One of my co-workers sent this email after being caught in traffic. Morning All All nodes in the M25 pool are currently OOS. VIP is at present being serviced by back-up pool on the A25 ( this unfortunately is only a Pentium 386 with 500Mb of memory). That said it’s only holding a splash [...]
Network Engineer’s Late Note
Security Humour: “Packets Don’t Lie; Bob Loves Alice”
Who said people in security don’t have a sense of humour ? My crypto presentation that I teach in my InfoSec classed boiled down to a 4 minute original music video with labs. Even if you don’t like the music, if you do the labs and understand what is happening, it should help anyone pass [...]
Humour: Table Napkin

When i was at the Euronog conference last year, this table napkin was part of the buffet and I thought it was genius.
Humour: Networking Personalities on Twitter
Matthew Norwood ( In Search of Tech ) has sacrificed his pride to play with his children’s toys and produce a video classic: – Scared Security Panda “Everything’s is scaaaary” – VoIP Engineer “Difficulty of Voice” – Convergence Fan “I am a Trendsetter” Genius. Sheer Genius.
My Networking Beliefs
Someone wrote me and asked “Greg, What do you believe is the future of Networking”. Here is my (mostly) humorous response.
Poster – Cisco VPN Client Licensing
I’m more than annoyed about paying for IPsec VPN client licensing. Uncle John screws up the company and now we have to pay for it. This calls for a poster.
Poster: Servers, Tablets. Just Desktops and Printers to Go.
I did this a while back, but with Cisco recently announcing the VXI thin client desktops in the last week or so, it seems more relevant that ever. Enjoy.
What Are Windows A: B: Drives for ?
Sob, I’m so old.
Network Zen – Standardisation
The Network Zen Student learns about Standardisation
Network ZEN – Storage Traffic Isn’t So Important
The Network Master on QoS and Storage Networking.
