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2020-01-13 - Day One

Holy Shit Stackpole is Awesome

Labs will be in the Metropolis Transit environment. It’s a shared env for everyone.

Time may be scheduled - 24hrs for group to do stuff. Labs are in groups.

There is no CIS benchmark for Arch Linux.

The responsible disclose clause in the syllabus has been invoked before.

We’re gonna get a VPN into metropolis transit. Initially we’ll be in a DMZ.

Later we’ll get full admin to the whole thing.

Stackpole’s office has it’s own lan?

There will be audits that don’t require access to metrotrans.

Give ‘em the Oreo Cookie

Recommended book: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

“Your report outlives you by a long way”

MetroTrans is a mixed environment - linux and windows.

Learn tShark and TCPDump

xf519 - cert standard? look this up.

“scotoma” - using the same approach to address a problem? Wikipedia says it’s a field of vision thing.

residual risk - risk that cannot be mitigated

Assignment 1