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Mrs. Y’s Rules for Security Bloggers

22 May 2013 by Mrs. Y 1 Comment

Recently Greg Ferro published an e-book for bloggers, "Arse First Method of Technical Blogging." It has some great … [Read more...]

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SDN: Savior or Grifter?

21 May 2013 by Mrs. Y 9 Comments

Grift's like anything else, Roy. You don't stand still. You either go up or down. Usually down, sooner or later. Lilly … [Read more...]

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Interop: Firewalls, Booth Babes and Unicorn Poop

12 May 2013 by Mrs. Y 1 Comment

Now that I've returned from the whirlwind that was Interop Las Vegas, I thought I'd share some thoughts about my experience … [Read more...]

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Healthy Paranoia Show 12: The Saga of Terry Childs

2 May 2013 by Mrs. Y 4 Comments

Announcing the latest episode of Healthy Paranoia from Mrs. Y featuring the case of Terry Childs, the infamous former Network … [Read more...]

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Healthy Paranoia Show 10: Beware the Shmoo

25 February 2013 by Mrs. Y Leave a Comment

Darkness falls across the land, The hacker hour is close at hand. Creatures crawl in search of 0-days To terrorize your … [Read more...]

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Night of the Living Zombie Recruiter

10 February 2013 by Mrs. Y 1 Comment

Everyone in the IT industry has had to deal with the dreaded recruiter at some point in his or her career. You post your … [Read more...]

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Ode to a Network Engineer (in the Style of Bukowski)*

29 November 2012 by Mrs. Y 7 Comments

You are not a technical sink. You are not an infant made to passively suck up the pabulum from a vendor. Do your … [Read more...]

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Recruitment Part 1: Applying for a Job

22 September 2012 by Guy Morrell 1 Comment

I've recently sat on both sides of the job interview process. Both were successful, so in the following two posts, I’ll … [Read more...]

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Healthy Paranoia Show 3: Mrs. Y. Goes Green

15 September 2012 by Mrs. Y 2 Comments

This is a recording of a talk I gave at Appsec DC 2012, "Security Is Like An Onion, That's Why It Makes You Cry." Okay, … [Read more...]

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Healthy Paranoia Show 2: Where No Nerd Has Gone Before

2 September 2012 by Mrs. Y 2 Comments

It seems appropriate this Labor Day, a holiday that pays tribute to the American worker, to rediscover the lost talent of … [Read more...]

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Vint Cerf, Miracles and Missed Opportunities

17 August 2012 by Mrs. Y 2 Comments

Yes, I know TCP/IP was created with Bob Kahn and the contributions of other, but Saint Vint Cerf sounded funnier as a meme.

The other day I was presented with a problem. A developer couldn't access a database instance in the lab and the suspected … [Read more...]

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Healthy Paranoia: Show 1 – Oppenheimer vs. Leonardo

1 August 2012 by Mrs. Y 5 Comments

Drum roll, please! Introducing Healthy Paranoia, the new security podcast hosted by Michele Chubirka aka "Mrs. Y." and her … [Read more...]

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Secret Sauce or Cargo Cult Science?

15 July 2012 by Mrs. Y 6 Comments

Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. - Richard Feynman Recently, I was criticized by a vendor's sale rep … [Read more...]

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John Chambers, Meet Seth Godin

30 June 2012 by Mrs. Y 5 Comments

I started this post about a month ago, after listening to Greg on one of the podcasts talk about how a certain vendor is … [Read more...]

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Arguing With Reality

28 June 2012 by Mrs. Y 4 Comments

I haven't posted much lately, because I've been caught in the gravitational pull of a "black hole" initiative at my new job. … [Read more...]

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Who is Greg Ferro?

Greg Ferro is a Network Engineer/Architect, mostly focussed on Data Centre, Security Infrastructure, and recently Virtualization. He has over 20 years in IT, in wide range of employers working as a freelance consultant including Finance, Service Providers and Online Companies. He is CCIE#6920 and has a few ideas about the world, but not enough to really count.

He is a host on the Packet Pushers Podcast, blogger at EtherealMind.com and on Twitter @etherealmind and Google Plus.

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Who is Ethan Banks?

Ethan Banks, CCIE #20655, is a hands-on networking practitioner who has designed, built and maintained networks for higher education, state government, financial institutions, and technology corporations. Ethan is a host of the Packet Pushers Podcast, which has seen over one million unique downloads, and today reaches a global audience of over ten thousand listeners. Also a writer, Ethan covers network engineering and the networking industry for a variety of IT publications. He is also the editor for the independent community of bloggers at PacketPushers.net. Follow @ecbanks.