[ale] Bob Toxen

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On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 06:19:40PM -0500, Dow Hurst wrote:
> Bob's cool and a nice guy to work with too!  A few weeks ago he took me, 
> my wife, and my mother-in-law up for a flight around Stone Mountain and 
> Atlanta.  We had a great time! :-)

It was a beautiful day to go sightseeing.  I enjoy sharing this pleasure
with others.

> I've said this before but will restate since this email was posted:
> The research project that provides my job uses Bob as our security 
> consultant.  He installed and currently manages our firewall/VPN setup 
> that protects 27 SGI workstations and servers.  Before Bob I was swamped 
> with security patching concerns, eventually got hacked, and was at my 
> wit's end.  After Bob, I don't have security worries, never have to deal 
> with emergency patching, and can focus on the biochem research I was 
> really hired to do.  So there is no question in my mind that.....

Firewalls, VPNs, and Virus filters are what I specialize in doing.

> Bob RULES!!!!!
Sniff.


> Merry Christmas!
> Dow

Happy Holidays,
Bob


> Sean Kilpatrick wrote:

> >http://newsforge.com/

> >Has this story:
> >LogError writes "Bob Toxen has 28 years of UNIX/Linux experience, he's one 
> >of the 162 recognized developers of Berkeley UNIX. In 2002, his 
> >recommendations were included in a report on improving U.S. intelligence 
> >that was presented to President Bush at the President's request."

There are others on this list who know more about various aspects of Linux.
Mike Warfield has about the same amount of UNIX/Linux experience as I
(I think) and he also knows a whole lot about security, more than I in
plenty of areas.

> >Sean


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