Christos Tsantilas
Independent Contractor at Squid HTTP Proxy project
Greece
Summary
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RockstarChristos Tsantilas is an independent contractor and systems software engineer with 17 years of experience specializing in C/C++ for Linux-based embedded systems, system and network services, and TCP/IP networking. He is the author of the c-icap server and a long-time contributor and certified developer for the widely used Squid web proxy, where he improved SSL bumping, error handling, and multi-certificate support. Comfortable across open source ecosystems, he combines hands-on code fixes, protocol-level expertise (ICAP/HTTP), and systems integration to select, adapt, and complete complex solutions. His toolkit spans C/C++, Perl, and Go, and he complements development with systems and network administration capabilities. Based in Greece, he thrives on turning opaque requirements into robust, maintainable open-source systems and has a track record of shipping practical fixes that resolve compilation and runtime issues.
17 years of coding experience
Github Skills (12)
c-language10
tls1210
reverse-proxy10
cprogramming-language10
ssl10
openssl10
tls1310
cert9
certificate-authority9
network-protocol9
ca9
system-design8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
squid-cache/squid
Jan 2009 - Feb 2022
Squid Web Proxy Cache
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 957 commits, 72 PRs in 13 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Christos primarily worked on enhancing the Squid web proxy cache, focusing on improving SSL bumping functionality. Their contributions included forwarding error pages from server-side code to client-side code, which allowed Squid to display user-friendly error messages. They also implemented a new configuration option and made various code changes, including supporting multiple certificate chains, and made fixes to resolve compilation and run-time errors.
proxycache-proxyweb-proxycacheicap
c-icap/c-icap-modules
Jan 2019 - Jan 2023
Contributions:49 commits, 1 PR, 28 pushes in 4 years 1 month
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