Projects

Designing a custom DNS server and client capable of tunneling arbitrary data inside DNS queries and responses. Focused on low-level protocol control, packet crafting, and covert channel design.

• Building a DNS server capable of parsing and responding to custom record types
• Implementing a client-side encoder/decoder for tunneling data through DNS
• Experimenting with evasion strategies and bandwidth optimization

Git (source): WIP

Skills: DNS, C, Networking, Security

A small project inspired by Ken Thompson’s “Trusting Trust” lecture on compiler backdoors and self-reproducing programs. Explored how a compiler written in C can be modified to insert hidden behavior into compiled programs, persisting even through clean rebuilds.

• Inserted a hidden login backdoor into the TinyC-Compiler
• Demonstrated self-propagation across subsequent clean compilations
• Showed that the resulting vulnerability was invisible in the source code

Git (source): github.com/DomaDude123/TinyC-Compiler-Backdoor

Skills: C, Bash, Git, GDB, Security

Collaborated with two other students to design a secure ATM and Bank system implementing standard cryptographic techniques, network communication protocols, and secure design principles.

• Designed and implemented a secure ATM–Bank communication protocol
• Built custom encryption, authentication, and integrity mechanisms
• Implemented EC-Diffie Hellman and AES-128 with HMAC message authentication
• Analyzed and exploited another team’s vulnerable bank implementation

Git (source): github.com/DomaDude123/CryptographyProject

Skills: Python, C++, Crypto, Socket Programming, Sym/Asymmetric Encryption, Security

Worked with a team to design an exercise recommendation system using Semantic Web technologies, modeling exercise types, user profiles, and fitness goals to enable automated reasoning and personalized recommendations.

• Built an ontology representing exercises and user fitness attributes
• Used OWL reasoning to power personalized exercise recommendations
• Collaborated on project design, modeling, and final presentation

FitMe! Website: tetherless-world.github.io/ontology-engineering/oe2024/fit-me
Git (source): github.com/tetherless-world/.../fit-me

Skills: XML, RDFS, OWL, Semantic Web, Data Modeling, Git, Bash, Protégé

VZCode is a multiplayer, real-time collaborative coding environment. Contributed to core interface components and quality-of-life features.

• Developed frontend components using React.js
• Built backend features using Node.js
• Improved usability and overall collaborative workflow

VizHub website: vizhub.com
Git (source): github.com/vizhub-core/vzcode

Skills: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React.js, Node.js, Git