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Christoff, the human<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Introduction</a>Hello, my name is Christoff. I live in Illinois, USA, outside the St. Louis area. Below I'll talk about my technology and creative interests, and a bit about me personally. I'm going to hashtag the heck out of this post. the whole "deadbeef" thing is the magic number from <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Solaris</a> for freed memory. I simply chose .monster TLD because it seemed cool and I like "extended" TLDs. <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a> I have been using a OpenBSD, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NetBSD</a>, or <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GNU</a>/#Linux since the late 1990s as a primary workstation. I used macOS from 2020 to 2025, switching to the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KDE</a> neon distro (KDE plasma is amazing and KDE isn't bloated anymore, yay!).My current career is as a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/pentester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pentester</a> where I break into web applications, IP networks, mobile applications (especially <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Android</a>), and people to their face or over the phone; code <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#malware</a>; write documentation; and enjoy helping clients in a third party contractor/consultant role. I started that job change in 2020, when I earned the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OSCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSCP</a> certification at the height of "<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infosec</a> twitter" when I did well there.Previously I worked for about 20 years as a senior-level programmer, and systems, infrastructure, and database administrator. Burnout was very real and I was extremely bored/unfulfilled. Now that programming and sysadmin stuff isn't my career, I find I enjoy programming and tinkering again.I am a big fan of NetBSD and always have been. I am not a huge fan of GNU/Linux but I do appreciate things "just working", even if it is full of closed-source binary blobs and other garbage. It was fun in the 1990s.I know many programming languages but have been paid professionally to code in <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#C</a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Perl</a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Python</a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PHP</a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Java</a>, and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Groovy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Groovy</a> for big commercial entities like eBay, small companies, and the US government.I've maintained 99.99% uptime for a 60MM+ platform for years, including failover and backups (that were regularly tested... you test your failover and backups, right?!). I always wanted to be a cool C and low-level programmer, which I thought for the longest time was being a kernel programmer, but now I know that isn't the life for me. Emacs is something I've enjoyed since the beginning and I still can't code a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lisp</a> well. I'd love to be a cool <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/lisper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lisper</a> with <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CommonLisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommonLisp</a>, but haven't gotten there yet. I'm on the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#c64</a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#embedded</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> train now.<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Creative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Creative</a>For creative stuff, I aim to do a lot but tend to hop around as interests take me. I could use some discipline there (someday?). For <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#music</a>, I have an electric <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bass</a> (Fender Jazz) and electric <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#guitar</a>. I love <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/jambands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jambands</a> (<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/GratefulDead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GratefulDead</a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Phish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Phish</a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Goose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Goose</a>) and that's the type of music I like to play along to. For <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a>, I like <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/acrylic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#acrylic</a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#watercolor</a> painting. I rarely do it, but think about it a lot and love it when I do it. I don't have any skill or talent, but that's not the point. It's for me and no one else. For <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#computing</a>, I am venturing into <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#C64</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#demoscene</a> programming and exploration. Not only was I too poor to get one when I was little but I sorta forgot about it over time. The desire to do cool things in a restricted environment where folks are playing in the sandbox, too, is very exciting and attractive to me. I don't know how to code the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Commodore64</a> stuff yet, but will! Learning the assembly language (I have zero desire to code in BASIC again and I can just code assembly). <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Personal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Personal</a>I live with my soulmate and our five amazing cats in a small town outside St. Louis living a quiet life. Just doing our jobs, taking care of daily life stuff, and enjoying each other and life as much as we can. Ups and downs of life chaos, like anyone else, but we're doing alright! We enjoy exploring places within driving distance and there are a lot of places to go to. Currently, we're really into playing two-player games together and just started collecting <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/boardgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#boardgames</a>. Right now, we're really digging <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SkyTeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SkyTeam</a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RoyalGameOfUr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RoyalGameOfUr</a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ForrestShuffle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForrestShuffle</a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SentinelsOfTheMultiverse</a>, and this magnet game I don't know the name of. We have <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SpiritIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpiritIsland</a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ArcNova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArcNova</a> to unwrap and learn. We tried really really hard to get into <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ArkhamHorrorTheCardGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArkhamHorrorTheCardGame</a> but the rules are too complicated and confusing, where it felt like we were doing the wrong thing all the time. I am 46. I grew up loving Star Wars, Star Trek, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciFi</a>, reading novels non-stop, horror, and watching movies. I collect classic SciFi books from 1960s and 1970s.I would perhaps describe myself as an extremely curious person, that loves <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/puzzles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#puzzles</a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/mysteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mysteries</a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/exploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exploration</a>, figuring out <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/HumanBehavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanBehavior</a> like I'm an alien studying humans (I'm good at it, it turns out), that has a keen eye for detail, remembering random little things, and a good listener. I'm fairly adaptable and fluid in most things, which works well for me. My brain works differently than a lot of people, and while frustrating a lot of the time for things I don't understand fully, it is me and serves me well in niches. Making people laugh makes me happy. I am a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacker</a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/tinkerer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tinkerer</a>.

