Oshino Shinobu

Either my eyes are terrible or people are generally full of it. 24" is perfectly fine at 1080p. 4K at 28" was near unusable without scaling, if we're talking about using it as a PC monitor.
 
Then again, people claim they can really tell the difference between small res bumps on phones, so I'm going with the people are full of it theory, or at least are affected by a placebo because they know it's higher res.

Depends what systems they use really.
 
It can range from simple sign in times, to full on GPS location if you have a work phone.
 
It's probably best to assume that they can see the sites you visit, where you log in from, when you log in, the devices you log in from and some more info. This is pretty standard stuff and is required to maintain a good security posture. For example, we have our sign in location logs from Azure AD that feed into our SIEM platform, which in turn alerts us if someone based in Austria for example, suddenly logs in from the USA, or if someone logs in from two different countries in a short period of time.
 
We have the ability to track our company phones with GPS coordinates, though we have rules about how we can use it. For the most part, it's only used if the user has misplaced their phone, or to check location in the event of a security incident. Ie. check if their work phone is in the same location a suspicious sign in came from.
 
EDIT: As someone else said, having another browser installed won't stop them from seeing what you do in most cases. If you're concerned about them seeing what you do, the real solution is to not use your work laptop for anything other than work related tasks.

Depends what systems they use really.
 
It can range from simple sign in times, to full on GPS location if you have a work phone.
 
It's probably best to assume that they can see the sites you visit, where you log in from, when you log in, the devices you log in from and some more info. This is pretty standard stuff and is required to maintain a good security posture. For example, we have our sign in location logs from Azure AD that feed into our SIEM platform, which in turn alerts us if someone based in Austria for example, suddenly logs in from the USA, or if someone logs in from two different countries in a short period of time.
 
We have the ability to track our company phones with GPS coordinates, though we have rules about how we can use it. For the most part, it's only used if the user has misplaced their phone, or to check location in the event of a security incident. Ie. check if their work phone is in the same location a suspicious sign in came from.
 
EDIT: As someone else said, having another browser installed won't stop them from seeing what you do in most cases. If you're concerned about them seeing what you do, the real solution is to not use your work laptop for anything other than work related tasks.

My mistake. Turns out the switch was holding on to its old IP! 
I reset the switch, and it pulled a new IP from pfsense. 
 
Thank's very much for pointing me at that tool as well! 

The boards and CPUs do exist, they're just reservered for the workstation platforms. Threadripper for example has loads of PCIe lanes.
 
They don't include loads of PCIe connectivity on mainstream platforms partially to save money, as the majority of people only really have a single GPU and then a couplke of NVMe drives so don't need the extra slots anyway. They also do it to prevent eating into their workstation/HEDT platform sales. Typically those that need large amounts of PCIe lanes will be using the system for commercial purposes so will be willing to spend more for the features they need.

It's a mouse PCB. Can't tell you what mouse though. Most will use a generic board as it really doesn't make any difference, it'll be the sensor that will make a difference mostly.
 
EDIT: Sensor appears to be a an Agilent ADNS-2051, which is essentially a budget sensor so not from a high end mouse.
 
http://bdml.stanford.edu/twiki/pub/Rise/OpticalDisplacementSensor/ADNS2051.pdf

It's a mouse PCB. Can't tell you what mouse though. Most will use a generic board as it really doesn't make any difference, it'll be the sensor that will make a difference mostly.
 
EDIT: Sensor appears to be a an Agilent ADNS-2051, which is essentially a budget sensor so not from a high end mouse.
 
http://bdml.stanford.edu/twiki/pub/Rise/OpticalDisplacementSensor/ADNS2051.pdf

It's a mouse PCB. Can't tell you what mouse though. Most will use a generic board as it really doesn't make any difference, it'll be the sensor that will make a difference mostly.
 
EDIT: Sensor appears to be a an Agilent ADNS-2051, which is essentially a budget sensor so not from a high end mouse.
 
http://bdml.stanford.edu/twiki/pub/Rise/OpticalDisplacementSensor/ADNS2051.pdf

It's really not something you can compare without the specific details of what was/is actually being offered in both cases. Even just the top level, there's a huge difference between buying a company and all the associated costs with it, and offering a contract to a streamer where you likely aren't taking on any real cost.

Posting just to have the first build in this thread.
 
