[ale] Bob Toxen

[Dow Hurst]

That is completely true as all of y'all know.  I've watched the other 
sysadmins on campus try to deal with just one or two systems which don't 
have firewalls.  I wouldn't want to be in that position ever again.  How 
can you get any real work done when every day your having to test out MS 
patches for your NT servers?  Even the Unix guys deal with security 
issues far too much.  I know Bob always says that good security is 
expensive and that no security is even more expensive, but, how can you 
work with only security issues on your mind?  It's like trying to be 
productive without proper timely backups.  You can't sleep or eat in peace!
Dow


James P. Kinney III wrote:

>And with a room full of SGI's, and the
>time-to-patch-after-security-hole-is-found often measured in months, Bob
>and the firewall are a required combination!
>
>On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 18:19, 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! :-)
>>
>>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.....
>>
>>Bob RULES!!!!!
>>
>>
>>Merry Christmas!
>>Dow
>>
>>
>>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."
>>>
>>>Sean
>>>
>>>
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