About
Chris is a Linux and Windows server administrator living in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He specializes in large-scale server cluster design and performance tuning.
Chris founded IIS Hacks as a way to document and share his tips for fellow professionals and people new to the Art of Server Administration. He also co-founded World’s Cutest Animals, a website devoted to pets.
Skills: For all of the following skills I have provided support, used extensively in contract work, or have programmed additions. I feel confident in all areas below to complete any work assigned (except Assembly of course…I hate assembly). I may have missed a few that either I do not use regularly, or are too “simple” to list. I’m always up for some work involving anything below. Contact me at chris [at] blackholesecurity.com
Servers: IIS 5 /6 /7, Apache 1.x / 2.x
DNS: SimpleDNS, MS DNS, Bind
Mail: Exchange Server 2000 /2003 / 2007
Database: MySQL 3x - 5x & 6.0.0 alpha, Oracle 8 - 10g, MS SQL 2005
Programming: C++, PHP, ASP.NET, C#, Visual Basic, Javascript, HTML, XML, CSS, Assembly (Motorola 68k), PSPICE, Matlab
Operating Systems: Windows (ALL), Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 Beta 3, Mac OS X, Linux (Slackware, Red Hat, Debian -> Ubuntu), FreeBSD, Solaris
E-Commerce: osCommerce (heavy customizations and many plugins done), ZenCart, X-Cart
Forum: vBulletin (programmed many plugins too), phpBB, Photopost Pro
Server Panels: cPanel, Helm, Plesk, Ensim (for Windows and Linux)
Industry Specific: PC Hunter, Milano Samwin / Salon & Spa 2007 (Salon management software)