Presentation
Some presentation I made. The list is in a reverse order (more recent in front of the table) :
| Presentation (name, link) | Description and format available | Language and date of the last update |
|---|---|---|
| Le libre : un modèle de distribution éthique | Competition is important in free market and Free Software philosophy is an application of free market distribution. A presentation in french given in Luxembourg during JDL2004. The subject is an experimental approach of free market and free software. | French - 24-03-2004 |
| Reverse Engineering : An Old Friend of Computer Science And The Free Software Community. | a quick introduction to reverse engineering : on the legal and technical aspect.HTML | English - 08-11-2003 |
| Vie Privée et Société de l'Information : Conflits et Outils | A basic introduction to privacy on Internet and in the information society.PDF PS LaTeX | French - 20-04-2003 |
| The current and future legal framework : a threat to Free Software and Computer Science | The issue of the legal framework for the Free Software and Computer Science. (from DMCA/EUCD to DRM...) presentation given at Linux Solutions 2003 (Paris). PDF PS LaTeX | English - 06-02-2003 |
| Linux Kernel Security : A general overview of MAC | A general overview of the concept around Mandatory Access Control and the kernel implementation existing at that time. Presentation done during the GNU/linuxdays luxembourg 2002. PDF PS MGP | English - 01-10-2002 |
| The current and future legal framework : a threat to Free Software and Computer Science | The issue of the legal framework for the Free Software and Computer Science. (from DMCA/EUCD to DRM...) presentation given at LSM 2002. PDF html MGP | English - 12-07-2002 |
| Lois et Libertés dans la société de l'information | Une présentation de base (à améliorer/) les lois et libertés dans la société de l'information. Les problèmes en cours pour le logiciel Libre mais aussi nos libertés. (EUCD, DMCA,...) conférence donné au lilit. PDF HTML MGP | French - 26-04-2002 |
| Ingénierie Logiciel & Securité: Le logiciel Libre, une pierre à l'édifice de la sécurité des logiciels | Ingénierie Logiciel & Securité : Le logiciel Libre, une pierre à l'édifice de la sécurité des logiciels. PDF HTML MGP | French - 25-03-2002 |
| 802.11 Introduction et sécurité | Introduction et sécurité de 802.11 (Clussil GT-Wireless) | French - 29-02-2002 |
| Licences du logiciel libre : Introduction, implication et utilisation. | Une introduction et un comparatif des licences du logiciel libre. (Linuxdays Luxembourg 2001) | French - 24-10-2001 |
| Forensic Analysis : de l'analyse locale à l'analyse réseau | Une introduction à l'analyse lègale en informatique. (GT/Clussil) | French - 08-10-2001 |
| SSH : Secure Shell, une introduction | Une introduction à SSH. (GT/Clussil) | French - 23-08-2001 |
| Snort : Introduction et mise en pratique | Une introduction à Snort (GT/Clussil). | French - 10-05-2001 |
| Trojan horse : Details techniques et solutions | Dans le cadre du clussil , plusieurs workshops furent réalisés. Voici celui concernant les chevaux de Troie (Trojan horse). | French - 01-03-2001 |
| Les intrusions Detection System (IDS) utiles ? Outils pour l'analyse legale | Les NIDS utiles dans une infrastructure de securite ? | French - 15-11-2000 |
Various Publication and Papers
Here is some documents and papers, I have written. Some are in French. The list is in a reverse order (more recent in front of the table).
