damn...

when you don't know what you're doing, you get into very difficult positions. i know. i just got into a "sticky" situation and i'm trying to cover up my incompetence.

*now this gets a bit technical so i wouldn't mind it a bit if you decide to skip reading the next part of my entry*

our server is changing its digital certificate and i was asked to relay this to the affected parties in asia. and so when the documents were available, i immediately sent out a mail about this. however, i did not have the complete list of contacts so i contacted my counterpart in europe to check if he has one. unfortunately, he still didn't have the list. he then proceeded to tell me that the change wouldn't really affect a lot of suppliers unless they do client authentication on us since the CA certificate did not change. up to this point, things were going ok until i got an email from one of the suppliers saying the exact same thing! it really made me look as if i don't know what i am doing (well, that IS true but i wouldn't want them to know that!). and so i just said that he was right in saying so but we still recommend that the certificates be installed all the same. he then replied that he had the same experience last year and based from that, there was no benefit from installing the certificates on their side. and i totally understand his point. and so i replied to his mail telling him to just contact us on monday if ever any issues arise.

aaaaaaaaaaaargh! i really hate being new in my field. well not really because it's been five months. but obviously, i still have a lot to learn and i have to do it fast. sometimes i wonder why can't everything be taught all at once? why can't i learn everything at the start? then i wouldn't have to go through with this. *sigh*