The IT Blame Hierarchy 1. It's DNS. 2. It's the Network. 3. It's the Firewall. 4. (If all else fails) It's Storage.

@SharpNetwork I don’t see layer 8 in there… are you sure there is actually any problem at all? (Or it’s DNS)

@SharpNetwork Who are we kidding. 1. It's Windows and needs a reboot. User: I'll lose my tabs.

@SharpNetwork It's the Lennox bias from starlink according to a CCIE

@SharpNetwork I always start with solar flares

@SharpNetwork Where is PEBKAC

@SharpNetwork Blame the intern..

@SharpNetwork “Can we just disable x security tool and try?” 😑

@SharpNetwork They always blame the Network when on-prem 😔

@SharpNetwork 1. it’s #CrowdStrike 2. It’s GPO 3. My attack script wasn’t suppose to run in PROD!

@SharpNetwork Mussed certificates

@SharpNetwork Storage is #1. 🤣

@SharpNetwork dns is the network, firewall is the network. storage, can't do that without network? :D

@SharpNetwork Lol, I just used in a sidebar conversation while on a call at work last week...

@SharpNetwork This week already it was always DNS while I always blamed firs the Firewall then the network followed by some cursed words towards the local servers DNS cache 🙄

@SharpNetwork It’s the agents!

@SharpNetwork 1. It's DNS 2. See point 1.

@SharpNetwork Going to say something controversial. All compute NICs and Network L2, L3, and SVI should auto default to MTU 9000. Period! If you are still set to 1500 MTU you are living in the past. There is no excuse.

@SharpNetwork It’s the vendor

@SharpNetwork False. It's always DNS.

@SharpNetwork Mamaging FW and Netowkr both in cloud, makes me a direct target evertime therr is P1 and P2. Worst luck? Lol

@SharpNetwork In my experience, 99% of the time, the real issue is sitting right in front of the screen! 😅

@SharpNetwork It’s developer It’s System admin But Developer and System admin thinks: It’s user

@SharpNetwork It's Microsoft ...

@SharpNetwork You forgot Expired certs

@SharpNetwork It's the loose nut on the keyboard.

@SharpNetwork Its never the software, the user, or the admin. And more often than not, it should be.

@SharpNetwork You forgot the database. ;)

@SharpNetwork Where does the user fall in this list? My hierarchy also includes "Bit flipping" somewhere.

@SharpNetwork It's always Microsoft's fault!

@SharpNetwork If you work in "systems" (using the term broadly intentionally) and don't have at least a ~CCNP level understanding of networking, you're not good at your job. I'm talking like reading three books casually over a month here. Will totally change your life in systems.

@SharpNetwork « it’s the firewall », often come first for me as I manage this and my collegue don’t manage this 😂😂

@SharpNetwork User Error

@SharpNetwork I always start with, "did you turn it off and on again?"

@SharpNetwork It’s SSL

@SharpNetwork 0. It’s the cable.

@SharpNetwork The user did reboot. Uptime "114:23:12:00".