Hi there, my name is Maarten Bodewes.

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Please note that for security reasons, my current job does not allow me to have a direct internet connection. I do sometimes access EE from work, but most of the time just to see what happened or when looking for an answer. This means that I'm basically doing some EE when I am browsing the internet in the evening time (19:00-23:00 CET). This also means that CEHJ and objects are able to grab most of the easy questions, which is bad for me but might be good for you.

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Sun JDK, Eclipse (as Java IDE), Ultra-Edit, Firefox, Thunderbird (mozilla mail), Bouncy Castle (Java security provider), WinAmp and MPlayer Classic for relaxing. I'm running Win2K, but I'm known to make sidesteps to Ubuntu GNU/Linux now and then.

My main areas of expertise are: the java language and computer security. I am the designer and developer of a widely deployed, Common Criteria certified Java product containing various encryption and hashing techniques. I have got strong problem solving skills. I am a proponent of open standards and open source solutions. I've created two Java security providers so far (in working alpha/beta stage), one for a smart card solution and one for an HSM. I've done some work with multi-threading, GUI design, JUnit testing and basic Servlet stuff. I'm also involved in international standardization of a security related protocol. For fun I'm creating an NNTP binary client in Java (it has stalled in the later 1.5 years due to lack of time). I've created (and lost) Java 1.5 source code to solve various kinds of Sudoku's.

Known languages:
Java, C/C++ and a bit of PHP, Perl, Bash, JavaScript

Known algorithms (usage & basic operation and security levels):
RSA, ECDSA F(2m) & F(p), DH, ECDH, SHA-1 & SHA-2 family, MD5, DES, AES (including multiple forms of operation and padding techniques), Secure Random

Known crypto standards (crypto):
X.509v3, PKCS#1 v2.1, PKCS#5, PKCS#7/CMS, PKCS#8, PKCS#11, PKCS#12, XML DigSig

Other known protocols:
TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP + proxy, HTTPS, XML, (X)HTML, CSS, XSD (XML Schema), XPath, RegEx, ASN.1 (DER/DER), NNTP (including uuencoding, yEnc, PAR2), POP3, MIME (including base 64),  ISO-7816. I know a bit about LDAP/X.500 and SQL as well.

I'm also well versed on PC hardware and I've got a strong user level knowledge of both Windows 2000, XP and Linux. I've created a now defunct FAQ about DSL from a specific ISP provider in the Netherlands (XS4ALL). I created the initial iptables firewall script that as used in adsl4linux for the linux implementation for the same provider.

Although I'm not a native speaker of English, English is a strong second language to me. Note that it may take some time for me to switch to English (mainly because I've to restart my thought processes in English). I can understand a bit of French and German.

Anything that involves a racket (currently squash). Running, cycling, walking and swimming. I like skiing a lot, but I've only skied once.
Sci/Fi books and movies
Computers and technology (VIA EPIA, creating computers from scratch)
Music (alternative rock, listen to www.KinkFM.com), helped organize a music festival, I like festivals.
Won't cook, but loves to eat (almost anything well made)
Holidays
I like beer, (red) wine and a bit of Scotch now and then
I'm a social, involved kind of guy who loves kids and cats. I'm worried about the environment so I'm politically in the green camp.