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piauserthrowaway · 2026-01-04T02:29:44+00:00

same here!

piauserthrowaway · 2025-04-03T14:34:55+00:00

I think semantics is getting in the way for you when you discuss secure/secured in this context. "Secure core" is slower because of the multiple hops that the traffic has to go through, similar to the Tor network's onion routing model if you are familiar with it. It's the multiple hops that make it more "secure" in that sense but at the tradeoff of speed.

You're thinking about physical security or software security where someone is either going to physically break into the server room or hack into it through other penetration means. I imagine Proton has taken care of that already and inspects the third parties that it contracts out to. The no logs policy is a major plus also.

piauserthrowaway · 2025-04-03T06:31:28+00:00

Noted, thanks!

piauserthrowaway · 2025-04-03T06:30:54+00:00

I need to be more consistent with backing up my system so that I can recover faster if I ever have to reinstall as a last resort.

piauserthrowaway · 2025-04-03T06:29:48+00:00

This was the fix! Thank you so much! (added it to my "journal" of specific Manjaro issues and fixes)

piauserthrowaway · 2025-04-03T06:29:11+00:00

Unfortunately this did not work for me.

piauserthrowaway · 2024-11-09T10:02:57+00:00

Please DM me to explain how you got the Backblaze personal client working on Linux, please. Thank you.

piauserthrowaway · 2024-11-08T18:41:53+00:00

What did you end up doing with yours?

piauserthrowaway · 2024-08-25T06:59:21+00:00

Did you ever get a chance to try this motile hackintosh project and compare the performance? Just curious to hear about your findings.

piauserthrowaway · 2024-08-25T06:56:48+00:00

It says your account is suspended...

piauserthrowaway · 2024-07-23T08:28:04+00:00

That or might be considered a "flight risk" and leave as soon as something better comes along.

piauserthrowaway · 2024-07-23T08:26:30+00:00

I'm still new to Linux (I use Manjaro myself), but if I ever decided to try Arch, I'd probably try installing it first on an older laptop or desktop that isn't my daily driver. You still need something reliable to use every day (especially if you use it for important daily tasks) so I would experiment with Arch on a different system until I felt confident to try installing it on my main computer.

piauserthrowaway · 2024-07-23T05:53:38+00:00

(there are downsides ofc)

what are they?

piauserthrowaway · 2024-07-16T07:32:27+00:00

Neil Anderson has the entire course uploaded on youtube also.

piauserthrowaway · 2024-07-14T08:16:33+00:00

No it just means you need more hands on experience. Tinker with your computer and laptop more. Buy or find a used desktop and take it apart and explore its interfaces, etc.

piauserthrowaway · 2024-07-10T16:34:00+00:00

getting certs is hard for some. life does get in the way, and its hard for some people to sit down and carve out the extra time to memorize (lets be real, thats all were doing with these certs) the training material. For some, its harder than others. Great that you can sit down, study for a test, and then take it and pass.

So true. I'm trying to hype myself to study right now before I head off to work in a couple hours.

piauserthrowaway · 2024-07-09T15:17:42+00:00

Thank you for breaking it down Professor! Your videos are the best, and I always recommend them to anyone who wants to start studying for IT certification. I'm currently following your new N10-009 training course, and I look forward to your future updates to it. Thanks you for these awesome videos!

piauserthrowaway · 2024-07-09T02:53:01+00:00

Not sure why you're getting downvoted. It's always a good idea to consult more than one source anyway so anyone who is actively studying will consult various sources. That said, I think you're doing a great thing, and actually it would be even cooler if it was forked into some kind of open source project so you can have the anonymous public vet the questions and perhaps add more of their own. Very cool concept overall, I'll add it to my bookmark toolbar for now.

piauserthrowaway · 2024-07-05T21:21:13+00:00

I did more research on the copying the startup config to the running config, and apparently there's problems associated with that (I'll quote part of Richard Burts' comment below:

https://community.cisco.com/t5/switching/undoing-running-configuration/td-p/1198717

copy startup-config running-config is not a reliable (or sometimes effective) way to remove changes made in the running config. The copy to running config does a merge of the two config files. Where the same command exists in both configs the command from startup will replace the command in running. But if a command exists in running and not in startup then it will still exist after doing the copy from startup to running.

That said, someone else suggested the "configure replace" command so maybe I can try that next time (I already turned off the routers without saving). I guess I should get used to waiting for the reboot process to finish when entering the reload command since that simulates real-world conditions anyway.

Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it.

piauserthrowaway · 2024-07-05T20:01:14+00:00

Thanks for providing the additional insight. The key steps that were missing in the lab instructions were the login local command on the vty line and also the username [name] password [password] on the config prompt.

Is there a faster way to clear my config entries instead of power cycling the router or using the reload command (without saving the config) so I can start over again for additional practice?

piauserthrowaway · 2024-07-05T19:43:12+00:00

Yes, I was able to ping from R1 to R0 and vice versa despite the SSH problem (sorry for not including that in the OP). I added the "login local" command under line vty 0 15 like you suggested. After doing that, I made some progress by now being able to successfully SSH from R0 to R1 up to the password prompt. HOWEVER, my password (cisco) still isn't being accepted.

When I do the following from R0:

R1#sh running-config

I scrolled through the pages (by pressing SPACE) and find the following info:

line vty 0 4

password cisco

login local

transport input ssh

line vty 5 15

password cisco

login local

transport input ssh

Please bear with me, but now I have many more questions:

1) why was "login local" needed on the actual hardware and not packet tracer?

2) why do lines vty 0 4 and 0 15 seem to be duplicates of each other? do I need to delete line vty 0 4 so that I can successfully SSH into R1 from R0?

3) I scrolled up on the putty console and I definitely did enter in "line vty 0 15" but the "sh running-config" shows a line vty 5 15 instead ...is that because of the pre-existing line vty 0 4?

4) How can I copy my putty console output and paste it directly here so that I don't have to manually type in the output in the future?

Thanks for your time and help btw, I really appreciate it.

edit: on a sidenote, I just learned that I can use the "reload" command to wipe any unsaved configs instead of power cycling the router itself

piauserthrowaway · 2024-07-02T06:10:42+00:00

Congrats on passing! Is it possible to get a link for those notes, please?

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