Vitae
Michael H. Warfield
1220 Kelvington Way
Lilburn, GA 30047-2059
(770) 985-6132
Short Cut Index:
Professional Experience:
System/Network Administration:
- Installed and administered multiple UNIX systems and TCP/IP based
networks with coexisting Novel NetWare and Banyan Vines networks.
- Registered and managed several domains under the Internet Domain
Naming Service.
- BDCustom.Com
- CommandCorp.Com
- ISS.Net
- SafeSuite.Com
- WittsEnd.Com
- WMAS.Com
- Multiple Virtual domains
- Currently manage Primary DNS name service for several Internet Domains.
- BDCustom.Com
- Bythesea.Org
- CommandCorp.Com
- ISS.Net
- SafeSuite.Com
- WittsEnd.Com
- WMAS.Com
- Multiple Virtual domains
- Registered and manage class B Internet address "130.205".
- Managed established TCP/IP networks including multiple levels of subneting.
- Installed and managed Internet Gateways, Routers and Security Firewalls.
- Managed networks utilizing combinations of DNS/YP/NIS+ with SNMP.
- Integrated gateways from SMTP E-Mail backbones to Cc:Mail systems on
Novell NetWare and Vines Mail on Banyan networks.
- Operate and maintain personal hardware and software running SCO UNIX and
LINUX on a TCP/IP network with a dedicated Internet connection.
- Manage two Web servers on the World Wide Web, one of which is a personal
Web server (http://www.wittsend.com).
- Integrated software to form and operate an ssl-compliant secure
Web Server (https://www.wittsend.com).
- Installed and managed Internet firewalls, packet filters, screened subnets,
and bastion hosts for Internet security.
- Installed and managed encrypted link software between remote sites.
Operating Systems:
- AIX 3.2, 4.1
- AT&T System V 3.2 UNIX
- BSD 4.2, BSD 4.3
- CDC 6000 series Scope 3.3
- Concurrent DOS
- CP/M
- DR-DOS
- FreeBSD
- HP/UX 9.x, 10.x
- Harris HCX/UX
- Harris/Lanier HDOS & MIPS.
- IRIX
- Interactive UNIX
- LINUX
- Masscomp Real Time UNIX
- Microsoft XENIX release 3
- Microware UNIX
- MINIX
- Motif
- Motorola/Microware OS-9
- MS/PC DOS
- MS-Windows, Windows for Workgroups, MS-Windows 95/98
- NetBSD
- Open Look 3.0, 3.1
- OpenBSD
- OS/2
- SCO UNIX 3.1, SCO UNIX 3.2, SCO ODT 1.0, SCO ODT 2.0, SCO XENIX 2.3.
- Solaris 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, Solaris 7
- Solaris X86 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, Solaris 7
- SunOS 4.0.x, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3
- UnixWare
- Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000
- X Windows X11R4, X11R5, X11R6
- Xenix
- XINU (Embedded Controllers)
- XView
- ZCPR / ZCPR2
Languages:
- Extensive "C", "C++"
- Extensive Scientific Fortran
- Shell programing in:
- UNIX Bourne shell
- Korne Shell
- C Shell
- BASH
- awk
- lex
- rpc
- sed
- yacc
- Perl
- tcl/tk
- World Wide Web programming with HTML and CGI.
- Intel Assembler:
- 8086 assembly
- 80186 embedded control assembly.
- 286 assembly
- 386 assembly
- 486 assembly
- pentium assembly
- Motorola 6800 and 68000 series assembly language.
- Zilog z80 microprocessor assembly language.
- Texas Instruments DSP microcode assembly.
- CDC 6000 series Assembly Language
- PDP-8 Assembly
- PDP-11 Assembly
Application Development:
- System administration utilities and scripts.
- User account administration
- network administration
- and system maintenance.
- Network drivers and applications.
- UNIX
- XENIX
- LINUX
- MS-DOS
- MS-Windows
- MS-Windows/NT.
- Diagnostic programs and development tools.
- Developed speech recognition software including kernel level device drivers.
- SCO UNIX
- SCO XENIX
- SunOS
- Solaris.
- MS-DOS
- MS-Windows
- MS-Windows NT.
- MS-Windows 95.
- Designed intelligent controller firmware and applications for networks
and peripherals.
