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<h1 style="text-align: left;">Tom Eastep</h1>
<span style="font-style: italic;">Perfection in design is achieved not
when there is nothing left to add, but rather when there is nothing
left to take away.</span><br>
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<div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;- Antoine de Saint-Exupery<br>
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Copyright © 2001-2003 Thomas M. Eastep<br>
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<p>2003-12-30<br>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><img border="3" src="images/Tom.jpg"
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<div style="text-align: left;">"The Aging Geek" -- June 2003<br>
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  <li>Born 1945 in <a href="http://www.experiencewashington.com"
 target="_top">Washington
State</a> .</li>
  <li>BA Mathematics from <a href="http://www.wsu.edu" target="_top">Washington
State University</a> 1967</li>
  <li>MA Mathematics from <a href="http://www.washington.edu"
 target="_top">University
of Washington</a> 1969</li>
  <li>Burroughs Corporation (now <a href="http://www.unisys.com"
 target="_top">Unisys</a>
) 1969 - 1980</li>
  <li><a href="http://www.tandem.com" target="_top">Tandem Computers,
Incorporated</a>
(now part of the <a href="http://www.hp.com" target="_top">The New HP</a>)
1980 -
present</li>
  <li>Married 1969 - no children.</li>
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<p>I am currently a member of the design team for the next-generation
operating system from the NonStop Enterprise Division of HP. </p>
<p>I became interested in Internet Security when I established a home
office in 1999 and had DSL service installed in our home. I
investigated ipchains and developed the scripts which are now
collectively known as <a href="http://seawall.sourceforge.net">
Seattle Firewall</a>. Expanding on what I learned from Seattle
Firewall, I then designed and wrote Shorewall. </p>
<p>I telework from our <a
 href="http://lists.shorewall.net/SeattleInTheSpring.html">home</a>
in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cityofshoreline.com" target="_top">Shoreline,
Washington</a>
where
I live with my wife Tarry.&nbsp; </p>
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<p>For information about our home network see <a href="myfiles.htm">my
Shorewall Configuration files.</a></p>
<p>All of our other systems are made by <a href="http://www.compaq.com"
 target="_top">Compaq</a>
(part of the new <a href="http://www.hp.com/" target="_top">HP</a>).</p>
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