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

[Warner Moore]

 > -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Whipple [mailto:joe at whipple.cc] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:07 PM
> To: wmoore at 2co.com; Central OH Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [COLUG] a/s/l -- no, really.
> 
> I am a 37 year old Sr. Network Security Admin for a local big credit 
> union in Ohio.

	A secret job eh?

> 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.

	Seems that Ubuntu is pretty popular here.  I had associated it with
fanboys, perhaps a misconception.

> 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. 

	linuxfromscratch a standard build.  But yes, I understand.  I like
standardizing on a binary distribution platform and building my server
standards around source compilation.

> 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.

	Haha.  I try to avoid development too.

> I am constantly fascinated by 
> networking, protocols, and security and focused my attention to that 
> recently.

	Good places to be right now.

> 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.

	Haha.  I ran non-profit sites for about 6 years.  I've since
"forgotten" HTML and design.

Best regards,

   Warner.