I’m Scott Harvanek — network engineer, programmer, and lifelong Linux tinkerer. By day I’m the Vice President of Operations for a data center provider in Tucson, Arizona, where I spend my time on the things that keep infrastructure honest: power, cooling, fiber, routing, and the occasional 2 AM generator transfer.

My background is in network engineering — Cisco, Juniper, and Mikrotik are the specialties — along with a long-running programming habit and a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification on the Linux side. I studied at Arizona State University.

I’ve been involved in open source for a long time: developing modules for FreePBX, maintaining the SHOUTcast Management Interface (SMI), and contributing to the Fedora Project, where I ran FreeMedia USA. These days my interests run toward internet exchange and peering work, data center operations, self-hosted and local-first infrastructure, and the security side of all of the above.

That’s what this site is: networking, Linux, coding, and other fine material — plus regularly published cyber security and AI briefs covering notable developments, verified against primary sources before anything gets posted. You’ll find the security coverage under Cyber Security in the menu.

This blog has been running since 2006, when it started as little more than a keg of beer and an email address. Opinions here are my own and not those of any employer.

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