[ale] Greetings Linux Enthusiasts (new to the area)

[Geoffrey Myers]

On Sep 3, 2010, at 4:22 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I (relatively recently) moved into the general Atlanta area from the
> Northeast.  While I'm new to Atlanta,

Welcome to the fray. :)

--
Later, Geoffrey
Sent from my iPhone


> I'm certainly not new to Linux and
> F/OSS.  In Boston I've been an online member of the BLU for nearly a
> decade (possibly more, but my mail archives of the list only seem to go
> back to 2002).  Being new to the area I'd like to introduce myself, give
> you a little history about me, and hopefully get the chance to learn
> about you all and meet some of you eventually.
> 
> I've been a Linux user since 1992 (the first computer I owned that ran
> Linux used Slackware with kernel version 0.99pl15) and did some major
> Kernel Development back in 1994.  Over the years I've been significantly
> involved in some open source projects like (MIT) PGP, ipsec-tools,
> OpenAFS, and GnuCash, and minorly involved in others, like MythTV.
> 
> In real life I'm a Security Software Engineer, where I get to take cool
> algorithms like RSA, AES, and SHA-256 and apply them to interesting uses
> like authentication systems, encrypted email, and encrypted hard disks.
> 
> Like I said, I'm new to the area so I hope to learn more about the local
> traditions and ins-and-outs of local High Tech community.
> 
> *waves*
> 
> -derek
> -- 
>       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
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