In a phone interview, one of the Qs was what is the mechanism to translate IP addresses to MAC addresses.
I've known it. It was part of the networking course at school.
But it's part of the stack that just works, and it's the parts that need configuration that stick out in memory.
Therefore, I'm standing there, saying "I know this! I'm gonna kick myself so hard, but ... I don't know."
It did kick me a little off my game, but it was toward the end.
Oh well.
I've asked this question to computer people whose skills I respect, and they didn't know it either. It's part of attacks on the local network, but if it's a thing that you have to deal with often, you're making your own NICs or something.
I try to do what I do in Trivial Pursuit, which is to talk it out. It proves that you know things, if only not this thing. And as long as you're still talking, you're not wrong yet.
In a phone interview, one of the Qs was what is the mechanism to translate IP addresses to MAC addresses.
I've known it. It was part of the networking course at school.
But it's part of the stack that just works, and it's the parts that need configuration that stick out in memory.
Therefore, I'm standing there, saying "I know this! I'm gonna kick myself so hard, but ... I don't know."
It did kick me a little off my game, but it was toward the end.
Oh well.
I've asked this question to computer people whose skills I respect, and they didn't know it either. It's part of attacks on the local network, but if it's a thing that you have to deal with often, you're making your own NICs or something.
I try to do what I do in Trivial Pursuit, which is to talk it out. It proves that you know things, if only not this thing. And as long as you're still talking, you're not wrong yet.
That's a great strategy of talking it out. I'll try that the next time I get a chance.