About Me

My name is Daniel, and I am a graduate cybersecurity researcher, programmer, and Linux enthusiast. My ultimate goal is to channel my passion for computers and security into benefitting society as a whole.

Research Interests

• Extending and improving passwordless & multifactor authentication.
• Leveraging cryptography and multiparty computation for privacy-preserving attestation in secure systems.

Skills

• Programming

  • Go, Python, Java, C, C#, JavaScript, Lua, Bash.
  • Favorite language is Go, with a penchant for learning any language given time and documentation.

• Software Development

  • Knowledge of DevOps, version control, containerization.

• Linux

  • Skilled in system administration & maintenance, efficient terminal-based workflows.

• Security

  • Strong fundamentals in a wide range of security concepts and technologies including cryptography, authentication, networking, and security best practices.

Projects

• Sound-Proof

  • Peer-to-peer, sound-based MFA system implemented in Python, Java, and JavaScript.
  • Source code not yet public due to its role in my Master's thesis work.

• Go-Chat

  • Lightweight end-to-end encrypted TUI messaging application implemented in Go.

• Zona

  • Static site builder written in Go and optimized for lightweight blogs following minimalist design principles.
  • Support for templates, declarative metadata, and configuration files.
  • Currently, in slow-but-steady active development due to its being a passion project, with a first release on the horizon.

• AutoYADM

  • Small shell utility to automate managing dot files with yadm.
  • Actively maintained, with plans to decouple from yadm and support all git-like tools.

• Neovim

  • My personal Neovim configuration.
  • Frequently updated and extended with new plugins and custom functions.
  • Optimized for Colemak-DH users.

• Keyboard

  • Colemak-DH (non-QWERTY, ergonomic layout).
  • Custom columnar split layout leveraging overloaded modifiers and layers to maximize efficiency.

Contact Me

You are more than welcome to e-mail me at daniel@ficd.ca.