Cybersecurity & Internet researcher. Timeline:
1994: 1st Internet use: blueboxed onto CompuServe
1997: #phrack denizen; nfsshell'd exam paper
2001: Onsite cybersecurity at JP Morgan.
2003: FreeBSD Security Team; TCP-MD5; mentored pf(4).
2004: International Computer Science Institute fellowship.
2010: CRC Canada uses my MANET stack
2011: Every iPhone IPv6 connection invokes my code.
2016: Awarded PhD in Internet architecture.
Do I wish to join the Cult of the Superficially Viable Artifacts? No.
ORCiD:
https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6447-9025SourceHut profile page:
https://sr.ht/~bmsKeyoxide: aspe:keyoxide.org:EKRTLHAP4FI25N7RCI4VHUAGUQ
Published at
2026-09-28T20:56:26ZEvent JSON
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