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2026-02-18 Update

I almost made it two whole years without posting here :o

A few months after my last post, I was laid off from my job. I then spent the next 6 months unsuccessfully finding a job (for the first time in 15 years). I heard I could get 6 more months of unemployment if I was going to school, so I decided to finally take the leap into cybersecurity and work on earning a Bachelor's in Cybersecurity from WGU. Turns out they don't give you unemployment if you're going to school for a Bachelor's (ridiculous), but I was already doing it, so I've been in school for the last year. I should be done in the next 6 months though!

I set up a personal/professional site+blog at dustindikes.com. I figured I'd still just post whatever I felt like here that isn't specifically focused on security.

I'm currently studying for the CompTIA Project+ certificate (it's part of the program), and I'm really disliking it lol. It's so difficult to memorize and it's very boring. I can't wait until I can move on to the next classes (python, linux, pentest+, etc). I'll get there eventually!

2024-04-16 SSH aliases

I just learned that you can set up ssh aliases using the ~/.ssh/config file. I don't know how I've gone this long without knowing this! It's way better than typing out complicated SSH commands or pushing up until you find the last time you ssh'd into it.

Example usage here:

Host tilde
    HostName tilde.town
    User dustin
    IdentityFile "~/id_rsa"

You can also set a port or an IP for the hostname:

Host srv
    HostName 123.456.0.1
    User dustin
    Port 1234

You can then SSH using the alias, such as these commands for those two examples above:

ssh tilde
    ssh srv

2024-03-18 Noisy Deadlines

I have long been enjoying the posts of Noisy Deadlines. In particular, she's posted quite a few insights into her personal routine and how she manages her tasks and such. I highly recommend her blog and all the posts on there!

2024-03-07 First post!

I set up this new site today! I'll add little thoughts here from time to time. No RSS feed or anything like that, just occasional thoughts that anybody that passes through this site can read. No idea what the content of the posts will be, but I don't think I'll even title them, just have the date, and they'll all just be listed on this page.