The Age: Securing Linux

“Few people decide on their careers until they are well into
their teens. Russell Coker is an exception. When he built his first
computer, a TEC-1, from a kit, at the age of 11, he consciously
made a career decision as well–he would be working in that
field.

“However, the Melbourne-based developer and sysadmin probably
never figured that his name would one day end up on the website of
America’s National Security Agency, the
cryptologic organisation.

“That’s exactly how things have turned out. Russell is among
those who have made a sterling contribution to the NSA’s SE Linux
project. He is listed both among those who have contributed to the
upstream line of development and to the community…”

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