December 2022 - Blind-sysadmins - lists.hodgsonfamily.org

Ubiquiti and/or PFSense access
by Andrew Hodgson 30 Apr '23

30 Apr '23

Hi all, I have a new flat and with it comes a 1GBPs Ethernet connection as part of the building service. The router they have given me is causing me a lot of issues so I want to upgrade it. I have been looking at different models and I have discount a lot due to the 1GBPs connection. I have a Sophos router from a previous job, but it doesn't support IPV6. At this point I am looking at potentially going with a Synology router, the Unifi kit or a PFSense build. has anyone used any of this and can comment on the usability with JFW? i know the Synology will be pritty much the same as the NAS, though they don't have a demo site for the router. I am going to check out the Ubiquiti demo site next but I know people on this list were using it. Thanks. Andrew.

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Microsoft certification exam accommodations survey
by Ryan Shugart 11 Jan '23

11 Jan '23

Hi all: Earlier I had posted to this group about a survey Microsoft was running regarding accommodation's for certification exams. This survey had been scheduled to end on 12/16, however the date has been extended until 12/31. If anyone is interested, you can take the survey here<https://forms.office.com/r/XY7S7JgKL6>. My apologies for the late notice of the extension, I have been on vacation for the past few weeks. If there are any accessibility issues taking the survey, please reach out to the Enterprise Disability Answer Desk<mailto:edad@microsoft.com> for assistance. Thanks a lot. Ryan Ryan Shugart Senior Program Manager, Cloud+AI Accessibility Microsoft Corporation 425-705-1262

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Certification Exam
by gbobo＠woh.rr.com 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

Hello All, I passed my Security+ exam yesterday. The exam was not accessible, so I had to use a reader/recorder. I got lucky and the reader was really good. Overall, my experience with the testing center was very good. I had the exam room to myself. The actual test was very shitty. It began with 4 performance based questions I found very frustrating, some of the questions were so long that I had to have the questions read over and over. The reader even thought the questions were very long and unfair in some cases because I had to memorize the scenario while trying to pick the answer. At one point the question was so long, the reader and I agreed that it gave us headaches. My experience with the reader was good and I lucked out with a good one. I hope accessibility for tests will get better because there are more coming up in my future. Greg B.

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