Firewall Configuration with new change
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Several of the questions you have been asking make it seem like you are either a college student, or are just being given busy work by your manager. It really doesn't make a whole lot of sense to only use CentOS 6.5 for this when there are much leaner distributions designed specifically for this task.
One of the things I learned when I started in IT (although I'm still relatively new to this considering some of the other members) was that you should always question the motivation of a task you are given. It helps you learn why you are doing something instead of just the how. Could also lead to finding something your manager wasn't aware of (like Smoothwall or pfSense) and show you initiative to learn and find the best solution for the business.
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@Lakshmana said:
@thanksajdotcom This smoothwall seems to be ISO file.I need to do that only in CentOS 6.5
Why? That wasn't in the requirements that you said before and is just plain silly. Is your manager out to sabotage you and the clients? He seems insane.
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@coliver said:
One of the things I learned when I started in IT (although I'm still relatively new to this considering some of the other members) was that you should always question the motivation of a task you are given. It helps you learn why you are doing something instead of just the how. Could also lead to finding something your manager wasn't aware of (like Smoothwall or pfSense) and show you initiative to learn and find the best solution for the business.
In business and psychology circles this is called "thinking at a goal level." You need to not focus on the tasks and forget WHY you are doing something.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Lakshmana said:
@thanksajdotcom This smoothwall seems to be ISO file.I need to do that only in CentOS 6.5
Why? That wasn't in the requirements that you said before and is just plain silly. Is your manager out to sabotage you and the clients? He seems insane.
His manager is just stupid. He has a way of doing something in his head because he probably heard or read something once and is clinging to something he doesn't even understand. I agree with @coliver. If it's already designed and pre-packagaed for you, why make it harder on yourself?
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
One of the things I learned when I started in IT (although I'm still relatively new to this considering some of the other members) was that you should always question the motivation of a task you are given. It helps you learn why you are doing something instead of just the how. Could also lead to finding something your manager wasn't aware of (like Smoothwall or pfSense) and show you initiative to learn and find the best solution for the business.
In business and psychology circles this is called "thinking at a goal level." You need to not focus on the tasks and forget WHY you are doing something.
Agreed.
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Is your manager getting bad directions from a client or from his manager? Why is he coming up with pointless requirements? It seems like he wants you to fail or wants the client to have risk. Or just trying to waste time and money.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Is your manager getting bad directions from a client or from his manager? Why is he coming up with pointless requirements? It seems like he wants you to fail or wants the client to have risk. Or just trying to waste time and money.
Or he's just clueless and doesn't have any idea what he's doing.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
One of the things I learned when I started in IT (although I'm still relatively new to this considering some of the other members) was that you should always question the motivation of a task you are given. It helps you learn why you are doing something instead of just the how. Could also lead to finding something your manager wasn't aware of (like Smoothwall or pfSense) and show you initiative to learn and find the best solution for the business.
In business and psychology circles this is called "thinking at a goal level." You need to not focus on the tasks and forget WHY you are doing something.
Remember we aren't doing IT for the sake of just implementing new technologies. It needs to provide something for the business. (sometimes sadly that may be the CEO want's a blackberry because his friend has one.)
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
One of the things I learned when I started in IT (although I'm still relatively new to this considering some of the other members) was that you should always question the motivation of a task you are given. It helps you learn why you are doing something instead of just the how. Could also lead to finding something your manager wasn't aware of (like Smoothwall or pfSense) and show you initiative to learn and find the best solution for the business.
In business and psychology circles this is called "thinking at a goal level." You need to not focus on the tasks and forget WHY you are doing something.
Remember we aren't doing IT for the sake of just implementing new technologies. It needs to provide something for the business. (sometimes sadly that may be the CEO want's a blackberry because his friend has one.)
Haha... sounds like you have some experience with that....
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@coliver said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
One of the things I learned when I started in IT (although I'm still relatively new to this considering some of the other members) was that you should always question the motivation of a task you are given. It helps you learn why you are doing something instead of just the how. Could also lead to finding something your manager wasn't aware of (like Smoothwall or pfSense) and show you initiative to learn and find the best solution for the business.
In business and psychology circles this is called "thinking at a goal level." You need to not focus on the tasks and forget WHY you are doing something.
Remember we aren't doing IT for the sake of just implementing new technologies. It needs to provide something for the business. (sometimes sadly that may be the CEO want's a blackberry because his friend has one.)
Haha... sounds like you have some experience with that....
I was thinking the same thing...LOL
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@coliver said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
One of the things I learned when I started in IT (although I'm still relatively new to this considering some of the other members) was that you should always question the motivation of a task you are given. It helps you learn why you are doing something instead of just the how. Could also lead to finding something your manager wasn't aware of (like Smoothwall or pfSense) and show you initiative to learn and find the best solution for the business.
In business and psychology circles this is called "thinking at a goal level." You need to not focus on the tasks and forget WHY you are doing something.
Remember we aren't doing IT for the sake of just implementing new technologies. It needs to provide something for the business. (sometimes sadly that may be the CEO want's a blackberry because his friend has one.)
Haha... sounds like you have some experience with that....
Who hasn't? It was Nextel Push-to-Talks first and then Blackberries (and of course the lovely BES to manage all the stupid things)
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Who hasn't? It was Nextel Push-to-Talks first and then Blackberries (and of course the lovely BES to manage all the stupid things)
OMG those were the dumbest things ever. People just didn't understand what an idiotic idea that was. The normal phone was push to talk to, and both cases required the other party to answer. There was no upside. But once you made a call, it was this slow, annoying one person at a time audio that made it horrible to talk. There was no upside and huge downsides. They are a shining example of how easily you can dupe huge swaths of people with marketing even when it is completely clear that you are being fooled.
