Mon, 12 Jan 2009
Prague - It's cold out there...
... but the beer is very cheap. Which I know is an important thing for my
readers. I can also agree with their choice of food, lots of pork and
goulash with stodgy dumplings and thick sauce. Pig knuckle is much nicer
than it sounds. I spent a long weekend in Prague, it was -10 for most of
it but luckily the city isn't very big and you can reach all the usual
tourist spots by foot if you've got a day or two.
Most of the actual tourist spots are a little... underwhelming but the highlight for me was a concert we attended at the Narodni Muzeum (National Museum). We walked in and were pointed to our seats; which were cushions on the staircases. Ten minutes later the Czech String Chamber Orchestra walked in and were amazing for just over an hour. It felt very private and was worth every penny (it cost just over 20 quid). On the other hand the Prague Astronomical Clock and Wenceslas Square are on every list of the cities "top 10 locations" and both were disappointing.
Oh,and just in case anyone else is as dumb as me - Prague does not use Euros... Fortunately they have cash machines in the airport lobby.
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Penetration Testing in a Sentence
Penetration testing is tactical. It provides tangible, actionable
information -- Ivan Arce
It's been a while since I've been involved in pen testing but the above quote from Ivan is perfect and its meaning all too often overlooked. When you invest the time in something like pen testing or performance tuning you should always come away with a list of actionable tasks.
By doing this you ensure the work wasn't pointless (or if it was avoid repeating the mistake) and have something you can present to stake holders to get buy in for the next time. It's also easier to automate some of the scut work if you have a solid list of tasks and outcomes.
On the flip side it's also worth considering how actionable some of your other automated processes are. Does every Nagios error have a solution to resolve it? Do actions emerge from your graphs or do they just add background noise?
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