THWACK [Mini] Mission: Kiwi Syslog Server

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Our five-year mission through deep space includes all we could ever want: adventure, trials, tragedies, and triumphs. The journey and discoveries along the way are replicated food for our soul. But sometimes all you want to do is dump the crew off at Risa, so you can have some peace and quiet. While everyone's on shore leave, you can finish researching a fascinating rediscovery: Kiwi Syslog Server.

Finally, with the crew away, you have the time to breathe and brush up on some new skills, so you can step into the captain's ready room with confidence. Pull up a screen, sit back, and grab one of those blue beverages—you know the ones. Remember, the doctor said it's not prohibited if it's used for medicinal purposes.

SEPTEMBER MINI MISSION

Use the mission’s resources to complete the tasks and answer the questions for a chance to win!

Correctly answer each question during the week and you'll be entered for a chance to win the weekly prize.

Correctly answer all 10 questions over the course of the month and you'll be entered for a chance to win the grand prize.

150 points are being awarded for each correctly answered question. There are 10 questions, which means you can earn a maximum of 1,500 points for this mission.


PRIZES

Weekly Prizes & Drawing Dates:

September 28, 2020: Oak Creek Camping Hammock and Accessories

October 5, 2020: Star Trek Catan and Wireless charging station


Grand Prize:
October 5, 2020: Bose SoundLink Revolve+ Portable & Long-Lasting Bluetooth 360 Speaker

MISSION RULES

A new question will open every day (Monday - Friday) starting on September 21, 2020. Once a question has opened, it will remain open until October 4, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. CT. Check the schedule below for exact open/close times.



MISSION SHORTCUT

Complete the mission shortcut between September 21, 2020 and October 4, 2020 to be entered to win a YETI Hopper Flip Portable Cooler!

Shortcut Steps:

  1. Download a Free Trial of Kiwi Syslog Server
  2. Install Kiwi Syslog Server (either as a Service or an Application)
  3. Create at least one test message with code yellow (color-coded message with yellow background) that will be displayed in your Kiwi Syslog Server console:
    1. Go to File--> Setup
    2. Under Rules --> Default --> Actions and select the Display default action
    3. Here at the bottom you can send a test message – you will need to adjust Syslog level in the Test message Setup to send a test message with needed color code!

Hint: you can check View --> Highlighting options to check what Syslog Level you need to select in the Test message Setup

  1. Take a snapshot of the screen showing the console with your test message with yellow background
  2. Submit your screenshots

START FREE TRIAL  SUBMIT SCREENSHOTS



 
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    I like your analysis.  May I offer some divergence?

    The shields of the enterprise do allow input from outside-to-inside (e.g.: the crew can use sensors to determine the weapons and shields status of other ships or planets, they can detect incoming storms, even use visual tools like the view screen).

    The way the shields keep the bad stuff out while simultaneously allowing incoming electromagnetic (and other) to pass through them is beyond me.  But I can imagine that setting the shield harmonics/frequencies/etc. could automatically create the equivalent of firewall port holes for outbound traffic using specific ports (to be all networky in my terminology).  In this case, setting shields to rating 99BX5 (or whatever randomly rotating pattern is desired) automatically sets them to reconfigure internal sensors to be sent out through the shields without being filtered.  And responses to those sensor probes are recognized and allowed back in through the shields--but nothing else is allowed through.

    When Lursa and B'etor discovered the shield frequency and harmonics settings by spanning Geordi's incoming sensor data to their ship, they set their missile to be recognized by the Enterprises' shields and allowed in through them.

    It's only a hypothesis.

    In the end, the sensors and crew of the Enterprise were aware of the incoming missile before it passed through their shields.  A great subroutine would have used Solarwinds products to automatically not recognize the inbound missile, and to keep it out.

    Or, did I completely miss the mark?

    Rick

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    I like your analysis.  May I offer some divergence?

    The shields of the enterprise do allow input from outside-to-inside (e.g.: the crew can use sensors to determine the weapons and shields status of other ships or planets, they can detect incoming storms, even use visual tools like the view screen).

    The way the shields keep the bad stuff out while simultaneously allowing incoming electromagnetic (and other) to pass through them is beyond me.  But I can imagine that setting the shield harmonics/frequencies/etc. could automatically create the equivalent of firewall port holes for outbound traffic using specific ports (to be all networky in my terminology).  In this case, setting shields to rating 99BX5 (or whatever randomly rotating pattern is desired) automatically sets them to reconfigure internal sensors to be sent out through the shields without being filtered.  And responses to those sensor probes are recognized and allowed back in through the shields--but nothing else is allowed through.

    When Lursa and B'etor discovered the shield frequency and harmonics settings by spanning Geordi's incoming sensor data to their ship, they set their missile to be recognized by the Enterprises' shields and allowed in through them.

    It's only a hypothesis.

    In the end, the sensors and crew of the Enterprise were aware of the incoming missile before it passed through their shields.  A great subroutine would have used Solarwinds products to automatically not recognize the inbound missile, and to keep it out.

    Or, did I completely miss the mark?

    Rick

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