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Two clocks, one VPN address

A payroll file was copied from a VPN address that two people held that morning. The file server logs local time and the VPN logs UTC. Line them up before naming anyone.

  • Terminal mission
  • Intermediate
  • 4 objectives
  • 0 of 4 solved

Briefing

HR noticed that payroll-2026-03.xlsx was copied off the file server. The audit log names only a client IP, 10.8.0.14, from the VPN pool.

The VPN hands the same address to different people over a day. The file server and the VPN concentrator also disagree about time zones. Read both headers before you compare times.

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