June 03, 2003
"Sorry, I don't touch smooth glass surfaces on the desks of strangers..."
I am sitting here at work, polishing off hour number 27 on day two of the week *grin* I am working on a security audit report - I am stuck on the conclusion section. For those of you who know me well, this shouldn't be a surprise. Much like my Father before me...
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June 04, 2003
Three days and 35 hours later...
It's Wednesday and I put in 35 hours at the office already. I think I will take Friday off as a comp-day. I solved another problem today, so it looks like I will be able to ease into the weekend. Sunday I leave for Alabama to deliver a presentation...
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June 13, 2003
Today at work I finally upgraded the backup firewall to NG - I played golf to celebrate. I plan on rolling out my new web page layout tonight, it isn't ready but if I don't put it out there now who knows when it will happen...
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June 14, 2003
I think I finally recooperated from all of the long hours over the last 2-3 weeks at work... just in time to head off to Florida for an Internal audit. Last year we had an internal penetration test in Alabama, we were working 15 hour days.....
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June 15, 2003
I am writing from 29,000 ft. It is a partially cloudy day, take-off was basically smooth. I will be in Orlando, Florida by nightfall.
I am pumped about this internal audit. This will be my second major audit...
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June 16, 2003
Florida: Day One
Sunny and partly cloudy, 91 degrees. Pen-Test is going well for day one, we have a complete map of their network, a list of web servers, and a list of HTTPS servers... All in all not a bad start, but as Greg likes to put it: "We don't own a box yet". I am hopeful for Day 2...
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June 17, 2003
Our penetration test is going extremely well. Ate diner at a Lobster place - had shrimp pasta and didn't eat much. Stopped at the grocery store, picked up a few items. Went for a run on the beach. This was the singly most sublime utopian experience I have had in long time...
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June 18, 2003
Work first, then thoughts on my love lifeThe security audit here in Florida is going better than I could have ever dreamed it would. We wrapped up the day yesterday by hacking into a server named security...
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June 23, 2003
There is a place where the land meets the ocean; here lies a thin path, along which the gentle surf washes over your ankles and the sand breaks beneath your feet, giving way, it is gone with the ebbing tide.
June 26, 2003
Every moment, every instance, every experience, and every second of every day has an impact on our lives. Every person we meet, hold in esteem, resent, hate, fall in love with, or be loved by affects us...
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June 28, 2003
Coming home today; it feels good. At the airport in Orlando Colleen and Greg were offered a spot further up in the line - a nice group of people saw that they had a baby and took mercy on them. They gladly accepted and left me behind.....
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