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
2026-10-07T03:04:59ZEvent JSON
{
"id": "baae60c20e96b0fb2eb1ceebcaf329961e22231731308a43db44a26ae6cd45f4",
"pubkey": "6bc61c0f2e9171a1c8bbb3f6b2a6549b8cad4b4e55e0fda9081ac90af3cedc02",
"created_at": 1791342299,
"kind": 0,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"phrack"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/ap/users/116971043378070209",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/ap/users/116971043378070209",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "{\"name\":\"Dr. Bruce Simpson\",\"about\":\"Cybersecurity \u0026 Internet researcher. Timeline:\\n1994: 1st Internet use: blueboxed onto CompuServe\\n1997: #phrack denizen; nfsshell'd exam paper\\n2001: Onsite cybersecurity at JP Morgan.\\n2003: FreeBSD Security Team; TCP-MD5; mentored pf(4).\\n2004: International Computer Science Institute fellowship. \\n2010: CRC Canada uses my MANET stack\\n2011: Every iPhone IPv6 connection invokes my code.\\n2016: Awarded PhD in Internet architecture.\\n\\nDo I wish to join the Cult of the Superficially Viable Artifacts? No.\\n\\nORCiD: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6447-9025\\nSourceHut profile page: https://sr.ht/~bms\\nKeyoxide: aspe:keyoxide.org:EKRTLHAP4FI25N7RCI4VHUAGUQ\\n\",\"website\":\"https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@bms\",\"picture\":\"https://media.bsd.cafe/bsdmmedia01/accounts/avatars/116/971/043/378/070/209/original/26b888fc8fccaffb.jpg\",\"nip05\":\"bms_at_mastodon.bsd.cafe@momostr.pink\"}",
"sig": "a70c797705b8483cf92bece1350ea30999d8cb5ac2eae6f214af02a47235b05cb0c77ec8978813f6db707e20fcba32e1200ee4177680830bb4a64350a09b3ae3"
}