User:Ericjohn
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Eric Mathew John (born 10 June 1983) was born in Ernakulam, Kerala, India and did his early schooling in Naval Public School, Ernakulam and later in St. Thomas Residential School, Trivandrum. Now a Computer Science and Engineering Student doing his Bachelor of Technology in TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala, India. Areas of interest include Computer Security and Unix. Awarded the LAIS (LINK Annual IEEE Student) Award for the Outstanding Student Activist in Kerala Section for 2005.
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[edit] PERSONAL DETAILS
- Phone: +914712445942
- Mobile: +919447005757 or +919846831031
- Web: http://eric.altersec.com
- E-mail: artist@ieee.org
- Age: 22 years
- Date of Birth: 10th June, 1983
- PGP Key: http://hack.co.in/pgp.txt
- Fingerprint: 9B1B B382 8E53 CE54 EF46 5427 972E 7C05 E10A 15BA
[edit] PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN
- NS2SIM - Development of a framework for simulation and analysis of SYN Based Attacks using Network Simulator 2 for TATA ELXSI
- ELITE - Development of a stock portfolio manager called ELITE Portfolio Manager, using C++ which maintains and manages the portfolio of multiple users and gives Technical Analysis of each stock to the users.
- Development of ReX, a student record automation application, developed using VC++ and MS Access
[edit] TECHNICAL SKILLS
[edit] Security and Networking
- Extensive Knowledge on Remote and Local Security
- Aware of various vulnerability and system exploitation methods
- Familiar with various security tools like selinux, ipsec, nmap, hping, ethereal etc
- Familiar with windows/unix LAN based networking and also have knowledge in protocols like TCP/IP, 802.11b/g, 802.16 etc
- Server Administration – Demon administration and maintenance: Apache/IIS, Bind, FTP, Sendmail. Domain administration and maintenance.
[edit] Operating System
[edit] POSIX
- BSD User – Free BSD(currently), OpenBSD
- Linux User Group online member for the past 5 years. Distributions used include Red hat/Fedora, Gentoo, Suse, Mandriva Linux etc.
[edit] Windows
[edit] Languages
- Core: Basic, Pascal, Cobol, C, C++, Java
- Visual: Visual Basic and Visual C++
- Scripting: Shell, PHP, Python (Basic Knowledge)
- DBMS: SQL
[edit] Applications
- Web: Apache, Unix services, MySQL, IIS, FTP, Sendmail, Cpanel, Content Management Systems like PHPNuke, Drupal, WordPress etc
- Windows: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visual Studio
- POSIX: X windows based applications, vi, emacs etc
[edit] OTHER SKILLS
[edit] Managerial Skills
- Awarded the LAIS award for the Best IEEE Student Activist in Kerala Chapter
- Well aware of international and Indian economic scenario
- Conversant with corporate functioning
- Regular Stock Market Trader
- Regular Reader of Economist, Newsweek, Economic Times/Business Line etc
[edit] Organizational and Communication Skills
- Currently Serving as the Secretary of IEEE Students Chapter, TKM College of Engineering
- Co-Founder and Webmaster of LINK (State Level IEEE Students Chapter Body)
- Have organized and volunteered for various college and school level fest, which includes Itz 2004(National Level Tech Fest), weekly IEEE programs like Group Discussions, Quiz's, Technical Talks etc
- Fluent in English, Malayalam and Hindi
[edit] ACTIVITIES
- Secretary, IEEE Student Chapter, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, India
- Webmaster of State Level IEEE Student Chapter Body(LINK)
- Webmaster of Batch Web Site
- As a student representative, represented TKM College of Engineering in AGM of IEEE Kerala Chapter and AICTE Seminar during college accreditation
- Actively participates in group discussions, debates, technical quiz's, and community service programs
- Participation in GNU(GNU is Not Unix), FSF(Free Software Forum) and YPRI (Young Professionals for a Resurgent India) Forums
- Involved Groups: LUG(Linux User Group), FSF-dev(development), nmap-dev(nmap development)
- Owned and Maintained over 8 domains on the web
[edit] PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
- Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) since January 2004
- Member of Computer Society of India (CSI) since June 2004
- Member of Free Software Foundation (FSF/GNU) since September 2002, one of its earliest members in the country
- Member of Linux User Group, Trivandrum, India
[edit] HOBBIES
- Blogging
- Reading
- Magazine – Packet(Cisco), Spectrum(IEEE), Oracle, Economist, Newsweek, Time
- Books – Non Fictional
- Sports and Games
- Snooker, 8/9 Ball Pool, Volley Ball, Cricket etc
--Eric 4 July 2005 11:48 (UTC)
