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WPA3-KCIA Radio · Single

WonderFireWall

Jarrett Heintz · 3:45

  • Security Culture
  • Networking
  • Everything, A to Z
  • Wire & Packet
  • Human Layer
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Lyrics

  1. Verse 1 – The Club Line
  2. Today is gonna be the day the velvet rope unrolls;
  3. The bouncer plants his boots, clipboard ready for patrol.
  4. Pass if you A-C-E his quiz, he’ll tick you on the list—
  5. Every Access Control Entry grants the trusted traffic’s wish.
  6. (Spoken tag) “Rule of thumb: allow what’s legit—everything else gets the silent quit.”
  7. He mutters “default deny” as hopefuls crowd the rope;
  8. A global A-C-L in ink decides who gets to go.
  9. You’re my firewall, standing tall,
  10. Guarding every packet trying to call.
  11. From the sidewalk to the server hall—
  12. You’re the wall, my firewall.
  13. So step right up if you want to go inside;
  14. Not explicitly allowed? You’re implicitly denied!
  15. Verse 2 – Clipboard vs. Memory
  16. Stateless nights, he only checks the sheet—no past to draw upon.
  17. If you leave and come right back, he shrugs: “Who were you? Move along.”
  18. But stateful shifts, he tracks the chat—remembers open threads:
  19. “Boss ordered pizza? Let the driver pass; connection’s pre-approved,” he says.
  20. (Spoken tag) “Return traffic gets a free ride home.”
  21. Sequence numbers glow like ultraviolet ink;
  22. A table of connections quicker than you’d think.
  23. You’re my firewall…
  24. So step right up if you want to go inside;
  25. Not explicitly allowed? You’re implicitly denied!
  26. Verse 3 – Next-Gen Vigil
  27. New badge, new tricks—he checks the bag, not just the name.
  28. Deep inside each packet’s heart he spots a hidden blade.
  29. The actor lunges, payload primed; our guard just shakes his head:
  30. “Signature matched, behavior flagged—your exploit ends right here instead.”
  31. (Spoken tag) “Layer 7? I’ve got X-ray vision now.”
  32. Decrypt-and-scan, then sandbox what he sees;
  33. Zero-day or not, he drops it to its knees.
  34. You’re my firewall, standing tall,
  35. Sniffing out the danger in the protocol.
  36. From handshake to data haul—
  37. You’re the wall, my firewall.
  38. So step right up if you want to go inside;
  39. Not explicitly allowed? You’re implicitly denied!
  40. (Fade on strummed G chord, crowd chanting “fire-wall…”)