Christopher Bauer :debian: :i3wm: :blobcatthinkingglare:Hello kind people of Mastodon! Mastodon is a big part of my life, so I'm going to give finding work here a go as well.I'm looking for a junior penetration tester or cyber security analyst role. Should you have any leads, or simply be able to provide info, please reach out.To give you a thumbnail background sketch: I'm a former Lecturer in Anthropology pivoting to Cyber Security. I recently passed the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OSCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSCP</a> and loved it. I have interests in writing and advising to make pentesting more accessible, IoT pentesting, and purple team work.While I am looking for a first role, I'm open to freelance, contract, and part-time roles. I'm located in Seattle, though remote is welcome.Boosts will be noted and the favor returned in due course!Thanks everyone.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fedihireme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fedihireme</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fedihire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fedihire</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fedijobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fedijobs</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/getfedhired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#getfedhired</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/jobhunt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jobhunt</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gethired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gethired</a>

averagesecurityguyIt's been about a week since this happened so I'm probably cool-headed enough to talk about it. First a little background info.A sales person from Offensive Security (<a href="https://www.offsec.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.offsec.com/</a>) has been trying to reach out to me for days. First by work email, which I ignored, then through my personal LinkedIn account, which I also ignored.Then, last week, my son texts me and says, "some guy called me looking for you." I told him I was your son and he said he would try to email. I know that absolutely no one in my professional circle has my son's personal cell number, so I asked him to send me the number that called him.I call the number back and it's the sales guy from Offensive Security. I immediately asked him how he got my son's number and found out it was part of a ZoomInfo (<a href="https://www.zoominfo.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.zoominfo.com/</a>) record for me. I told him to immediately delete any record he has with my son's information.I then let him know in no uncertain terms that his company was using some shady data gathering practices if they had my son's cell number and because of that I will personally never do business with OffSec again. I also made it clear that he should never reach out to me again.Even though I hold the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OSCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSCP</a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OSCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSCE</a> certifications and even though they were a career changer for me and for my colleagues, I will no longer do business with their company.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OffSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OffSec</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OffensiveSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OffensiveSecurity</a>

Lee Adams<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@alyssam_infosec" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@alyssam_infosec</a> I've been a software developer for 20+ years, but spending my own time getting educated on <a href="https://androiddev.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infosec</a> because that's where I'd like to go next in my career. I got my <a href="https://androiddev.social/tags/OSCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSCP</a> last year. My concern is that it seems like I can't make the same amount of money transitioning to infosec and it feels like starting over. Do you have any thoughts on if that sounds true/false?

Keith Hoodlet :verified: :donor:Finally 😅 another <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OSCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSCP</a> lab box pwned 😈 this one was a royal PITA. Now to gather evidence, do some recon, and take notes on some of the important lessons learned 😊

Landon :hecked: :unverified:I've had an account since 2018 so I'm well overdue for an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> post.I enjoy dabbling in all things technology including tinkering with electronics, <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeassistant</a> , <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/docker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#docker</a> , <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> , <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#python</a> ...My first program ever was an infinite loop (can you name the language?) 10 PRINT LANDON 20 GOTO 10Pivoted from sysadmin/solution arch to security by trying harder on the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OSCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSCP</a> and now manage a security automation team at a F500 company.

Chase :loading:Realized that I never did an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> so here goes.My name is Chase or Charles from <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Dallas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dallas</a> i’ve been in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IT</a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infosec</a> for almost a decade. I started out in helpdesk in college and moved onto <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/appsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#appsec</a> and then <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DFIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DFIR</a> and malware reverse engineering. After my stint on the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/blueteam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blueteam</a> side of the house I moved to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/redteam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#redteam</a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pentesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pentesting</a> by getting my <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OSCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSCP</a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OSCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSCE</a> and worked there for 4 years where I got to do a lot of fun stuff like write a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/c2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#c2</a> and find a number of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/0days" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#0days</a>. Now I’m the CTO of Vector0 where we are building an attack surface management platform. Outside of work while at home I mainly spend time <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaming</a> or doing projects around my house and spending time in my pool. Otherwise I try to get as far away from a screen as possible by traveling and hiking/camping in places where I can’t be reached.

iconnorclastDue to the influx of people I thought I'd write an updated <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> post, this time with liberal use of hashtags.Hi everyone, I'm Connor, I currently live in the North East of England.I currently work in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infosec</a> with a focus on web application security and got my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/oscp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oscp</a> last year so I'm officially a l33t <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacker</a> according to some corporation!

nyanshakI currently work in product security, with a big focus on finding leaked secrets. Have <a href="https://mas.to/tags/oscp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oscp</a>. Interested in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/offsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#offsec</a>, security research, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/pentesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pentesting</a>, smart contract / cryptocurrency work. About to start learning <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rust</a>. Ask me about that time I found > 1k secrets in npm.Interests: <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#infosec</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/offsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#offsec</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/redteam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#redteam</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/rowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rowing</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/discgolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#discgolf</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ethereum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ethereum</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cryptocurrency</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/golang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#golang</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rustlang</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rust</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#python</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bugbounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bugbounty</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cooking</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a>

BobertHepker@kali:~$ :blinking_cursor:<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> I enjoyed Twitter for over 15 years and miss the days when SMS was the primary transport. I currently do internal <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pentesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pentesting</a> and am working on my <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OSCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OSCP</a>. In my spare time I enjoy fast cars and one woman 😉. I also collect old game consoles and am struggling to get a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pi1541" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pi1541</a> working with my C128.

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