Greetings, I am Polarian

I am a young *BSD enthusiast, passionate about self hosting, open source and security. I can be found within the BSD IRC channels, and on the mailing lists.

I am also active within the XMPP community and an elected XSF (XMPP Standards Foundation) member, I have been an XMPP operator for quite a few years, and I can be often found discussing security and privacy when it comes to instant messaging.

Talks

Below you can find a list of talks I have delivered at various conferences:

(They are sorted from newest to oldest)

XMPP: Instant messaging that works line email

This talk is an introduction to the XMPP protocol and how it can be adopted for everyday communications. It provides background information on why, and then explains how you can join the network.

I was joined with a Co-speaker, “Chewie”, who is within the XMPP community and was interested in joining me for the talk.

Do to the nature of Oggcamp being an unconference, we had to record the talk ourselves. We also apologise that due to the angle of the camera (we were prohibited from recording the audience) and the poor projector, the board can not be seen.

Securing your network with OpenBSD

This was my first talk at a conference, and after some technical difficulties it ended up going well.

During the talk I discuss how to turn any device into your home router using OpenBSD, and numerous utilities provided within the base install. Due to time constrants I was unable to go deep into the topic, however I hope it provided inspiration for others to give it a shot.

Note: I have been using an OpenBSD router for both my personal and server network for many years, with very few problems along the way

For more information, or you would like help setting it up yourself feel free to contact me!

Conferences

Below is an attempt to keep track of all the conferences I have attended sorted from newest to oldest: