Ted Harapat, Tales of the Linux Firefighter

Episode 03   Published March 17, 2024 14 minute watch

Summary

Ted Harapat owns Linux support at Automox, and he's doubled the count of supported distributions since joining. For each new distribution he maps how its package manager works and where the agent scrapes system details, then wires that into the backend so the Automox agent recognizes it during installation and daily use. His advice for IT pros is to stop fearing the command line and learn by wandering through config files in /etc and logs in /var/log. The episode closes with Ted ranking four of the past decade's worst vulnerabilities, putting the Chrome WebP zero-day and Log4j at the top because both spread far beyond a single product.