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OG
Issued by staff to original members and early contributors
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Founding Member
One of the people who started the community. Each carries a permanent number of their own
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Here for the Move
Had an account when we moved to the new platform
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Five Year Member
Member for 5 years
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Ten Year Member
Member for 10 years
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Fifteen Year Member
Member for 15 years
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Twenty Year Member
Member for 20 years
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365 Day Streak
Visit 365 days in a row
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Homelab This Weekend: 10 Weeks
Reply in the Homelab This Weekend thread 10 weeks in a row
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Weekly Wins: 10 Weeks
Reply in the Weekly Wins thread 10 weeks in a row
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Help Desk Hour: 10 Weeks
Reply in the Help Desk Hour thread 10 weeks in a row
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Regular
Reach trust level 3
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Leader
Reach trust level 4
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Community Pillar
Top 10 for activity this year
Not available yet: activity is not ranked by year.
Supporter
Pay for an Individual or Team plan
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Member of the Month: 1 Win
Be featured as Member of the Month once
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Member of the Month: 3 Wins
Be featured as Member of the Month 3 times
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Member of the Month: 5 Wins
Be featured as Member of the Month 5 times
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Member of the Month: 10 Wins
Be featured as Member of the Month 10 times
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Homelab Winner
Win a homelab contest
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Locked Down
Turn on two-factor sign-in
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Passkey Pioneer
Sign in with a passkey
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One Year Member
Member for 1 year
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Two Year Member
Member for 2 years
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Three Year Member
Member for 3 years
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Four Year Member
Member for 4 years
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Chatterbox
500 forum replies
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Helpful Hand
10 accepted answers
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30 Day Streak
Visit 30 days in a row
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100 Day Streak
Visit 100 days in a row
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Homelab This Weekend: 5 Weeks
Reply in the Homelab This Weekend thread 5 weeks in a row
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Weekly Wins: 5 Weeks
Reply in the Weekly Wins thread 5 weeks in a row
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Help Desk Hour: 5 Weeks
Reply in the Help Desk Hour thread 5 weeks in a row
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Conversation Starter
Start 25 topics
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Sharp Eyes
25 flags that moderators upheld
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Published
First blog post published
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Editor's Pick
Post featured on the blog home
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Topic of the Week: 1 Win
Have a topic you started featured as Topic of the Week once
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Topic of the Week: 3 Wins
Have a topic you started featured as Topic of the Week 3 times
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Topic of the Week: 5 Wins
Have a topic you started featured as Topic of the Week 5 times
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Topic of the Week: 10 Wins
Have a topic you started featured as Topic of the Week 10 times
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Welcome to the Crowd
Write your first post
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First Reply
Reply to someone else
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Good Answer
Your first accepted answer
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Well Liked
Receive 100 likes
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On the List
Subscribe to the newsletter
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7 Day Streak
Visit 7 days in a row
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Homelab This Weekend: 3 Weeks
Reply in the Homelab This Weekend thread 3 weeks in a row
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Weekly Wins: 3 Weeks
Reply in the Weekly Wins thread 3 weeks in a row
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Help Desk Hour: 3 Weeks
Reply in the Help Desk Hour thread 3 weeks in a row
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Generous
Give 500 likes
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Poll Position
Create a poll
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Lab badges
Earned by finishing labs and other challenges.
Active Directory Users and Groups
Managed users, groups and OUs in an Active Directory domain with PowerShell in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Asking the Right Questions
Asked where, when and who else on vague tickets and let the answers set the priority and team in IT Bible Labs.
1 member has it
Back Online
Restored an office's internet by finding a misplaced NAT rule in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Compute Engine Virtual Machine
Created, labeled, firewalled and deleted a Compute Engine virtual machine in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Debian Networking Basics
Finished the Debian networking basics lab in IT Bible Labs.
