{"id":17,"date":"2009-06-14T21:15:42","date_gmt":"2009-06-14T21:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mpsharp.com\/blog\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2009-06-14T21:15:42","modified_gmt":"2009-06-14T21:15:42","slug":"mikepatnode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mpsharp.com\/?p=17","title":{"rendered":"About Mike Patnode"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Professional Info<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m basically a Unix hack who taught himself Security, Java, and various Web technologies, only to get sucked into management positions after spending any amount of time at a company.\u00a0\u00a0You can find out a little more about me <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centrify.com\/aboutcentrify\/executivemanagement.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> as well as on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mikepatnode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 I also spent some time developing network video protocols with the X Consortium, but since working with the Certificate Server group at Netscape, I&#8217;ve been unable to fully escape the security world.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve helped write a couple blog entries\u00a0for Centrify, one about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centrify.com\/blogs\/tomkemp\/how_secure_is_your_openssh.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenSSH <\/a>and another about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centrify.com\/blogs\/tomkemp\/integrating_mit_kerberos_with_active_directory.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MIT Kerberos Integration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re really a glutton for punishment, you can watch me talk about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centrify.com\/resources\/managing-unix-service-accounts-using-active-directory.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unix Service Accounts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centrify.com\/resources\/chalktalk_active_directory_groups.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Active Directory Groups<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centrify.com\/resources\/chalktalk_unix_account_migration.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unix Identity Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, for the complete diehards, there&#8217;s a 60 minute webinar on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centrify.com\/request.asp?o=44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Migration NIS and NIS+ Users to Active Directory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Personal Info<\/h2>\n<p>I ride a BMW K75 motorcycle and still change my own oil on all my vehicles.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been a Miami Dolphins fan since I was a little kid (no connection to Florida, so I can&#8217;t really explain why) but loyalty has kept me with the team through thick and thin.\u00a0\u00a0 Luckily, after a long dry spell, the team is looking a little better.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Living in California, I take full advantage of the wine country, and built a wine cellar under my stairwell to help leverage that.\u00a0\u00a0 I also installed my own home theater system, including pulling all the wires through the walls.\u00a0 That continues to be a hobby\/time sink, though mostly due to trying to arm-twist Windows Media Center into the entertainment experience I&#8217;m looking for.<\/p>\n<p>If I had more time, I&#8217;d be playing more poker (not online!) and beach volleyball (definitely not online!).\u00a0\u00a0 The free time I do have gets wasted on Science Fiction.\u00a0\u00a0 Lately <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_F._Hamilton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Hamilton<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iain_Banks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iain Banks<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neal_Asher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neal Asher<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have a lovely daughter and wife (that&#8217;s me, not my wife&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpsharp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/mbcalpoly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74\" title=\"Mike and Bella\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mpsharp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/mbcalpoly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I can be reached at mike(at)mpsharp.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional Info I&#8217;m basically a Unix hack who taught himself Security, Java, and various Web technologies, only to get sucked into management positions after spending any amount of time at a company.\u00a0\u00a0You can find out a little more about me here as well as on LinkedIn.\u00a0\u00a0 I also spent some time developing network video protocols&hellip; 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