I think my smallest nuc, when I was running proxmox, had 24 gigs with four cores and I was able to get ~4 ubuntu servers running at the same time. Or like 1 Windows 2012 R2 and a couple ubuntu servers. YMMV definitely and worthwhile tuning/building an image that is stripped down

@shellsharks@infosec.pub Sorry, was offline for a few days! Not really sure what I'm looking for, honestly? Mostly someone to kind of push me for doing more/exploring more? I'd like to focus in on AI security as well as container security and I know I can start that work on my own -- I just know it's easier/more likely for me to do things if I have someone filling in the blanks on things I don't know that I don't know. I'll start with those there (been following She Hacks Purple and InfoSec Sherpa for a bit) and see if any long hanging fruit shakes lose from the tree, thanks again!

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This is amazing info, thank you! So I have a BS in comp sci and applied math but all my experience is from ~10 years in different roles in IT from helpdesk to now cloud engineering/devops. I've had been doing some CTF's and Juice Shop for a bit but fell off because things got busy (as they always do). Lately I've been looking at reversing DRM for old shareware games just to get more familiar with the concepts but it's been mostly looking rather than doing so far lol. What I really want to get better at are namely two things:

• Container security and exploiting it
• Getting better at understanding how things work at lower levels to be better at reverse engineering

Really appreciate the insight and hope that everything goes well with your plans!

That makes sense, thanks! Have you ever hired a mentor before? I imagine it'd be a lot like hiring a coach but how would you know that they're not just being kind of a "yes man" or at the very least kind of reputable?

General question but how do y'all actually find a mentor? I feel like there's probably a local group nearby me or something that I could look into but are there places/people that are more likely to say "yes, I will mentor you" in y'all's experience?

Yeah, I would still be using mullvad if they hadn't removed port forwarding -- it's too damn bad but I get why they needed it. Switched to Proton but I imagine they'll run into the same issue down the road and will need to find a more permanent solution.

I did not know that was a show and now I can not un-know it lol. Feel like that is going to be a risky search at 1 in the morning.