Royce Williams
@tychotithonus.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy
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Just doing my undue diligence. ISP vet (was AS7782, now AS8047), password cracker (Team Hashcat), security demi-boffin, YubiKey stan, public-interest […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ infosec.exchange/@tychotithonus, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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![Photo of a well-loved red YubiKey and a large round sticker. Sticker will be described later. Both are laying on a printed page with the following words:
> I added one more item into the package before sending - a red USB-A Gnubby. I didn't include it in the photo because I wasn't sure at first that I wanted to part with it. The red gnubbies were issued only to Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to use for storing emergency credentials. I was an SRE for [N] years during the [YYYY]s and have fond memories of my time in that role, so it has some sentimental value for me, but I figure a collection like yours is the proper place for it. I also tossed in an SRE sticker to go with it.
> The wider context for these red keys is a bit complicated to explain. Every Google office with an SRE contingent has a "panic room" - a designated room that has a dedicated network link that connects directly into the Google production network, with the link itself protected by a safe. It's there as a last resort in the case of catastrophic network failure where the usual Google corporate network is down for some reason. But you need special emergency credentials to use it, and that's what the red key was for. Besides simulated drills I think I only ever used the panic room maybe twice in my entire time as an SRE. It's one of those things you don't need until you really need it.
> Enjoy!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ich3qelna4fpa6yapw2wh3gy/bafkreieidmb5v64jipehwb6poewzfizfjoup7tt7byqwbb7iah7re5tvzi)
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