Tom Eastep

Aging Geek - June 2003

"The Aging Geek" -- June 2003

Born 1945 in Washington State .
BA Mathematics from Washington State University 1967
MA Mathematics from University of Washington 1969
Burroughs Corporation (now Unisys ) 1969 - 1980
Tandem Computers, Incorporated (now part of the The New HP) 1980 - present
Married 1969 - no children.

I am currently a member of the design team for the next-generation operating system from the NonStop Enterprise Division of HP.

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 Seattle Firewall. Expanding on what I learned from Seattle Firewall, I then designed and wrote Shorewall.

I telework from our home in Shoreline, Washington where I live with my wife Tarry.

For information about our home network see my Shorewall Configuration files.

All of our other systems are made by Compaq (part of the new HP).

Last updated 7/20/2003 - Tom Eastep