Postmortem (Hypothetical Scenario)

Firewall — Unauthorized user detected on Web Server

Issue Summary

On Friday, August 25th — during configuration of the ufw (uncomplicated firewall) on one of the servers (web-02) for the domain — chrisnovelli.online — said firewall (codename — ‘Fahrenheit’) was seemingly breached by an unauthorized user, at approximately 4:51 pm PST. This unauthorized user appeared to have access to the server for the better part of 45 minutes, until 5:36 pm PST

Captain’s Log — Timeline…

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Christopher Novelli

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Co-Founder @careqik — Entrepreneur, software developer, self-proclaimed comedian

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