Current Fun Projects

[AnthonyC]

Feel free to share any current fun (read: non-directly work-related) projects that you are working on; I will start:

- Being dabbling around in NodeJS (I got interested it in from F5; you can involve it from there via RPC which is pretty cool)

- Testing out security on a WAF fronting some unpatched LAMP; tested Shellshock on it.  If I find the time I want to check some other old school vulnerabilities like heartbleed and some good'old backdoor.

[deanwebb]

I think part of the definition of "fun" includes "non-directly work-related".

I want to get some time to putter about in my garden. I'd like to plant some mint near my outdoor office so as to discourage parasite populations.

[routerdork]

I've been working on getting my lab upgraded to handle more. Bought a Super Micro board awhile back and it appears to be dead and out of warranty period. So I scored a Dell PowerEdge R710 last week for cheap. I'll put the matched set of Six-Core X5600's into it with the 64GB of RAM I purchased and be on my way. So I'll be back to working on my CCNP R&S as well as learning some more about F5 here in a week or two I hope.

Also have been interviewing here and there so I've been reading up on different companies and polishing up on different things I haven't touched in a while.

The rest of my life has been house projects. Built new shelving in the garage. Drainage issues in the backyard, we had a crazy amount of rain this year. Sanding and painting the outside door frames in a couple weeks. Replacing one of my doors. And spending the winter painting all ceilings and walls. Then we'll be adding crown molding as we replace all the rest of the baseboards, trim, etc. with white trim. If all works out right I'm planning to add a wet bar and home theater setup to the basement. Been putting it off too long so this is the year it all gets done.

[routerdork]

I'd like to plant some mint near my outdoor office so as to discourage parasite populations.

I put mint in mine and it took over. We found roots throughout the whole planter box. Still can't get rid of it.

[deanwebb]

I'd like to plant some mint near my outdoor office so as to discourage parasite populations.

I put mint in mine and it took over. We found roots throughout the whole planter box. Still can't get rid of it.

That's my plan, actually. I want it to be a ground cover at my house.

[routerdork]

I'd like to plant some mint near my outdoor office so as to discourage parasite populations.

I put mint in mine and it took over. We found roots throughout the whole planter box. Still can't get rid of it.

That's my plan, actually. I want it to be a ground cover at my house.

Well you picked the right plant then. 

[deanwebb]

I'd like to plant some mint near my outdoor office so as to discourage parasite populations.

I put mint in mine and it took over. We found roots throughout the whole planter box. Still can't get rid of it.

That's my plan, actually. I want it to be a ground cover at my house.

Well you picked the right plant then. 

It's a lot easier to mow than bamboo, I guarantee you that.

There are a few patches of bamboo around my neighborhood, and they cause much weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth. Thankfully, no bamboo within a few blocks of my house.

[Otanx]

Project #1 - Automatic garage door closer. Have mentioned this on the forums before. Been working on this for a long time. Just keep putting it off. I have all the parts now so it is just a matter of connecting them all, and finding the Raspberry Pi I wrote the code on. Maybe get this done before the end of the year.

Project #2 - Automation lab. Started as a NSX lab, but with the 30 day trials of vCenter/ESX I needed a way to do rebuilds of the lab. Got more interested in automating the lab rebuild process, and have not done anything with NSX beyond reading the guides on the web. Right now I have automated ESXi 6.0 install, vCenter appliance install, and a 2008 server install. Working on getting the ESXi hosts to register with vCenter automatically now.

Project #3 - Capture the Flag lab. Using NetWARS as a guide I am building a three level capture the flag game. I have levels one and two almost done. Level three I am going to be using WebGoat as the base, and modify it from that point.

Project #4 - Sit and wait patiently for FallOut 4 while playing Metal Gear 5.

-Otanx

[NetworkGroover]

Toying around with the idea of using Ansible to dynamically change a multi-tiered tap aggregation deployment.  Trying to determine use cases...

[deanwebb]

I'm working on my Telegu. Always good to know another Indian language.

[config t]

Let's see.. primary project is getting a lab together. I have six routers and four switches back in the states that I paid around 1k for and never used because the overseas job started. I'd like to get those shipped to my residence in Kuwait and find myself some small racks and a terminal access server. It's going to be a fantastic base for my future CCNP Sec and CCIE lab. Just thinking about it makes me all.. 

Project #4 - Sit and wait patiently for FallOut 4 while playing Metal Gear 5.

One more month.. Fallout 4 is going to be epic.

[burnyd]

Networking wise
Trying to automate an entire NSX deployment through python.  I have bits and pieces ie ESG/LDR/logical switches
get all the zero touch provisioning stuff with Arista going on cloud vision