| Document (name, link) | Description | Language and date of the last update |
|---|---|---|
| Sécurité en ingénierie du Logiciel : une analyse inversée | Une démonstration de la sécurité des systèmes d'information par la pratique. | 2004-2005 Cours DESS - SIC / Université de Metz |
| Sécurité en ingénierie du Logiciel : Le cadre des Web Services | L'objectif de ce cours est, d'une part, d'introduire deux concepts : la sécurité dans le développement logiciel et les services web. | 2003-2004 Cours DESS - SIC / Université de Metz |
| Good security practice for a Free Software release/distribution | A quick and small document on how to release your software to the community with security in mind for the packaging.PDF PS | 14-08-2003 |
| OpenSST : Open Simple Secure Transaction | Une approche de reduction de la complexite pour les transactions electronique. PDF PS | 01-02-2003 |
| Free Stonehenge recipe | As Richard Stallman is using the analogy of the recipe to explain Free Software concept, we have made a recipe (of a hard chocolate cake) distributed under the GNU General Public License. PDF HTML | 01-10-2002 |
| Libre working contract | (Working contract under the GNU General Public License) I have made one for having a working contract compatible with Free Software. (regarding the use of copyright by the autors to protect Freedom) These working contracts are in use in Belgium and Luxembourg for the moment. Feel free to make translated version or specific to your local regulation. PDF | French/Others - 14-02-2002 |
| Introduction à TCP/IP et aux routeurs de type IOS (Cisco) | Une simple introduction aux routeurs Cisco. | French - 05-06-2000 (somewhat oudated) |
| Manifeste des technologies libres | Document en version "alpha", pour la promotion des technologies/logiciels Libres et le respect des libertés fondamentales. PS | 20-10-1999 (quite outdated and should be updated) |
Free Software Project
Here is a partial list of Free Software Projects where I'm involved :
| Software name | version/status | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FAT (Free Archive Toolkit) | 0.0.2 | A free digital preservation toolkit used behind the Free Archive project |
| wvpn | alpha-release/active | wvpn is a small free software solution for setting up a vpn between a gateway and various client by using OpenPGP/GnuPG as an authentication method and OpenVPN as an encrypted network tunnel method. The main purpose is to create wireless vpn tunnel in a simple and secure way. |
| MQS | 0.0.13/active | A minimalist queueing system for offering asynchronous messaging for program/application. This software is used for the freearchive project but also for some other project. |
| IPFC | 1.0.5/active (I don't maintaining it anymore) | Inter Protocol Flexible Control - IPFC is a distributed monitoring and centralized logging solution for different types of devices such as firewalls, routers, mail servers, access-card readers etc... |
| OpenSST | rel1/active | Open Simple Secure Transaction |
| ssh-smart | proof-of-concept/dead | a really small software (a proof-of-concept) to put private identity from ssh on smartcard (memory card)). The project is dead because OpenSC is now part of OpenSSH and working quite well. |
| ip-filter-cgi | 0.0.1/dead | an old cgi script to manage IP Filter rules) |
| misc scripts | various | a collection of scripts and tools, I have made (or patched) and use daily. |
Small Free Software/Scripts and configuration
Configuration
- squid configuration to keep your privacy safe. Quite useful if you want to setup at home/work a specific proxy for anonymized connection.
- Mutt configuration : dot.muttrc.
- Emacs configuration : dot.emacs.
- Procmail configuration : dot.procmailrc.
- Dec Server 700 Configuration: a small document, on how to configure the DecServer in order to have a terminal server for the serial hosts.
Scripts
- A patch for spamproxyd (a standalone perl daemon to use with Postfix and SpamAssassin) for supporting maximun size of message to check.
- Multicast to broadcast a small perl application that sniffs network (with a specific filter) to convert multicast UDP packet into broadcast UDP. This could be useful for some proprietary software using multiple method of broadcasting packet.
- A small perl script to reinject mail into Postfix (useful with amavis).
- misc scripts a collection of scripts and tools, I have made (or patched) and use daily.
Various Comments regarding freedom and information society
Some comments, I have made around some specific issue about Freedom and the Information Society :
- No compromise on Privacy ! (a small comment about privacy in french)
- Microsoft benelux point of view on standards. I have also a small collection of document done by the company against Free Software or it's ethical approach.
- A letter to the Belgian Prime Minister about the EUCD (European Copyright Directive). The situation is now handled by the AEL (Association Electronique Libre).
- A letter to the INS regarding privacy around the private information collected by the belgian government for statistics.
- An open letter about the issue of the 'VRRP' patent registered by Cisco Inc. Another example on how the patent system is bad for innovation and standardization. The information is quite outdated and there is a patent-free implementation called CARP done by the OpenBSD guys and that seems to be patent-free. The VRRP should be updated this information and the various ref. and information on the subject.
- A small old comment on a belgian project law about computer crime. This is now a law. The law generates various issues.
Daily Mantra
"All information should be free", Steven Levy (1984, in Hackers, Heroes of the Computer Revolution)
The belief, sometimes taken unconditionally, that information should be free was a direct tribute to the way a splendid computer, or computer program, works--the binary bits moving in the most straightforward, logical path necessary to do their complex job, What was a computer but something which benefited from a free flow of information? If, say, the accumulator found itself unable to get information from the input/output (i/o) devices like the tape reader or the switches, the whole system would collapse. In the hacker viewpoint, any system could benefit from that easy flow of information.