Roadmap

This list covers the articles and areas that I’m currently working on or plan to work on in the near future.

The majority of this is either basic items or things I’m actively documenting in my current job. Because of this, some of it will be more advanced than other pieces.

After a number of articles are written, I’ll begin to provide links to groups with articles categorized by Fundamentals, Application, Beginner, Advanced and Expect. I will likely also introduce Troubleshooting as a grouping as the database of articles builds.

• Cornerstones of IT
  • ✅General Overview
  • 🚧 Philosophy
  • Backups
  • Availability/Redundancy
  • Communication
  • Training
• 🚧Networking 101: Overview
  • Physical Layer
    • General: Wiring, Plugs, Switches, Adapters
    • Deep Dives
      • Fiber Optics
      • SFP/SFP+
  • Datalink Layer
    • General: Switches, VLANs, and Critical Protocols
    • Deep Dives
      • Ethernet
      • VLAN
      • STP
      • CDP/LLDP
      • LACP
  • Network Layer
    • General: Routers, IP, Firewalls (Into)
    • Deep Dives
      • Protocol: IP
      • Protocol: ARP
      • Routing and Firewalls
      • Protocol: VRRP
      • Protocol: ICMP
• Transport Layer
  • General: TCP and UDP
  • General: L2TP/IPSEC
  • Deep Dives
• Protocol: TCP
• Protocol: UDP
• Session Layer
  • General Overview
• Presentation Layer
  • General: TLS/SSL
  • Deep Dive: TLS/SSL
• Application Layer
  • General Overview
• Security
  • Cryptography/Encryption
    • Hashes
    • 🚧Synchronous Encryption
    • 🚧Asynchronous Encryption
• Authentication
  • Passwords
  • MFA
    • TOTP
    • SMS/Email
    • Push Request
  • Certificates
    • SSH Key
    • Server Authentication
    • Client Authentication
    • Other Uses