Specs:
Ryzen 5900X
Noctua NH-D15
Asus ProArt Creator B550
32GB Klevv Bolt X
XFX SWFT 6900XT
Corsair HX850
Lian-Li O11 Air Mini
Mellanox Connect-X3 (40GbE)
1TB Sabrent Rocket Q + 2TB WD Blue NMVe Drives + 60TB NAS
 
 

 

Maybe I'm getting old, but I agree with your parents. Midrange phones are getting better and better and flagships are just getting some shiny stuff that doesn't really add anything. Either their way of getting a midrange phone, or buy a few generations old flagships (what I do) makes a lot more sense from a monetary and price/performance standpoint.
 
That said, at 18, really there's nothing they can do to stop you if it's your money, unless they control the account. You may just have to spend the money and deal with whatever criticism they have, if you really want the phone and can justify the price to yourself.

Bringing it somewhat back on topic.
 
Cyber security isn't neccassarily a technical position, at least, not from a support or fixing issues standpoint. A lot of people in cyber security will come from that background, but it's not a requirement or even something you really use in the role.
 
Typically, the cyber security team is seperate from the general IT department. They'll normally have contacts within the IT department to facilitate the deployment and configuration of tools that are used to maintain the company's cyber security posture, rather than doing to boots on the ground work themselves. Most cyber security roles are focused on processes, procedures, best practices and a wider view of the organisation as a whole rather than individual technical issues.
 
I'm a security engineer that works with our cyber security team, but I'm part of the IT department. My main point of contact with them isn't particuarly technical and will ask me sometimes seemingly basic questions, but they'll be in areas where I do it every day but he never touches it. And likewise, some of the things I ask him would seem simple to him. I'm typically the person in IT he'll ask to configure, set things up and so on.
 
There are a lot of IT roles that don't and aren't expected to know anything about fixing or diagnosing issues with computers. Developers for example, don't need to know how to diagnose or fix a hardware error to do their job, that's what the support and infrastructure engineers are there for

Bringing it somewhat back on topic.
 
Cyber security isn't neccassarily a technical position, at least, not from a support or fixing issues standpoint. A lot of people in cyber security will come from that background, but it's not a requirement or even something you really use in the role.
 
Typically, the cyber security team is seperate from the general IT department. They'll normally have contacts within the IT department to facilitate the deployment and configuration of tools that are used to maintain the company's cyber security posture, rather than doing to boots on the ground work themselves. Most cyber security roles are focused on processes, procedures, best practices and a wider view of the organisation as a whole rather than individual technical issues.
 
I'm a security engineer that works with our cyber security team, but I'm part of the IT department. My main point of contact with them isn't particuarly technical and will ask me sometimes seemingly basic questions, but they'll be in areas where I do it every day but he never touches it. And likewise, some of the things I ask him would seem simple to him. I'm typically the person in IT he'll ask to configure, set things up and so on.
 
There are a lot of IT roles that don't and aren't expected to know anything about fixing or diagnosing issues with computers. Developers for example, don't need to know how to diagnose or fix a hardware error to do their job, that's what the support and infrastructure engineers are there for

Definitely a scam. He's probably avoiding using messages to send any actual information as eBay keeps a record of all messages and uses them to provide a record of interactions if someone raises a complaint.

If you ping easyjet.com and steampowered.com, what IPs do they resolve to?
 
What DNS servers are you using:? If you have them set automatically, change them to manual on your PC and set them to something like google (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4) or Cloudflare (1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1), then type ipconfig /flushdns into CMD and try accessing the site again

You really don't need a 500GB SSD, so you can save some money and get a smaller one. Even 60GB is more than enough.
 
Be aware that the NIC you've chosen uses SFP+, not RJ45 like most home networking equipment, as well as only having a single port. You'd be better off getting a quad port 1Gbps RJ45 NIC

Check if you're behind CGNAT:
https://www.purevpn.com/blog/how-to-check-whether-or-not-your-isp-performs-cgnat/#How_to_check_if_the_ISP_performs_CGNAT
 
If so it might be that other people on the same ISP have been doing naughty things and those websites are temporarily blacklisting the source IP, that will be the same for a whole host of this ISP's customers and you might be caught in the crossfire.

If you ping easyjet.com and steampowered.com, what IPs do they resolve to?
 
