As I reach the 100 hours mark of my internship, the hands-on skills I learned during the first 50 hours have been translated into technical skills. I’ve found that the technical skills I am learning are out of my comfort zone but I welcome the challenge. The change is exciting, as learning technical skills has allowed me to broaden my skill set within the cyberfield. One of the main technical skills my team has taught me is advanced networking skills. Some of the techniques that fall under the advanced title, I can relate to my CYSE 250 class–Cyber Programming and Networking. In this course, I learned how to create a server which included making an Ubuntu server and connecting to it from the Ubuntu desktop.

Throughout this process, I faced several challenges as I ran into issues regarding the connection of my server. To overcome this, I had to change how the virtual machine (VM) was running on its network. How I did that is by changing what network the VM was originally on, which was NAT and I changed it to Bridge Adapter. I also learned how to customize the IP address, which strengthens the privacy and security of the network. This is opposed to a regular IP address that is connected to the whole internet. Knowing how to connect to any server or change my IP address, I find myself retaining the knowledge of the steps to solve this problem should it arise again in the future. Furthermore, I was also able to learn several commands that are used to find a server or a desktop IP address and its domains. Overall, getting to this point in my internship has allowed my networking skills to become more advanced.