Watching the Network You Built - Network Security Part 2
Part 2 puts the security in motion: services, the monitoring pipeline your log lines feed, wireless done currently, safe remote access, and where it all leads.
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The Packet Walk Comes First - Network Security Part 1
Network security is controls placed where traffic must pass. Part 1 builds the floor: addressing, switching, routing, and your first enforcement reps.
Vaultwarden and HashiCorp Vault: Different Jobs in the Same Secrets Architecture
Yesterday I wrote about moving autonomous-agent secrets out of a flat .env file. Why I kept Vaultwarden for people and recovery, added HashiCorp Vault for workloads, and treated identity, audit, PKI, and tested recovery as part of the deployment rather than follow-up work.
Practice at Home the Way You Preach at Work
I spend my working hours telling teams how to do security well. Segment the network. Write the change down. Model the threat before you build the control. Then I go home, and if I am honest with myself, the temptation is to cut every one of those corners because it is "just the lab."
Names, Addresses, and Time From the Wire Up
I work two support queues. In one, readers email when a lab created output or did not match the screenshots within the book, the other, my extended family calls because the smart doorbell logs visitors an hour before they arrive, or the Wi-Fi is "broken" while every light on the router looks fine...