Communication Protocols:
- IPv4
- IPv6
- TCP
- UDP
- ICMP
- IPSEC
- SSL
- IPX
- SPX
- Vines
- SLIP
- PPP
- Ethernet / IEEE 802.3
- TokenRing
- SMTP
- FTP
- TELNET
- SSH
- POP / POP3 / APOP
- POP3S
- IMAP
- HTTP
- HTTPS
- RIP
- SNMP
Hardware:
- Sun Sparc 2, Sparc 5, Sparc 20, Sun SX, Sun 360, Sun/4,
and Sun 386i workstations and servers.
- IBM RS/6000 and Power PC.
- HP 700 Series Workstations.
- SGI Workstations.
- MIPS Magnum (MIPS 3000) and MIPS 4000 workstations.
- Masscomp 5600 supermini.
- IBM compatible 386/486/pentium class systems and peripherals.
- PC Peripheral card hardware development for networking and speech
recognition.
- CDC 6500 mainframe.
Presentations, Speeches, Papers and Talks:
- September 1993, Atlanta Unix User Group: Presentation: "Speech Recognition for UNIX"
- February 1995, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts: Presentation: "Using DOSemu"
- March 1996, Ames Research Center, System Security Conference: Presentation: "Internet Security Scanner"
- May 1996, AirForce Information Warfare Center: Presentation: "Internet Security Scanner"
- June 1996, Atlanta Unix User Group: Presentation: "Identifying System Security Vulnerabilities"
- June 1997, Atlanta Linux Showcase: Presentation: "Anatomy of an Attack, Analysis of a Hacker Intrusion"
- June 1997, Atlanta Linux Showcase: Discussion: "NT / Linux Integration"
- June 1997, Atlanta Linux Showcase: Forum: "Linux Security Open Forum"
- November 1997, Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts: Presentation: "Anatomy of an Attack, Analysis of a Hacker Intrusion"
- January 1998, USNIX Security Symposium: Birds Of a Feather: "Disaster Recovery, Planning for Disasters of the Unatural Kind"
- February 1998, Atlanta Unix Users Group: Presentation: "Tales From Ground Zero: Lightening!"
- October 1998, Atlanta Linux Showcase: Presentation: "Cryptography on Linux"
- May 1999, ISS Connect: Presentation: "Securing Linux / Unix Systems"
- August 1999, LinuxWorld Expo: Tutorial: "Linux Security for the System Administrator"
- October 1999, Atlanta Linux Showcase: Presentation: "Security and the Open Source Software Model"
- November 1999, Atlanta Unix Users Group: Presentation: "Securing Linux / Unix Systems"
- February 2000, LinuxWorld Expo: Tutorial: "Basic Security for the System Administrator"
- February 2000, LinuxWorld Expo: Tutorial: "Advanced Security for the System Administrator"
- February 2000, LinuxWorld Expo: Birds of a Feather: "Cryptography in the Linux Kernel"
Work History:
- 1995 - Present: Internet Security Systems, Inc. - Atlanta, GA
- Senior Researcher and Fellow
- Senior Security Consultant
- Project Lead - UNIX Internet Security Scanner
- X-Force - Senior Researcher & Fellow
- System/Network Administrator
- 1995 - Present: Command Corp, Inc. - Duluth, GA
- System/Network Administrator
- Network Architech
- 1994 - Present: Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
- System Administrator
- FoxPro Data Base Developer
- UNIX Consultant
- 1991 - 1995: Command Corp, Inc. - Duluth, GA
- V.P. Engineering
- Senior Engineer
- System Administrator
- 1990 - 1991: Syntrex, Inc. - Atlanta, GA
- Senior Design Engineer
- Network Administrator
- UNIX System Administrator
- 1978 - 1990: Harris / Lanier - Atlanta, GA
- Senior Software / Hardware Design Engineer
- UNIX System Programer
- Network Administrator
- Systems Administrator UNIX & XENIX Systems
- 1972 - 1978: WILX-TV Television Corporation of Michigan - Jackson MI
- Broadcast Supervisor
- Senior Broadcast Engineer
- Senior Transmitter Engineer
- 1971 - 1975: Computer Institute for Social Science Research -
Michigan State University
- 1971 - 1972: WVIC AM/FM - Lansing, MI
Professional Societies:
- IEEE, Member
- IEEE Computer Society, Member
- Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), Member
- USENIX, Member
- Internet Society (ISOC), Member
- Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), Associate Member
- Atlanta Unix Users Group (AUUG), Member, Resident "guru"
- Atlanta LINUX Enthusiasts (ALE), Founding Member
- Samba Development Team, Developer

Page prepared by
Michael H. Warfield - E-Mail:
mhw@wittsend.com
Page last updated: April 7, 2001