Greetings,

I’m James Smith, or as my online moniker goes, “Smittix”. The nick isn’t anything special—just a mixture of my surname and Unix. Boring, I know.

By day, I’m the Head of Offensive Security for an award-winning cyber security firm. I lead all things Offensive Security, and as an ethical hacker myself, I also get to break things from time to time.

I’m also a massive Linux fanboy, with a specific interest in the Fedora Project. I’ve been one of Fedora’s UK ambassadors for over a decade. I’ve been using Fedora since before its inception, having started out on one of Red Hat’s earlier releases (I think it was Red Hat Linux 6).

I got into computer security as a kid after seeing movies such as Wargames and Sneakers. The whole concept fascinated me.

You’ll see that the blog has been neglected for a while due to me writing for the company I work for.

I hope some of these posts help some of you out there.

Enjoy,
Smittix