Dave Howe | Experts Exchange

Dave Howe

Software and Hardware Engineer

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Member Since: 2003/02/24

Top Skills:

Encryption SSL / HTTPS Security

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Total points2,204,978

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Solutions: 1621

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Professional Background

Software and Hardware Engineer

ANS Group Plc

March 2015 – Present

Development, Fault resolution and deployment assistance for the Rapid Cloud automation platform.

Education

Polytechnic of Wales

Computing Technology

1988 – 1990

Sunderland Polytechnic

1987 – 1988

Wearside college

1985 – 1987

Thorney Close Secondary School

1981 – 1985

Full Biography

General purpose Geek.

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Level Progress

Current: Level 33

Dave needs 107,022 points to level up.

LVL 34

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Overall

33

2,204,978
Encryption

21

929,270
Security

16

568,725
SSL / HTTPS

14

424,556
Email Clients

11

266,387
OS Security

10

220,342
Email Protocols

9

196,207
Exchange

9

164,920
Email Servers

8

128,276
Vulnerabilities

8

128,173
Outlook

7

111,242
Anti-Virus Apps

6

92,538
Email Software

6

73,477
Linux Security

6

72,692
Linux

5

71,629
Network Security

5

65,789
Web Browsers

5

64,487
Networking

5

63,862
Windows Server 2008

5

63,314
VPN

5

58,365
Microsoft IIS Web Server

5

58,329
Software Firewalls

5

53,233
Apache Web Server

4

46,916
Software

4

46,714
File Sharing Software

4

43,275
Web Servers

4

42,294
Active Directory

4

38,907
Windows XP

4

37,857
Windows Server 2003

4

36,392
Linux Networking

4

35,572
SSH / Telnet Software

4

35,470
.NET Programming

4

33,225
Internet / Email Software

3

27,330
PHP

3

26,735
Microsoft Legacy OS

3

25,612
System Utilities

3

25,292
Hardware Firewalls

3

24,399
Digital Forensics

3

23,533
Thunderbird

3

23,286
Cisco

3

22,850
Windows 7

3

22,782
Microsoft Applications

3

21,493
C#

3

21,425
Web Applications

3

21,418
Storage

3

20,989
Microsoft Server OS

3

20,785
AntiSpam

3

20,200
Internet Protocol Security

3

20,130
ASP.NET

3

18,500
MySQL Server

3

18,350
Unix OS

3

18,272
Algorithms

3

18,248
Windows Networking

3

18,200
Microsoft SQL Server

2

17,639
Programming

2

16,875
Routers

2

16,548
HTTP Protocol

2

16,450
Web Development

2

15,740
Groupware

2

13,868
Linux Distributions

2

13,408
Networking Protocols

2

12,839
Java

2

12,791
Web Services

2

12,600
Server Software

2

11,889
Windows OS

2

11,688
Internet Protocols

2

11,618
Storage Software

2

11,510
DNS

2

11,350
Google Workspace

2

11,250
Wireless Networking

2

11,160
Microsoft Office

2

10,700
Networking Hardware-Other

2

10,515
Internet Explorer (IE)

2

10,500
Miscellaneous

2

10,358
Windows Vista

2

10,189
Visual Basic Classic

2

9,740
iPhone

2

9,500
Network Analysis

2

9,300
Microsoft Forefront ISA Server

2

9,232
Storage Hardware

2

9,209
TCP/IP

2

9,170
Web Languages and Standards

2

8,864
Mac OS X

2

8,568
SBS

2

8,397
Cloud Computing

2

8,168
Network Management

2

8,149
Network Architecture

1

7,800
C++

1

7,400
Smartphone Programming

1

7,400
Java App Servers

1

7,200
E-Commerce

1

7,178
Microsoft Access

1

7,050
Smartphones

1

6,800
ASP

1

6,740
HTML

1

6,723
Project Management

1

6,500
Lotus IBM

1

6,400
Scripting Languages

1

6,400
Microsoft Excel

1

6,300
Switches / Hubs

1

6,264
IT Administration

1

6,200
Editors IDEs

1

6,000
Microsoft SQL Server 2005

1

6,000
Printers and Scanners

1

6,000
Shell Scripting

1

6,000
Server Hardware

1

5,900
Visual Basic.NET

1

5,800
Visual C++.NET

1

5,800
Internet Marketing

1

5,772
Databases

1

5,750
Firefox

1

5,500
Hardware

1

5,368
Windows 2000

1

5,361
Network Operations

1

5,200
JavaScript

1

5,164
Remote Access

1

5,060
Windows Live Mail

1

5,000
Web Components

1

4,950
Chat / IM

1

4,875
Windows Batch

1

4,675
Adobe Acrobat

1

4,500
System Programming

1

4,472
Home Security

1

4,384
Linux OS Dev

1

4,264
BlackBerry

1

4,000
Google Chrome OS

1

4,000
Microsoft Word

1

4,000
Oracle Database

1

4,000
Laptops Notebooks

1

3,912
Microsoft DOS

1

3,800
Microsoft SQL Server 2008

1

3,768
Microsoft Development

1

3,500
Voice Over IP

1

3,500
Web-Based CMS

1

3,500
MultiMedia Applications

1

3,220
Delphi

1

3,100
Disaster Recovery

1

3,050
Windows 8

1

3,000
Windows Server 2012

1

3,000
Wireless Hardware

1

3,000
LibreOffice

1

2,900
Math / Science

1

2,900
AJAX

1

2,800
Apple Hardware

1

2,800
Novell Netware

1

2,800
Citrix

1

2,752
Application Servers

1

2,672
Java EE

1

2,664
Anti-Spyware

1

2,640
C

1

2,500
WCF

1

2,400
DB Dev Tools

1

2,200
Microsoft SharePoint

1

2,200
SSIS

1

2,100
Virtualization

1

2,100
Dell

1

2,001
.NET App Servers

1

2,000
Acronis

1

2,000
Apple Software

1

2,000
Assembly

1

2,000
BlackBerry Programming

1

2,000
Broadband

1

2,000
Content Management

1

2,000
Cyber Security

1

2,000
Digital Cameras / Camcorders

1

2,000
FoxPro

1

2,000
FreeBSD

1

2,000
JScript

1

2,000
Microsoft 365

1

2,000
Microsoft Dynamics

1

2,000
Office Productivity

1

2,000
Productivity Apps

1

2,000
VBA

1

2,000