Jerome ETIENNE             Senior Software Developer

Home  : 4261 Rue de la Roche, apt #16, H2J3H8-Montreal (Canada)
Tel   : (514) 598 5696
Email : jme@off.net
Web   : http://www.off.net/~jme

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GENERAL

  Nationality: French
  Language   : fluent in English and French, beginner in German

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OBJECTIVES

  o Improve my skills through creativity, curiosity and team working 
    within a fast paced team.
  o Share my long lasting passion for computer.
  o Preferred working areas : security, networking, operating system.

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IMPLEMENTED SOFTWARES

Security:
      - Secure random number generator based on rfc1750
      - Internet Key Exchange(IKE) daemon for IPSec
      - IPSec encryption(ESP) and authentication(AH)
      - Cryptographic algorithms: DES, MD5, SHA1, RSA, Diffie-Hellman
      - Multi precision Modular arithmetic library using Montgomery number
      - Cryptographic authentication for OSPF
      - yavipin: a secure tunnel using the state of art in network security

Network:
      - major routing protocols: OSPFv2 (rfc2328), RIPv1/v2 (rfc2453)
      - a mini-TCP stack (not full compliant with rfc1122/rfc793)
      - a RTP/RTCP stack for a proprietary ip phone demonstration
      - some multicast stuff like IGMPv1/v2 (rfc1112,rfc2236) and being 
        able to send/receive multicast packets.
      - a SNMPv1/v2 server with rfc1213 MIBs
      - better compliance to router requirements (rfc1812), ip frag/reasm

Linux:
      - IPSec encryption(ESP) and authentication(AH) as a proof of concept
      - a Log file-system similar to BSD-lfs as a proof of concept
      - Port of an OS (MQX/RTCS) on Linux user-land (as development platform)

Miscellaneous:
      - Database: Efficient SQL engine bottom layer (index via btree,
                    multi-user, shared cache, dedicated file-system)
      - Compiler: Lexical parser (regular expressions/DFA), BASIC 4GL compiler
      - Game    : Othello using AlphaBeta, forward pruning using genetic
                  and expert systems (ranked 6th in a worldwide contest)
      - AI      : Multiagent/expert/genetic system (mostly for automatic tuning)
      - Image   : Face extraction and recognition, OCR, FFT, MPEG/JPEG

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COMMUNITY WORK

  - IPsec ietf: http://www.off.net/~jme/ietf
    o secret IV to fix a small security hole in IPsec standard (RFC2405.3)
    o specifying the counter-mode usage in ESP: save space in packets
  - yavipin: a secure tunnel using a protocol i designed. It is secure,
    network efficient and easy to use. http://yavipin.sourceforge.net
  - OSPF/RIP: the holes and fixes i found in their security (talk at ietf49)
  - VRRPd: a software providing IP address high availability (talk at ols01)
  - ARPsec: a security extension of the ARP layer (talk at ols00)
  - itrace: authentication in a DDoS protection system (talked at ietf49)

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EDUCATION

  1996 to 1997  : One year postgraduate degree in image processing at 
                  the top research school (DEA at Ecole Normal Superieur)
  Jun 1997      : Computer engineering degree (INSA Lyon/France) MSCS equiv. 
  1994 to 1997  : INSA-Lyon engineering school (the most important in France)
  1992 to 1994  : Two-year university degree in computer science.

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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

  Aug 00 to present: Network Expert for Zeroknowledge
    - Main designer of AnonIP, the protocols of the 'new generation network'
    - Security analysis of the current protocols
    - Various advices on network security issues

  Oct 98 to Jul 00: IP Stack Networking for PSTI
    - Implementation of numerous IP protocols in Routing (OSPF, RIP), 
      Security (IPSec IKE/ESP/AH), Multicast (IGMPv1/2), Management 
      (SNMPv1/2) and Multimedia(RTP/RTCP).

  Various internships/summer jobs (cumul 2.5year) (more info upon request)
    - Network dedicated OS implementation on top of DOS (telnetd, ftpd,
      multithreaded, nonpreemptive scheduling). support of ISDN/X25 via
      a driver(not mine). Implementation of a minimal TCP/IP stack.
    - Parts of a SQL engine and a 4GL compiler. both compatible with INFORMIX.
    - Face recognition/detection in a TV video compressed with MPEG.
    - Character recognition (OCR) in video subtitle.
    - Automatic tuning of military radars models with multiagent systems.
    - Prospective studies ordered by the French army head quarter.

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HOBBIES and INTERESTS

  Outdoor activities: Treks in wilderness areas, jogging
  Hobbies           : Djembe (african tambour), unicycling, theater

Further informations available upon request