Programmer Humor

We're missing the most important rule here. Did the nephew open a ticket?

I legitimately can't tell if this is a joke or some dude trying to do a humble brag post on LinkedIn. So many 'look what I can do' posts on that damn site.

Guest vlan? Smart.

Blocking 80/443 knowing all to well everything depends on those: evil.

Throttling to 56k: the original original poster just being a dick.

Took 45 minutes: Maybe find another job. You're not good at it.

Conclusion: The sister was right. Evil incompetent dick.

I feel like when 'Zero Trust' first became a thing, the theme was 'you should have every endpoint under your control hardened so it need not feer untrusted peers being able to connect'. E.g. if you think you absolutely need VPN to a 'private network' for security, then you are failing to be hardened in a 'zero trust' way, because you implicitly fear that your systems would fall to untrusted peers.

I feel like it's evolved to 'don't let anything be able to connect to anything under your control unless you have admin privilege over it as well'. Which is particularly a nightmare when you try to collaborate between two companies, each balking at the other's hard requirement to have admin access to all network peers of interest.

The real question is : Why did you invite anyone over, before having a guest VLAN set up ? Classic beginner mistake.

what a dick move tbh. i get ya wanna be secure, but why not just let him do his thing on that alternate network?

Kid should be learning social skills at a family party.

This is just Uncle BOFH.

Guys a madman, didn't even ask for a ticket.

45 minutes setting up an alt vlan?

Was he getting paid by the hour?

Lol wtf? Why even spend 45 minutes doing that if you're going to completely block those ports?

Just tell him "no".

I'll admit it. I can feel that vibe and I don't totally disagree.

Allowing children on roblox is negligence at this point so I think this is unironically in the right

What idiot IT specialist does not run a segregated VLAN for guest wifi access? That is just rude.

I've only ever met two types of IT professional. Either:

• Their home network is immaculate and smooth as butter. It connects quickly and integrates with everything. They can manage it all from their phone, but they don't have to because it's all automated. Their server room (a) exists and (b) is cable managed. There's a wireless access point and connected smart speaker in every room, including the garage and the back patio, but they're carefully located for maximum sound coverage and to prevent signal interference. Their home theater is substantially better than a movie theater, and their media server is packed to the gills with content. Network security is hardened, with bespoke subnets for every user and tunneling for the media server and smart home functions. You feel a sense of calm and ease when connected to their network. "Everything I do at work, I try out at home first."

Or:

• Their "home network" is a single Belkin router from 2011. They've had it since college, and it takes 9 minutes to reboot (which they have to do daily). It doesn't even have Tomato on it and still uses the default password. They still watch OTA TV and Blu-Rays, so the wifi is exclusively connected to the smart switch that their tea kettle is plugged into so they can start their hot water before they come downstairs. You feel guilty even asking for the wifi password. "Why would I do any network stuff here? I do IT all day at work, the last thing I want to do is even touch a Cat5 cable at home."

How about running guest WLAN?

I’m very against Roblox. I know a kid who had a really hard time with online predators and a lot of it stated with Roblox. He’s 19 now. He and I were talking about it recently.

Parents think Roblox is like Minecraft bc of the aesthetics of the game. But, Roblox is not a game with a chat feature, it’s a chat room with some games. That’s a big difference.

They have 380 million users. Around 60% of the user base is under the age of 16. 40% is under the age of 12. That’s 152 million mostly unmonitored kids.

I’m sure Roblox has gotten better moderation during that time, but in our experience predators meet kids on Roblox and get them to exchange Discord or other contact info with them.

Discord is also a problem here, but that’s for another rant in another thread. If you are concerned about your kids and want to discuss it with me, feel free to message me.

TLDR: DO NOT LET YOUR KIDS PLAY ROBLOX unless you are actively monitoring the game.

"Are you nuts kid? We don't use wifi around here. I unsoldered the antennas of my router, just in case."

Ok but 56kbps is just evil

Simple solution: log the kid into your neighbor's wifi.