In the interest of being a good netcitizen I've removed some of my i2000 and i6000 related posts. Baring any issues I'll probably repost them on/before 2019-01-14.

If you're using a Quantum, Dell, or ADIC Scalar product you should check to see if the password of the GUI's 'service' account is static. If it is then there is a pretty trivial way to get into the system using the vendor's maintenance account. The one system I have access to, an i2000, has a login of service:10101100. 

If you're using a Quantum, Dell, or ADIC Scalar product you need to make sure the 'service port' isn't remotely accessible. If it is then there is a pretty trivial way to get into the system as 'root'. The port is explicitly listed in the manual as not for "normal" use. 

tl;dr If you aren't plugging in stuff you shouldn't (per manual) then the risk isn't that bad. 

Thanks to my sister and her husband my tape libraries will now be the "Gibsons". I think I'll go with gibson2 and gibson6 for hostnames. Non-sequential just to mess with people...

My yum mirrors are back up and stable. Although they're 100% on my home infra atm. Long term I plan to use an OVH-Virgina set of VMs to act as caching proxies before hitting my home.

• https://mirror.gpmidi.net
• https://mirrors.gpmidi.net
• https://mirror.yourmom.xxx
• https://mirrors.yourmom.xxx

Protocols Supported: HTTP & HTTPS

While discussing my new tape library a friend asked "why tape?" 

The answer is pretty simple: 

• LTO-6 is $7.58/TiB
• 8TB HDs are $24.83/TiB

At the end if the day I can get tape for 1/3 the price of hard drives. While the upfront cost of tape is higher ($4500 for tape vs $1500 for disk), it becomes worth it pretty quick to me. 

The What...

The used Scalar i2000 I ordered is almost here and the used Scalar i6000 is pending shipment. 

The Why...

tl;dr I'd rather not have to change tapes out once a month and store+organize 400 LTO-6 cartridges. 

A few of my favorite photos from the past few years...

A Few Favorites 2018

My photos from the Queen City Mischief & Magic in Staunton, Virginia are up!

Queen City Mischief & Magic [2018]

For LARG's Field Day 2018 I'll be setting up a wifi based network. It will be used for N1MM+ logging, restricted internet access, and remote radio control (ie Flex6500). To do that I'm using a set of up to 10 of Ubiquiti's UAP-AC-MESHs and six NanoStation Loco M5s. The UAP-AC-MESHs will handle most of the traffic while the NanoStations will provide any long distance links. Although given the site size I don't think anything but a UAP-AC-MESH per station will be needed.