About

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Notes

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Contracts

I have my own IT consulting company, where I am able to help people in my local community with various miscellaneous projects.

Some of these projects include:

  • Fixing EV charger units in an apartment complex
  • Assisting in garage access control configuration
  • Configuring remote access for a small company
  • Advising storage solutions and more!

My skillset is very diverse, and I learn fast.

Computer Networking & System Administration @ BCIT

In my first two year program at BCIT, I studied concepts such as networking with Cisco devices, Linux administration using RHEL, hybrid cloud/on-premise Windows server administration, wireless AP management and configuration, AWS cloud infrastructure and security devices like Fortigate and Palto Alto firewalls.

Networking

  • Subnetting
  • TCP/UDP
  • Spanning Tree; Rapid PVST+, RSTP, MST
  • First hop redundancy with HSRP
  • Etherchannel; PAgP & LACP
  • DHCP & DHCPv6
  • Port Security & Portfast
  • VLANs including DTP & VTP
  • Inter-VLAN routing; router-on-a-stick & L3 Switches
  • Routing Protocols; OSPF, EIGRP, BGP
  • MPLS, DMVPN & IPSec
  • NAT
  • 802.11x EAP
  • WEP, WPA2/3 Personal
  • Non-overlapping AP layouts

Linux

  • Debian & RedHat Linux
  • Apache & Nginx
  • User & Group management
  • Block devices
  • Filesystems
  • Package managenment
  • Daemon management

Windows & Active Directory

  • Domain Controllers
  • DNS Zones & Records
  • DHCP
  • MDT & WDS
  • Failover & Clustering
  • AD Sites
  • Group Policy
  • SMB & NFS
  • Exchange & Sharepoint
  • Hyper-V
  • EntraID

AWS

  • IAM
  • S3 Buckets
  • RDS & Aurora
  • VPC Networking
  • Route 53 DNS
  • Load Balancing & Autoscaling
  • EC2
  • EBS
  • Lambda

Hardware

  • Components; CPU, motherboards, memory, SSDs & HDDs, etc.)
  • BIOS/UEFI configuration
  • RAID types
  • GPT & MBR partition tables
  • Virtualization (Type 1 & 2)
  • PCIe, M.2, NVMe, SATA, USB, and Ethernet standards
  • CPU arcitecture & socket types

Firewalls

  • ACLs & rules
  • SD-WAN
  • IPSec VPNs
  • SNAT & DNAT.

Digital Forensics & CyberSecurity @ BCIT

In my second two years, I studied digital forensics & data recovery in the environment of criminal investigation, taking into account cloud environments, as well as on-premise server and computer hardware, with respect to legal restrictions.

PC Forensics

  • Hard drive anatomy; CHS and LBA
  • Solid state drive anatomy; TRIM, wear leveling, etc.
  • File carving
  • Tools; X-Ways, Magnet Axiom, FTK
  • File systems; NTFS, FAT & exFAT, ext4
  • File addressing
  • Windows artifacts; prefetch, amcache, etc.
  • Forensic techniques

Mobile Forensics

  • Cell types; CDMA, GSM
  • Cell infrastructure
  • SIM cards; IMSI & IMEI
  • Android; filesystem, artifacts, device protections, ADB, rooting, etc.
  • iOS; Secure Enclave, authentication, iCloud Backup

Criminal Law

  • Evidence; types & forms
  • Warrant types
  • Direct proceedings
  • Search & seizure
  • Charter of Rights
  • Essential elements
  • Stare Decisis
  • Rights of accused
  • Duties of police
  • Summary & Indictments

Projects

I take on many different passion projects on my own, such as a home server that I run various useful services on, mini projects including components such as Raspberry Pis, and anything else that might interest me! I really love free (as in freedom) projects, and the majority of my projects are completely free and open-source.

You can learn a lot more about these projects on my blog, and by checking the projects section of my profile!