In this episode Dorothy talks about her OpenVPN project and I talk about enterprise security. Dorothy is trying to figure out how OpenVPN works. I’m trying to apply enterprise level security in a production network. To see more visit section9.us. Links Center for Internet Security CIS Top 20 Security Controls

In this episode we talk about our failures and solutions. I failed a GCIH practice test and we both failed to figure out how to get OpenVPN to work. While we didn’t do well this week, we do have solutions to help move us forward. Links GCIH pfSense and OpenVPN

In this episode we review the OSI model. We apply it to my GCIH and security studying. We apply it to nmap and hping3. Tools that you can’t take full advantage of without understanding the OSI. We also apply the OSI to Dorothy’s firewall project. Links OSI Model Nmap Reference Guide  – Brief description of nmap […]

This is another pfSense Firewall episode. I explain how our pfSense project is helping us get into IT, Dorothy gives us some background information on pfSense, and I go over some enterprise firewall features. This includes passive OS detection, load balancing and more. There’s a lot of cool features we will be playing with in […]

This week we focused on our main projects. I studied for my SANS GCIH certification while Dorothy added VPNs to her pfSense firewall project. I give a brief summery of the SANS 504 course and incident handling. I also talk about avoiding IDS detection and buffer overflows. Two topics covered in the 504 course. Dorothy […]

In this episode Dorothy shares her pfSense firewall story. She talks about installing pfSense and all the things you learn along the way. We also review some of the software we talked about in episode 4, including an issue we have with Windows 10 updates. windows 10 updates 4sysops.com – Turn off Autmatic Updates in […]

In this episode I share my firewall story, we go over our IP address issues, and a few things we will be working on in the future. Back in 1998 and 1999 I was going to school for IT. One of the things I learned about was a firewall. Before getting off of dial-up internet […]

In this episode we install, configure and test a pfSense firewall. We use the Cisco network life cycle to organize and manage each step of the project. Our goal is to learn how firewalls work. We gather information, form a plan and do a quick design. Than we implement our firewall into the safe zone […]

In this episode we review the Cisco network life cycle. Dorothy talks about step one of her wireless project. The prepare or information gathering phase. She also talks about her new network segment. A safe place to do her testing. I talk about our new VMWare server. I go through each phase of the network […]

This is our very first podcast. We talk about the difficulties of getting into IT and our plan to make it. Links Net+ The certification Dorothy is working on GCIH The certification Damien is working on SANS SEC 504 – This is the class for the GCIH PPDIOO – Cisco’s network Life Cycle