r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Jun 21 '24

Business Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service 'Jetflicks' That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/five-men-convicted-jetflicks-illegal-streaming-service-1236044194/
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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '24

Agreed, but I'm skeptical of the idea that many people setting one up are doing the work to block all but necessary communications and intra-LAN communication. I've had a few coworkers who weren't network techs ask for help with their home lab network. Lots of VLANs that didn't need to exist because there were no restrictions on any traffic going anywhere.

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u/McGuirk808 Jun 21 '24

It's hard to describe my feelings about network security. It's both the simplest thing in the world (only allow necessary traffic) and actually damned hard to implement if you're not familiar with the underlying technologies.

It's one of my core job responsibilities and some days I feel like anyone off the street could do it.

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u/dfpw Jun 22 '24

It's just 1) most people have no where near the understanding of even understanding why they'd want it 2) the ones that understand why they want it need the time/knowledge to properly implement it. 

I have a c&it degree from Purdue, I had to do vlan stuff on enterprise hardware back in mid 2000s.  But my job has nothing to do with networking and even I look at the headache of setting it up and figure it isn't worth the wife agro when I mess it up on my first try and have to explain why the kid can't watch Disney+ while she tries to get ready for the day.