Abdullah Tahir

Worked with the genugate team on development of High Resistance Firewall products. Used Perl, C and Linux Bash Scripts to develop applications on an OpenBSD build. Followed SCRUM for Agile Development, and also received Security Specialist Training.

Write, compile and integrate XMSS code from a research paper into OpenSSL libraries. Build an API to implement XMSS and test code efficiently through scripts on a Linux build.

Wrote Java code to automate Android Events from Text based Logs for Native and Virtual Android Devices. Also used Python and Linux Scripts to record Live Android Events (Touch, Slide, Click etc.). Later used these events to simulate DroidBench (http://sseblog.ec-spride.de/tools/droidbench/) packages with the Java Code.

Managing the sub-Network of Trust within CASED Network. Deployment and management of several Linux based Servers including Web, Mail, DNS, GIT/SVN. Furthermore assisting research assistants in scripting, deploying virtual machines and automating several tasks and providing IT support. Also assisted a Researcher in Android Development and Scripting. Additionally did Documentation of Various Projects.

Worked on a Research Project regarding Web Trackers. Helped in creating a Database system from Real-time Network Traffic Logs in monitoring Tracker Cookies and security Certificates. Also developed an object collection method based on Wireshark Analysis.

Maintaining IT operations including Network and System Administration, Managing Servers Providing IT Support. Also Deploying and Troubleshooting of IT Equipment on other sites.

Worked at IP-CORE Department. Responsibilites included monitoring and operating ISP networks including HFC , OFC , DSL and WLL. with Linux/BSD server(s) administration (Mail, DNS, Web, FTP etc) and programming (software and scripts using C/C++, python and perl).

Master Thesis: "Eavesdropping and Packet Injection". Courses: Communication Networks, Network Security, Mobile Networks, Multimedia Communication Seminar, Smart Nets Lab, Peer-to-Peer Communication, Operating Systems, Imaging and Image Processing..

Thesis: "AES 128 bit Encryption on FPGA for IDE Devices." Courses: Communication Networks, Parallel Processing , DSP , Information Theory, Software Engineering , Artificial Intelligence & Robotics , Digital Electronics.