Ian Gallagher

[edit] Hello!

So, I use Linux/BSD every day if I'm at a computer for work or play, and wouldn't have it any other way. I've been using OSS, starting with Linux since I was in 7th grade. It won't be leaving my life any time soon.
When I'm not at a computer hacking away at something or getting some work done (Wait, whh--whher--wheerk, what?), I'm out climbing in the beautiful Washington Cascades, Olympics, or local cragging areas for some rock climbing.
- I climb with some friends from North Seattle Community College, from the Gearsligners Climbing Club.
- I also climb with the Mountaineers, and am currently taking climbing classes through them.

I am currently working as a Software Security Engineer at Security Innovation, Inc
In the past, I worked for Arvixe, LLC, a web hosting company which a friend of mine started in High School doing Linux Sysadmin work and customer support. And of course I recommend them to anyone in need of quality Linux friendly web hosting!
I also do contract work for several companies in the Seattle area for Systems and network administration work, including Cascadelink, LLC - a wireless WiMax class ISP in the downtown Seattle area. We provide wireless local-loop options for major ISP's in the area, as well as end-user WiFi in several marinas.

It just so happens that I host the GSLUG wiki on my server which runs dedication.neg9.org - a shell and web server for members of the Negative Nine Security Group, which I founded as the West Coast Hackers in late 2003.
Thanks to everyone who's helped me maintain this server, and helped with it's payments (donate feel free to help out yourself!).
A big thanks to Eric Butler for letting me host this server on his Xen system.

Check out seadine.org for links to my Blog, Flickr photos, Social networking sites, and any recent presentation material of mine.