[COLUG] a/s/l -- no, really.

[Joe Whipple]

I am a 37 year old Sr. Network Security Admin for a local big credit 
union in Ohio.
I have been using Linux since around '96 in and out. My first distro was 
so long ago I have forgotten, I have been using Ubuntu mainly right now 
(call it tired of upgrading GCC in Gentoo :) )and like it very much. I 
still like Gentoo, as I am a control freak over my servers, but as time 
goes by, I dont have 5 hrs to devote to building a command-line server. 
Updating it seems not to break anything which is a plus in my field. I 
generally build my own firewalls for home and friends and use it to do 
VPN's and routing. I have programmed in several languages starting with 
the Commodore PET. I try to keep my programming a minimum but it seems 
to be a necessary evil in my duties. I am constantly fascinated by 
networking, protocols, and security and focused my attention to that 
recently.
I run my own mail server here at home, enjoy banning whole continents 
from  my mail server, and don't "do" web work, though I have done web 
apps in the past including the help desk my previous and current 
employer both use.

Joe Whipple


Warner Moore wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 	I am relatively new to this list and have largely been lurking.
> Nevertheless, I have been here long enough to get a feel.
>
> 	I am curious..
>
> 	What is the average background here?  What experience do you guys
> have?  What do you do?
>
> 	Everyone here can't run Corel Linux with KDE.  I see some good
> dialog here and there.  Is everyone lurking?
>
> 	Not trolling, simply frank.  Hoping to provoke some interesting
> conversation.
>
> 	I personally have been using Linux and Unixes most of my computing
> life.  I prefer Slackware and OpenBSD.  Currently, I work as a Systems
> Administrator with a focus on RHEL.  Before this job, I tried to avoid it.
>
> 	I first installed Linux when I was 12 or 13.  It was Slackware.  It
> was because I realized I could run what I connected to on the Internet.
> Since then my focus has not changed much.
>
> 	My focus is systems, networks, and security.
>
> 	I don't like GUIs.  I like scripts.  I'm only sending this e-Mail in
> Outlook because my boss made me quit using mutt at work.  Yes, laugh.
>
> Regards,
>   

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