Austin Area TW Chapter (all gens welcome, even T4Rs; heck, just make it a Toyota and we're good)

Spotted my twin in Leander today. First Spruce Mica lifted other then mine.

Is this anyone on this forum?

Nice truck.

 

Do you live in that appt on Lakeline at the intersection next to Cypress creek?

sorry I promise i'm not stalking that hard just think I see your truck there all the time

 

Hardly ever see that color, really nice.

 

Yes i sure do

 

Watch out ,he does stalk lol

 

So the person who caused all the drama because they were microwaving fish in the mornings...just lost their right to work here anymore because they got caught trying to install a VPN on their government-issued laptop. Instant failure of the rules-of-behavior, one-way ticket out the door. Security was waiting for them at 0615 when I rolled in.

Apparently, their reaction was they thought it was okay because they only used it when they weren't at work. IT'S NOT YOUR LAPTOP, MORON!!

 

You set fish-breath up didn't you? You sneaky devil.

 

The universe sometimes takes care of things.








I suddenly have a craving for leftover tuna casserole...

 

Which VPN software was it?

 

Don't know - CSOC ain't saying, only that alarm bells went off yesterday when it connected back up to the network. I'm thinking FireEye detected suspicious traffic and that is what set it off, because the tools that report configuration changes only give periodic updates.

I only found out about that because I'm still on the security distro list (people really need to do some digital housekeeping, not that I'm complaining) and I caught wind of it. Was a surprise to be right behind the guy coming in this morning when security snags him at the metal detector.

 

Daaaaaaaaaaamn

If you find out, I'd love to know.

That's some TSA shit right there.. did they give that person a colonoscopy too?

 

Wouldn't surprise me if they made a federal investigation out of it. There's no reason to put a private VPN on a government computer other than you're doing sneaky shit. Personal laptops are cheap - government-furnished equipment is not for playtime. Don't be lazy. Contractors also usually get a company computer for doing their own internal company work, so he can't use that as an excuse.

That's the problem with allowing developers to install software on their own laptops. No active control over what's installed. Still, it was apparently installed Tuesday, so not a bad reaction time.

 

We just implemented a policy thats similar. Everything is now vetted by security and it before it's put in an approved list.

Only makes sense with all the state sponsored hacking in the world.

 

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Morning folks, it’s gonna be another hot one, a good day to stay inside, lol

 

Whitelist or nothing. The problem with that is that the whitelist is compared when the tool scans, not at install. They're trying to keep the footprint down because we're only using 250 and 500 GB SSDs, and between the O/S and gold disk loads our systems are pretty "functional" at issue. Still, morons get unlimited network storage and STILL would rather save to their desktops.

I'm surrounded by moron-level geniuses.

 

Speaking of which, got one you’d recommend? Been looking into getting one

 

@Misplaced Nebraskan

 

https://www.cnet.com/best-vpn-services-directory/

Good list here. Pick the one that best fits your use need.

 

For what it is worth, I am a Sr Software Engineer (11+ years) and the top 2 on that list, Express & Nord, are definitely 2 of the best.