[kwlug-disc] Introduction - Mark

[Bob Jonkman]

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Mark wrote:

> I'll try to make it there again soon, and sign up for a talk if I
> can find something I can competently talk about.

Erm...

* Past life I had a small ISP
* using Linux to terminate the L2TP tunnels
* host websites
* RADIUS server


Like Scott, you've just signed up for *four* talks!

Welcome to the group. Don't let Cranky and me intimidate you...

- --Bob.



On 2016-09-07 09:16 PM, Mark Steffen wrote:
> Scott had a great idea, and I joined recently so I thought I should
> also introduce myself.
> 
> I've been a long time Linux user since around 1992 (SLS downloaded
> from S'qually Hollar public access Unix in Seattle WA much to my
> parents long distance phone bill dismay, but at least it was on a
> USRobotics HST 14.4k modem right?).  Used RedHat, Debian, CentOS,
> and Ubuntu.  CentOS is my favourite for server deploys, Ubuntu for
> desktops.
> 
> Past life I had a small ISP from around 1994-2010 in a rural
> community doing dialup initially then DSL over dry loop copper
> pairs (yay dotcom meltdown Copper Mountain SDSL DSLAMs from ebay!),
> and fixed wireless (Breezecom FHSS, StarOS, Ubiquiti) and Bell AGAS
> DSL stuff colod at 151 Front Street in Toronto, using Linux to
> terminate the L2TP tunnels, host websites, RADIUS server, and
> pretty much everything else.
> 
> Divorced, sold business, moved to city and got a corporate job,
> currently a Senior Security Engineer for an Fortune 500 company and
> loving it.  Doing some IT consulting on the side utilizing Linux
> where I can (not just to save customers money but because it's
> often the most sensible solution).
> 
> I haven't been to a meeting in a while but I'll try to make it
> there again soon, and sign up for a talk if I can find something I
> can competently talk about.  September/October really busy with
> work related travel though.
> 
> Thanks for listening!
> 
> *Mark Steffen* Office: +1.226.476.1240 | Mobile/SMS:
> +1.226.600.0464 | Skype: r.mark.steffen *"Quality is not an act, it
> is a habit." - Aristotle*
> 
> 
> 
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