1994 era Internet user. Onsite cybersecurity JPMorganChase 2001. Principal FreeBSD networking contributor from 2003; Security Team alumnus; helped land PF firewall. GSoC 2026 student mentor.
My research: cybersecurity & Internet architecture.
My work: professional practice & communication.
Every time someone connects to IPv6 with iPhone, my code runs.
"Saying what has to be said. With a sledgehammer." -- PWEI
P.S. Do I wish to join the Cult of the Superficially Viable Artifacts? No.
FreeBSD People Page:
https://people.freebsd.org/~bms/ORCiD:
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6447-9025Published at
2026-07-05T11:52:26ZEvent JSON
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