I have created a new domain to track my studying�http://LinuxFanBoy.com After 30 years of working in the computer industry I have decided to get certified. I’m studying for my RedHat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam. The RHCE is an all day, hands on test requiring the test taker to configure and trouble shoot Linux systems as directed by the examiner. I have worked with Linux for ten years. I starting with version 0.
I have been waiting for years a computer security company to pull their head out of their ass and make a security device that’s easy to use and cheap.� It has happened.� MyPW is making a one time password token affordable to anyone for an� affordable price. Most people use the same or similar passwords for all they online accounts. There is almost no way anyone can guess your password because it changes very time you use this token.
I love my Country.
It’s the GOVERMENT I’m afraid of!
How the USA is become a police state.
Princeton University describes the term “Police State” as:
a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=police%20state
The United States was founded to protect “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” as described in the United States Declaration of Independence. These are considered “unalienable rights”. However, today, I question whether these ideals still exist.
When I was young I trusted everyone as did most people. You left their home unlock, and car running on a cold day while they went in the store. (1950) These trusts died quickly. But some trusts continued. A Policeman could be trusted. (1960) When you where in trouble you called the police or hoped one would drive by. Today even the process of democracy it self, voting, is thought thought to be rigged.
Because trust is accepting power without fear. Trust can be betrayed. Today people feel betrayed and untrusted by those we have put in power.
Today I’m studing network security / firewalls / SSL monitoring.� I’m treating these three items as one subject.� Network security is the general topic and a network firewall is the most common methiod of controling network traffic.� Today, SSL monitoring is the real goal. As a part of a network security event that happend at work, I was hit by the two edegged sord that is SSL network encryption.� On one side it keeps your network traffic safe from spying eyes.
I love my�doughter and we talk often. We have a very trusting, open relationship.� She is 15.� To help me with the heckic paise of� her world, I added her to my Cingular phone system for only $9.99 a month.� Life was good, and the phone made picking her up school, gym, and work, easier with the simple words, “where are you” just like in the commericals.� All was well untill she, or a friend she lowned her phone to, sent a text message to a “Free ring tone” service seen on TV.
Traci brought home Two pets. She got two ball pythons on May 23rd. As you may know, she is a Junior Curator (JC) at the Oklahoma City Zoo. One of her favorite parts of the zoo is the herpitarium. She works hard at her goal to become a Veterinarian. She has wanted to be a vet since she was a little girl. I’m proud of her for going for what she wants and figuring out how to do it.
The JC program is a chance for high school students in Oklahoma to work with and learn things about animals. JC’s get to schedule their own hours of work and get to work in any area at the zoo. Her zoo year is almost over and is excited to reapply for next year to become a returning JC. If she gets chosen to return, she will get to work in giraffes, antelope, pachyderm, and with the vets at the zoo. Currently, she can work in upper and lower aquaticus, children zoo, birds, over wintering, herpitarium, island life, commissary and education.
Traci got her new pets from Bob Clark. You may have seen Bob Clark on Latenight with David Letterman. She got a boy and a girl adult python. They are both are a little over 3ft long. The boy’s name is Venom and the girl’s name is Itty Bitty. They are kept in the same tank and who knows, maybe we’ll get baby ball pythons. Traci bought these snakes on her own with her own money.