Projects Update

I think I'll start posting these sorts of updates regularly, not least as a way of keeping track for myself (brain dump hehe).

Ever since Italy, and even before that, I've been in a bit of a funk, still interested in infosec but wishing for something else. This probably isn't related to work, but for now it might be due to stagnation of new ideas/areas. Maybe it would make sense to study at coffee places (can't say coffeeshop after Amsterdam) in more social environments.

Anyway, here's a list of pending projects:

• Still need to setup Active Directory
• Still need to setup the wireless lab environment for the Defcon Enterprise Wifi hacking lab
• Still need to set up the raspberry pi to stream ragas
• Streamline password-cracking process using a new GTX 970 combined with WakeOnLan
• This will include hashcat wordlists plus rules
• Read all the books, and especially Network+ for more ideas
• Sit down and think of the best form factor for an always-on VM machine. As much as the current machine (which is a trash save, having previously been one of my dad's PCs) works, it's still 9 years old, dual core, max 8 GB DR2 non-ECC ram, with a 160 GB spinny and as I discovered yesterday simply can't handle newer operating systems such as an always-available Kali Linux system. Intel NUCs look nice, though I'd like the lowest decibel operating noise level possible. Maybe I'll upgrade the current box instead.
• Try implementing an SSO solution for the homelab. With just a few certificates for VPN I can already foresee certificate management being a nightmare, let alone implementing SSH certificates everywhere. 
• Try implementing a vulnerability management program. For some reason, identical versions of Raspbian can have different outdated versions of Apache even when fully upgraded - so how are these prioritized?
• Try again to get ICMP ping to work within the LAN.
• Track down pesky Plex issues. 

I'll post more items later.