Rusty

Paul "Rusty" Russel is the demigod currently in charge of developing the different IP firewalling systems in Linux. These come in three flavors, IPfwadm, IPchains and IPtables, with IPtables being designed by Rusty more or less from scratch. He lives in Adelaide, Australia and spends most his time hacking away at kernel or desktop code and answering e-mail from people like you and me when our firewalls break down.

Rust"y (?), a. [AS. rustig.] [Compar. Rustier (); superl. Rustiest.]

1.

Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat.

2.

Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect.

[Hector,] in this dull and long-continued truce, Is rusty grown. Shak.

3.

Discolored and rancid; reasty; as, rusty bacon.

4.

Surly; morose; crusty; sullen.

Piers Plowman.

5.

Rust-colored; dark.

Spenser.

6.

Discolored; stained; not cleanly kept; filthy.

The rustly little schooners that bring fire wood from the Brititsh provinces. Hawthorne.

7. Bot.

Resembling, or covered with a substance resembling, rust; affected with rust; rubiginous.

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