About Me

Name:Ben Tasker

Ben Tasker

 

Bio

I'm a Technical Lead at InfluxData (the company behind the InfluxDB time-series database). I have a keen interest in Network Security and photography and enjoy writing (in both the literary sense and programming) amongst many other interests.

I have a wealth of experience with a range of Operating Systems, and am at my happiest when I'm buried in a system. I try to document most things I do, some of that documentation ultimately makes its way onto this site.

I strongly believe in the underlying foundations of Free Software, and release a lot of my work under GPL and BSD licenses.

Feel free to Contact Me if there's anything extra you want to know

 

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Profile

  • Been using Linux since 1999
  • Linux Specialist
  • Strong experience with developing for and working on Global Networks
  • Network Security Specialist
  • Previous Member of the Joomla! Bug Squad

Public Key

My PGP Public key can be found below

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This key is also published on Github

 

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