MORT(1) 		 UNIX Guru and Firewall Wizard		       MORT(1)

NAME
       mort - design it, build it, run it

SYNOPSIS
       mort [--security] [--ai] [--data] [--ir] [--unix] [--no-shelfware]
       target

DESCRIPTION
       For over 30 years, mort has been a UNIX guru and firewall wizard,
       building world class data centers by day and defending against the
       ubiquitous twelve-year-old hacker from the Netherlands by night.  He
       has a copilot now.  So does mort.

       mort hits the ground running and stays through every phase of a
       project: he designs it, builds it, runs it, and makes sure the AI
       assisting you doesn't tear it down.  He gets $#!@ done that makes a
       difference.

OPTIONS
       --security
	      Break security left.  Reframe reactive security into something
	      deliberately disruptive early in the lifecycle, where it is
	      fastest and cheapest to fix, and drive developer-led
	      remediation.  Container hardening, supply chain analysis, SAST
	      and linting: your code's conscience, whispering "maybe don't."

       --ai   Adult supervision required.  The industry bolted AI onto
	      everything and skipped the guardrails.  mort designs, builds and
	      runs agentic pipelines with controlled data access and results
	      checked against evidence. He sets permissions, writes safe-use
	      standards and teaches teams how to use them. Agents investigate
	      within defined boundaries and need approval to change state.

       --data Find the needle in the stack of needles.	mort uses machine
	      learning to uncover malicious activity in network, endpoint and
	      user data, turning adversary behavior into actionable
	      detections.

       --ir   First call or last resort.  Bring mort in at the first sign of
	      trouble or when the trail goes cold. He reconstructs events from
	      the evidence and leads containment and recovery when needed.

       --unix Simple is better than complex.  Complex is better than
	      complicated.  From data ingress to egress, deliver highly
	      available, scalable architectures using solid design principles.

       --no-shelfware
	      The default.  The binder is not the program.  mort designs the
	      security program that satisfies the auditor, then stays to build
	      it and run it.  The binder has never refused a login.

OUTPUT
       A thousand alerts is not a plan.  mort groups related findings into a
       remediation plan that tells teams what to change, where, and which
       findings the fix addresses.

EXIT STATUS
       0      It works.

       1      Lookup failed.  This is evidence absent, not proof of clean.

       2      Usage error.  You only wanted the binder.

       3      Clean, but a reboot is pending.

ENVIRONMENT
       TWELVE_YEAR_OLD
	      Hostname of the current adversary.  Defaults to somewhere in the
	      Netherlands.

FILES
       /resume.pdf
	      One page.  Nobody reads the second page.

       /.well-known/security.txt
	      Yes, really.  Report it there.

NOTES
       Most of mort's source is proprietary and lives in other people's
       repositories.  This is a feature.  Diligence without custody works both
       ways.

BUGS
       Wrote C because he had to.  Wrote Perl because he loved to.  Will not
       wear a tie.  Insists that people are insecure and programs are
       unsecure.  Treats the model with the same suspicion he extends to the
       intern.

HISTORY
       First appeared on Big Iron in 1991, in time to witness the demise of
       punch cards, 9-track tape and paper tape boot loaders, and the
       commercial success of UNIX System V Release 4.  Has been trying to make
       up for it ever since.

AUTHORS
       Gregory D. Mortensen <gdm@pobox.com>

SEE ALSO
       linkedin(1) at https://linkedin.com/in/unixgreg, github(1) at
       https://github.com/fortmort, fortune(6)

       This page is also available over curl(1) and finger(1):

	      curl https://fortmort.com
	      finger mort@fortmort.com

fortmort.com			  2026-09-20			       MORT(1)