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Exactly, like you said, too many red herrings. The fact that it says to base it on an IP address that is not in the range makes it confusing. Just listing the subnet and mask would be sufficient, and the rest is superfluous. 

@kpina I like SolarWinds, but I must admit I noticed the outage because I couldn't do my Christmas shopping. Don't tell my boss.

I found this link to be helpful and informative for the question today: Database instances DPA can monitor It has a lot of information to expand on the topic as well.

I was notified via email by yumdarling in July that I had won the week 1 prize for July. A couple of weeks later, they put someone else's name on there as the winner. I sent yumdarling some emails, but I never heard back. So even if you win, you don't necessarily win. Oh well.

I plan to log in from home over the next couple of days to answer the questions. Don't miss out on those points. I am still saving up for a jacket. I have 1330 points to go. I hope I can hit that number before it gets too cold. I want to be stylin' in a SolarWinds jacket before winter sets in. I hope you all log in from…

Since I have not seen a post saying that this is being taken care of for everyone, I am adding my name to the list where I did not get the green check mark after voting in the poll and posting my response. I am asking that you correct this.

@yumdarling My Day 19 still shows as available, but I answered it yesterday. Thanks!

You were in...the 404 Zone, until the URL was fixed. Thanks for fixing that so quickly! I just think this graphic is cute and funny!

@"the_ben_keen" By asking this question (above), I was trying not to give anything away. So with the check boxes in the question now, you are saying that "All of the above" is not a valid answer, since multiple answers are required? I think the question still needs to be fixed. This relates to the above question that I…

I hope this is not too much information or against the rules, but I found number 3 stored on the SolarWinds website, and the second word is an irregular plural noun. I hope that helps as a hint. 

I am just taking this from the question itself, so it should be an okay hint. The part in italics is what you got for the hyphenated word. Try a Google search with this: branch of whatyouthinkthehyphenatedwordis analysis

I am glad Thwack is back. I can hardly wait to start a new mission.

Marvel vs. DC

For everyone's edification, it is not a palindrome. The palindrome response is incorrect.

@"smttysmth02gt" One of the people on the list is dead, so I don't think reaching out to them is the point. The other people on the list are busy doing their jobs, so having everyone hit them up and ask if they developed a single video is fairly pointless. It tells you nothing about the person other than that he or she was…

I have not heard of it. I will check it out. To answer the question, I did not go there because I had never heard of it. That is why I do not visit many websites, having never heard of them. 

It was stored on the SolarWinds website. I just checked, and it is no longer there. Sorry about that.

How about a nice game of chess?

I checked last month's mission (in the unlikely event I won something), and it just says Loading Mission too.

Focus on cloud, and don't get hung up on cloud-native versus cloud-hosted.

I think the wording on one of the answers is incorrect. It is supposed to be: Administratively STFU JK

Too funny! Thanks for the clarification and the laugh for the day. I am laughing with you on that. I know my keyboard always wants to turn on Sticky Keys, and there is something I hit at least once a week that just turns on Airplane Mode. I'm glad to hear you weren't typing that while driving and got into an accident or…

I must agree with superfly ..

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@the_ben_keen Would the SolarWinds question writers consider "Resource Optimization" and "Resource Management" to be the same thing? Thanks!

If you use this: https://thwack.solarwinds.com/cfs-filesystemfile/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/2308_5F00_thwack_5F00_puzzle.pdf?_=638296274529910066 you can just fill it out before you put in the answers. It has the number of characters for each listed. I hope this helps.

Is there a discussion of this somewhere? https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/12/evasive-attacker-leverages-solarwinds-supply-chain-compromises-with-sunburst-backdoor.html I understand there is a second Hot Fix coming out tomorrow related to this. We are upgrading our SolarWinds Orion instance today AND…

robertcbrowning - You may need to scroll to the right to see it. There is no specific time frame needed.

Thanks! I figured if it was a Key Feature it could not be a New Feature. D'oh!

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