1 member has it
Default-Deny Firewall
Built a firewall that denies by default and allows exactly one service in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Google Cloud Storage and IAM
Created a bucket and a service account and granted it access in Google Cloud in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Helpdesk Communication
Wrote calming replies, useful escalation notes and clear closing messages in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Helpdesk Security Reports
Sorted security reports, contained an account after a phished password and turned down a shared login in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Helpdesk Triage
Sorted a helpdesk queue by priority, category and team in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Helpdesk Troubleshooting
Diagnosed a user problem, fixed the access, documented it and refused an unapproved request in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Incident Response
Contained a compromised account in the right order and wrote the handover note in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Installed Debian
Installed Debian from start to finish in IT Bible Labs, then updated it and added software.
1 member has it
Installed Proxmox VE
Installed Proxmox VE on a mirrored pair of disks in IT Bible Labs.
1 member has it
Installed Ubuntu Server
Installed Ubuntu Server in IT Bible Labs, then updated it and added software.
1 member has it
Installed Windows
Set up a Windows PC from a clean install in IT Bible Labs.
1 member has it
Installed pfSense
Installed a pfSense firewall and gave its LAN an address in IT Bible Labs.
1 member has it
Joiners and Leavers
Set up new starters with the right groups, got approval for a restricted folder and closed a leaver's access in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Least Privilege
Fixed a "Permission denied" without opening the door to everyone in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Linux Auth Log Review
Found a password-guessing run and the account the attacker created in a server log in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Linux Users and Permissions
Created users and groups and set file permissions on a Linux machine in IT Bible Labs.
1 member has it
Microsoft 365 Exchange and Mail
Set up shared mailboxes, aliases and mail flow rules in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Microsoft 365 Groups and Teams
Organized people into groups and teams in a Microsoft 365 tenant in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Microsoft 365 Security and Devices
Set up multifactor, Conditional Access and device compliance in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Microsoft 365 Tenant Cleanup
Right-sized licenses, updated groups and retired a device in a Microsoft 365 tenant in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Microsoft 365 Users and Licenses
Added, licensed and offboarded people in a Microsoft 365 tenant in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
MikroTik Firewall
Protected a MikroTik router with ordered firewall rules and a port forward in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
MikroTik First Steps
Set up a MikroTik router with a LAN, DHCP, NAT and DNS in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
MikroTik VLANs
Separated networks with VLANs on a MikroTik bridge and a trunk in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
NAT Masquerade
Shared one address with NAT and saw what the server sees in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Name Resolution Troubleshooting
Found why a name led to the wrong address and corrected it in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Packet Capture with tcpdump
Captured traffic with tcpdump and read the handshake, the request and how a connection ends in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Port Revival
Brought an err-disabled switch port back and fixed what shut it down in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Refused or Timed Out
Told a refused connection from a timeout and fixed a wrong listening address and a dropping firewall rule in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Route Finder
Told a routing fault from a DNS fault and fixed a server's default gateway in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Routing Between Networks
Added a route between two networks, followed the packets and blocked them with a firewall rule in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Safe AI Prompts
Kept secrets and personal details out of AI prompts and knew what to do when one slipped through in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Safe Password Resets
Verified callers, handled lockouts and resets, and turned away an impostor in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Send As
Found the missing SendAs permission on a shared mailbox in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Sign-in Log Review
Told impossible travel, an MFA flood and a guessed password from a legitimate trip in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Spotted the Phish
Read email headers, found the giveaways in the message and left the real mail alone in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Switch First Steps
Configured a switch from scratch in IT Bible Labs.
1 member has it
Switch Port Security
Secured a switch's ports in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Switch VLANs
Split a switch into VLANs and trunked them in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
Troubleshooting an Unreachable Server
Found and fixed several faults, layer by layer, to reach a web server across a router in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
VLAN Detective
Found a missing VLAN on a trunk and a port in the wrong VLAN in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
gcloud First Steps
Set up the gcloud command line, chose a project and enabled an API in IT Bible Labs.
0 members have it
