PMP Review Notes (Chapter 1) – What is Project Management?

March 10, 2010 · Posted in Don's eBook Report, Project Management · Comment 

Project Management

-    Brings together a set of tools and techniques – performed by people – to describe, organize and monitor the work of project activities
-    According to PMBOK Guide: involves applying knowledge skills, tools and techniques during the course of the project to accomplish the project’s objective; it is the responsibility of the project manager to ensure that project management techniques are applied and followed

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CISSP Exam Note (Domain 2: Telecommunications and Networking Security) – More Protocols

Host-to-Host Transport Layer Protocols

TCP – Transmission Control Protocol

  • Connection oriented
  • Sequenced packets
  • Acknowledgement is sent back for received packets
  • If no acknowledgement then packet is resent
  • Packets are re-sequenced
  • Manageable data flow is maintained

Note: TCP and UDP use dynamic port numbers greater than 1023

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PMP Review Notes (Chapter 1) – Projects Defined

March 8, 2010 · Posted in Don's eBook Report, Project Management · Comment 

Projects

-          Temporary in nature

-          Have definite start dates and definite end dates

-          Completed when goals and objectives are accomplished to the satisfaction of the stakeholders

-          Exist to bring about a product, service, or result that didn’t exist before

-          Unique

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CISSP Exam Note (Domain 2: Telecommunications and Networking Security) – Protocols – Continued

Data Encapsulation

  • The process in which information from one packet is wrapped around or attached to the data of another packet
  • In the OSI model each layer encapsulates the layer immediately above it

OSI Layers

  • Process down the stack and up the stack
  • Each layer communicates with corresponding layer through the stack

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What’s Been Happening

February 28, 2010 · Posted in Life Happens, Random Stuff · Comment 

I’ve been away from this blog for quite some time, and really feeling quite guilty for not making the entry. Although not the first time I’ve abandoned this  blog, this is the first time that this blog actually has some purpose and structure (sort of). Anyway, I have this little thing about excuses and how I think they are similar to a–holes. Everybody has them and they all stink ;-) . However, I do want to explain as to why I have been an absentee blogger since  the holidays. One word — BUSY. Yeah, yeah aren’t we all? Read more

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Something off topic but really important: Help Haiti

January 14, 2010 · Posted in Life Happens, Random Stuff · Comment 

Some info on how to extend a helping hand to folks devastated by the quake in Haiti:

You can send a $10 Donation by Texting ‘Haiti’ to 90999 or You can make a donation by calling 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish) or visit the Redcross site and click on the Donate Now button.

If $10.00 is a little bit more than you can afford right now, musician Wyclef Jean’s organization Yele Haiti also receives donations via text for $5.00. Yele Haiti’s website is http://www.yele.org/. You can text “YELE” to 501501 to give $5 to help with earthquake relief efforts.

In Canada, people can donate $5 to the Salvation Army by texting “Haiti” to 45678 through a system set up by the Mobile Giving Foundation.

Unless you have personally researched any other organization and know that they are trustworthy, be careful. YOU DON’T WANT YOUR WELL-INTENTIONED DOLLARS TO FALL INTO THE WRONG HANDS.

Not all “text to donate” services are created equal. Unfortunately, however appalling it may be, opportunistic scammers typically come out of the woodwork in the wake of catastrophes, hoping to strike it rich through fraudulent schemes.

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CISSP Exam Note (Domain 2: Telecommunications and Networking Security) – Protocols

Protocols – a standard set of rules that determines how computers communicate with each other across networks despite their differences

Layered architecture

  • Shows how communication should take place
  • Clarify the general functions of a communication process
  • To break down complex networking processes into more manageable sub-layers
  • Using industry standard interfaces enables interoperability
  • To change the features of one layer without changing the code in every layer
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Monday DeMondaynizer: No Pants Day

January 11, 2010 · Posted in Random Stuff, The Demondaynizer · Comment 

Don’t get caught gawking…

Pulled from the Improv Everywhere website:

The 9th Annual No Pants Subway Ride went off without a hitch today in New York. It’s tough to count, but we’re guessing we had around 3,000 participants. Riders met at meeting points spread out all over the city and converged on Union Square. The high was 28 degrees.

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Semi-Hiatus Over

January 11, 2010 · Posted in Life Happens, Random Stuff, The Internet · Comment 

Wishing I was on hiatus because I was really on vacation, but missed several weeks of posts because I was actually tied up on another project and just can’t find anymore time nor the energy to get online after banging my head on the monitor dealing with the folks involved in this project. Hopefully in the next few weeks, it’ll be finally done. It’s almost like looking forward for that root canal to be over with…

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CHEERS!!!

December 31, 2009 · Posted in Life Happens, Random Stuff · Comment 

Wishing you all a safe, happy and prosperous New Year…

It’s time for that cheesy classic… ;-)

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