Hi there!
I am a multidisciplinary researcher and professor whose main fields of interests are
inbetween technology and natural sciences, with a strong
background in mathematics.
Hobbies-wise I like composing music, learning all I can, and debating endlessly
about utopian realities.
Here is a non-exhaustive list of things I’ve worked on:
- ctf-re, A CTF infrastructure with unique binaries and a deterministic anti cheat. (Creator)
- ELSA & Jugemu, a suite of tools for crash analysis and exploit generation. (Creator)
- A GPU Debugger for the PCSX2 project. (Creator)
- LEAVES, A memory analysis tool aimed to facilitate browser exploitation. (Creator)
- PCSX2, The most accurate Sony PlayStation 2 emulator. (Core contributor)
- An IPC protocol for emulators, optimized for speed and same-frame results. (Creator)
- MADNESS, A research paper explaining how I, along with friends, fully defeated the Nintendo Switch security model. (Creator)
- navi, A security oriented NixOS based meta distribution for infrastructures. (Creator)
- NixOS, A Linux based operating system with a package manager using a functional language. (Package Maintainer)
- A bunch of reverse-engineering related projects, from custom 3d formats to decompilers and disassemblers with the occasional sequenced music formats, without forgetting the mandatory translation project. (Creator)
- PyTouhou, A libre reimplementation of the Touhou suite of softwares in Rust and Python. (Core contributor)
- Security research under a widely deployed device, akin to the MADNESS project. (NDA)
- Some non commercial video games for which I’ve won some awards and some mods. (Lead Developer, Director, Story and miscellaneous roles)
- WireGuard, A modern VPN protocol. (small contributor, GSoC)
- zut A portable library for fast factorization of \(\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\) polynomials using Berlekamp’s algorithm. (Creator)
On top of this, I’ve also taught the following classes as a professor:
- Reverse engineering and binary exploitation (M1, 2019)
- Pentest of Android applications (M1, 20{19,20})
- Security of Wi-Fi Networks (L3, 2020)
- Preparation to the OSCP certification (M2, 2020)
- Advanced cryptography (M1, 20{19,20})
- Network Forensics (M2, 2020)
- Identity Access Management (M2, 2019)
- Web browser and OS Kernel exploitation (M2, 2020, creator of the class)
My e-mail address is me@govanify.com.
My mastodon account is @me@govanify.com.
My matrix account is @me:govanify.com.
For sensitive communications either use Matrix or PGP-encrypted emails.
My PGP key (5214 2D39 A7CE F8FA 872B CA7F DE62 E1E2 A614 5556
) is available here.
This website also contains some blogposts of varying quality. I usually am rather reserved when it comes to work so it might take a while before I get in the mood to write a new one.