Inside Blumenort

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Work

The Invisible Protocol

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 Jason Toews0Tagged Citadel of Ancient Data, cyber security blind spots, deep packet inspection, fantasy concept, firewall, gateway antivirus, Google Chrome, HTTP/3, IT Administration, liminal horror, Microsoft Edge, Network Security, QUIC protocol, UDP 443, UniFi Gateway, WatchGuard Firebox, web filtering

It’s been a crazy, busy week on the work front – I’m only a couple days in but we’ve got a lot accomplished! Warning – this post gets a little nerdy. 😂😁 We’ve been tweaking things on our firewall infrastructure, and it got me thinking about how easy it is to think you’re 100% safe […]

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Divide and Don’t Get Conquered

April 30, 2026May 1, 2026 Jason Toews0Tagged access control, admin network security, broadcast domain, Cybersecurity, device discovery, disabling unused ports, enterprise networking, firewall rules, flat network, IT infrastructure, lateral movement prevention, management network, mDNS, microsegmentation, multicast DNS, network architecture, network best practices, network isolation, network redesign, Network Security, network segmentation, ransomware protection, secure network design, Stateful Firewall, subnetting, VLAN, WiFi security

I was recently asked to contribute to a network redesign project, at first I was just asked to contribute, then I was tasked with creating the plan, and was then given a directive to implement it.. I thought that was quite exciting as I wasn’t overly familiar with their network vendor brand and I enjoy […]