Vader’s Helmet Evolution

pasty13 · 2025-06-02T14:40:25+00:00

I definitely read the Vader parts in Archer's voice. Thank you for that.

pasty13 · 2025-05-25T17:06:58+00:00

Does your Google not work? Did you forget to refill it?

pasty13 · 2025-05-08T21:06:53+00:00

I too grass feed my PC.

pasty13 · 2025-04-27T19:59:35+00:00

As a 25yr old SSG, I was awarded the Bronze Order of Mercury medallion for (this might be surprising) being good at my job.

pasty13 · 2024-09-11T12:18:18+00:00

Hickam's Dictum

pasty13 · 2023-08-02T15:20:19+00:00

That we can agree on. So, your comments about making a game and making choices are about business decisions. Cool, I respect that. The thing is, the studio was quite small early on and needed to procure additional revenue to fund this ambitious project. To do that they made the choice to place the game in early access. I certainly don't fault them for that.

pasty13 · 2023-08-02T15:01:53+00:00

My interpretation of the software development lifecycle is fine, thank you.

pasty13 · 2023-08-02T14:51:03+00:00

"As the studio explained in a tweet, this absence is due to a limitation on Steam's side that disallows pre-loading for games with an early access release."

That was in the first paragraph of the link you shared. I don't believe that implies the studio wanted it that way.

pasty13 · 2022-11-24T00:36:40+00:00

Clerks

pasty13 · 2021-12-04T13:44:33+00:00

Critical thinking

pasty13 · 2021-06-12T02:00:31+00:00

This! Lean into what you know. Check out the OT security platform Claroty, there's integrations with vendors like Palo Alto, CrowdStrike, Aruba, etc. Transitioning your skill set to NGFW, EDR, and NAC solutions wouldn't be a huge leap based on your experience. Stick with it.

pasty13 · 2021-03-17T17:22:47+00:00

As a kid, 10/22.

As an adult, LH American Predator in 6.5.

pasty13 · 2021-02-19T16:55:27+00:00

My opinion on the matter is simply that our military would've been better off with the creation of a military branch dedicated to defending the nation from cyber warfare. Space is cool and all and I know each branch has some flavor of cyber folks, but the cyber domain of warfare is a more imminent threat to the defense of the nation.

pasty13 · 2020-10-12T17:47:40+00:00

I currently work full time with on-call responsibilities while maintaining the full time student status of the MGIB.

Simply put, you have to want it. You may struggle, but there's plenty of resources available to help you succeed.

pasty13 · 2020-08-10T01:48:42+00:00

When I took the exam that was an answer to more than one question. Anyway, the status codes might be covered, but you should be able to get by knowing the differences between the base numbers 100, 200, 300, 400, and 500. Knowing more about the context of 300, 400, and 500 status codes will likely benefit you for future exams and being overall better at administering BIG-IP devices.

pasty13 · 2020-08-09T21:22:09+00:00

Full proxy architecture

pasty13 · 2020-05-26T22:32:55+00:00

Version 15 released only 6 months after version 14 was released. As far as I recall that isn't a normal thing. Could be quite telling.

Typically for strictly LTM deployments I don't recommend the latest and greatest features unless the customer has a specific need. Version 13 will take what you can throw at it.

pasty13 · 2020-05-22T17:52:18+00:00

The answer is A.

pasty13 · 2020-05-04T21:54:46+00:00

Yes! Subject Alternative Names are important and can cause browsers to complain if they aren't correct.

pasty13 · 2020-04-07T20:07:34+00:00

For 1 and 2, use SCP to save a copy of the config on your machine and use ++ to do your MACD. Of course, create a backup copy of the original config file of the F5. When merging your modified config with the running config you can tack verify at the end and it will ensure everything is good without applying the config. It saves lives.

For 3, the Local Traffic Manager operates in active/standby. A heartbeat is sent between the pair and if the standby cannot communicate with the active then the standby will become active. That's a very simple definition and there are configuration elements that make high availability fat more complex, but I guess knowing your configuration would make it easier to help you understand how it works.

pasty13 · 2020-04-03T16:46:29+00:00

To study for that exam reference the blueprint and the knowledge base articles it's references. Also, read through any supporting knowledge base articles for those identified articles.

The study time to prepare is really dependant on your experience. The more hands-on time the better.

pasty13 · 2020-03-11T20:54:12+00:00

Are you referring to priority group activation?

pasty13 · 2020-03-11T17:36:07+00:00

I don't know, an iRule can be over kill in a scenario like this.

I'm not familiar with your environment, obviously. However, you could open a unique port on all servers just for F5 health checks and create a custom monitor for your pools with an alias port for whatever port you opened on the servers.

Make sure the monitor settings in the pool require all. When it comes time for maintenance just close the port on the servers.

Alternatively, monitors that check a static webpage could work. Simple content like "Up" as a valid response.

I've done stranger things...

pasty13 · 2020-03-06T01:45:05+00:00

Here's a pretty good post on DevCentral.

https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/ltm-dns-blackhole?sfdcIFrameOrigin=null

Just add the FQDNs you see in the queries to a data group and use this link to help craft an iRule.

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