meetups at a bar in Ann Arbor and...
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    Non-standard Cat6 RJ45 ends.

    I have played with both of the terminals posted in the OP. They might be liked by some, but I learned how to do terminate without the special terminals and I found them to be either frustrating or slower.
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    Just bought my first Cisco switch

    I have had a few catalyst switches, half were silent the other half were like buzz saws. They got the fans disconnected pretty quick lol, ran it for years (low load) without a hiccup.
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    Security precautions to take before gaming online?

    ^^^ This. If you keep your wits about ya, the majority of security issues can be avoided.
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    password storage

    Keepass. If you don't use an email service that spies on you, save a copy of your DB in your email. Use a long passphrase.
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    Just bought my first Cisco switch

    3560's are getting pretty lonnnngggg in the tooth, so cost is coming down. Also for reference, in my last lab I used 3750's that I picked up for under $200 for the pair. Non-poe, but still $150 for the 3650 w/POE sounds about right. Have fun, they are good gear. If its loud you can probably...
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    Run programs from a server

    This would work well....but the cost, complexity, overhead, etc....forget it. I would just install office on your main machine and call it a day. If you really don't want to do that, install office on anything else you have laying around and set it up so you can RDP into it.
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    Outdoor, underground network cable advice.

    Garden hoses are small, easy to bury and offer some protection.....just sayin. I connected a barn to a house using garden hose and standard Cat 5 years ago. About 90 yds, still working today.
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    Dual WAN router recomendations

    I don't want to be that guy, but at this point in time FW's are usually the same cost as a good router....so why not (@OP)?
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    Charter Internet - 60 to 100

    GOOD TIMES. I was a Charter customer for 10 years prior to moving a few years back to an area they don't service. More than once we had to call and ask to get the "new" speeds because they don't move old accounts over automatically for some damn reason. I remember my first charter service...
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