What DNS servers are you using:? If you have them set automatically, change them to manual on your PC and set them to something like google (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4) or Cloudflare (1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1), then type ipconfig /flushdns into CMD and try accessing the site again

Yep good to do one thing at a time to make sure you know what fixes it.
 
Between these steps, flush you DNS each time or you'll end up with cached DNS entries

If you ping easyjet.com and steampowered.com, what IPs do they resolve to?
 
What DNS servers are you using:? If you have them set automatically, change them to manual on your PC and set them to something like google (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4) or Cloudflare (1.1.1.1, 1.0.0.1), then type ipconfig /flushdns into CMD and try accessing the site again

Definitely agree on the buzzwords and vagueness.
 
It keeps saying ditch your VPNs, but the product they offer is essentially a well configured VPN, using Zero Trust principles offered via authentication providers and strict ACLs, along with application permissions. It's still using TLS tunnels between the client and a server (Connector). Despite all the talk of "ditching your VPN", the underlying technology is essentially still a VPN.
 
Not saying it's disingenous, but it is overselling itself if you ask me. As far as I can see, there's nothing it offers over our exisitng configuration with an SSL VPN, with split tunneling, authentication and conditional access policies, then ACLs and filtering to control access once authenticated. All of this is doable with existing VPN options, as essentially it is just a VPN underneath it.
 
EDIT: Also, agree on that last point. If you do take them on as a sponsor, @Sveeno, I'd hope that it's made clear this is a business/enterprise solution for secure remote access. To a lot of people "VPN" is something that masks your location or provides a level of security for accessing the internet, rather than a tool used in corporate networks, so I could easily see people thinking this is the next best thing for their personal use rather than their exisitng personal VPN.

Definitely agree on the buzzwords and vagueness.
 
It keeps saying ditch your VPNs, but the product they offer is essentially a well configured VPN, using Zero Trust principles offered via authentication providers and strict ACLs, along with application permissions. It's still using TLS tunnels between the client and a server (Connector). Despite all the talk of "ditching your VPN", the underlying technology is essentially still a VPN.
 
Not saying it's disingenous, but it is overselling itself if you ask me. As far as I can see, there's nothing it offers over our exisitng configuration with an SSL VPN, with split tunneling, authentication and conditional access policies, then ACLs and filtering to control access once authenticated. All of this is doable with existing VPN options, as essentially it is just a VPN underneath it.
 
EDIT: Also, agree on that last point. If you do take them on as a sponsor, @Sveeno, I'd hope that it's made clear this is a business/enterprise solution for secure remote access. To a lot of people "VPN" is something that masks your location or provides a level of security for accessing the internet, rather than a tool used in corporate networks, so I could easily see people thinking this is the next best thing for their personal use rather than their exisitng personal VPN.

You really don't need a 500GB SSD, so you can save some money and get a smaller one. Even 60GB is more than enough.
 
Be aware that the NIC you've chosen uses SFP+, not RJ45 like most home networking equipment, as well as only having a single port. You'd be better off getting a quad port 1Gbps RJ45 NIC

Definitely agree on the buzzwords and vagueness.
 
It keeps saying ditch your VPNs, but the product they offer is essentially a well configured VPN, using Zero Trust principles offered via authentication providers and strict ACLs, along with application permissions. It's still using TLS tunnels between the client and a server (Connector). Despite all the talk of "ditching your VPN", the underlying technology is essentially still a VPN.
 
Not saying it's disingenous, but it is overselling itself if you ask me. As far as I can see, there's nothing it offers over our exisitng configuration with an SSL VPN, with split tunneling, authentication and conditional access policies, then ACLs and filtering to control access once authenticated. All of this is doable with existing VPN options, as essentially it is just a VPN underneath it.
 
EDIT: Also, agree on that last point. If you do take them on as a sponsor, @Sveeno, I'd hope that it's made clear this is a business/enterprise solution for secure remote access. To a lot of people "VPN" is something that masks your location or provides a level of security for accessing the internet, rather than a tool used in corporate networks, so I could easily see people thinking this is the next best thing for their personal use rather than their exisitng personal VPN.

You really don't need a 500GB SSD, so you can save some money and get a smaller one. Even 60GB is more than enough.
 
Be aware that the NIC you've chosen uses SFP+, not RJ45 like most home networking equipment, as well as only having a single port. You'd be better off getting a quad port 1Gbps RJ45 NIC