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This site is about me...

I have lived in Poland, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Hong Kong and the United States. Graduated from Seton Hall University and the Olin Business School. Find out more about me. A fan of Youth and The Last Ringbearer.

...and it's about my projects...

I am a computer enthusiast. In my free time I work on software projects or write papers explaining topics I find interesting.

Most Recent

Building an IPv6 router with GNU/Linux - This step-by-step guide is intended to help the novice gain experience with IPv6 by setting up an Linux IPv6 router. It can help more experienced IPv6 users, as it shows how quickly and easily build an IPv6 router that will perform advanced functions, like stateful packet translations between IPv4/IPv6 or acting as a DNS proxy.

Attacking the Spanning-Tree Protocol - The purpose of this paper is to briefly describe the STP and it's function in redundant network topologies. I describe the attack vector that can be used to disrupt the stability of the STP's operations, and provide a working implementation as proof of concept. Recently mentioned in "Hacking Cisco Exposed" (http://www.hackingciscoexposed.com/).
Updated to work with 2.6.* kernels.

Colitas Network Scanner - a great tool for all network administrators. This ultra-fast scanner can quickly show the running services of a whole network. Written in C++, the main scanning code is wrapped up in an easy to use class CScanner.

...and it's about my papers

Most Recent

Financial Stabilization Proposal (2008) - Equity injection or "how to save the banking system", or what became known as TARP.

Credit Crunch 2008 - The free markets are a myth. In fact it has always been the intervention of financial authorities that has helped abate disaster. Capitalism and globalization are beneficial to the world, but they are not some sort of new panacea for the world economy.

Consequences of a Globalized World - Global financial markets are prone to collapse (The are Minsky Machines) and only increased regulation and strengthening of international financial institutions can provide stability and sustainability to the system.

"Those to whom evil is done, do evil in return."