V. Alex Brennen (VAB) is a programmer and systems administrator at MIT. He has been involved in the free software community for more than ten years. He has been producing software, patches, and documentation for most of that time. Before joining the MIT community, Alex worked for an IBM systems integrator, The Pediatric Oncology Group, and The University of Florida. His specialization is in medical information systems, peer to peer networking, and cryptographic solutions.