--- title: About --- My name is Daniel, and I am a programmer, Linux enthusiast, and graduate student of cybersecurity. My research interest is authentication, and I like programming in Python and POSIX shell. I spend my free time writing code, tinkering, and contributing to open-source projects. Feel free to [contact me](/contact) if you want to see my resume or learn more about my work. I'm the author [zona] (a static site generator), [Ashen] (a color scheme), and a number of [Kakoune] plugins. Check my various [Git] forge profiles to see my latest work. [zona]: https://git.ficd.sh/ficd/zona [Git]: /git [Ashen]: https://codeberg.org/ficd/ashen [Kakoune]: https://kakoune.org ## Education I completed a Bachelor's of Computing (Honours) at Queen's University in 2024, and I'm currently in the Master's of Science program at the School of Computing. As part of the NSERC CREATE Cybersecurity program, my work combines programming, cryptography, system design, and threat modeling to tackle real-world security challenges. I'm currently working on my thesis, which introduces a novel method of detecting signal relay attacks in the context of multi-factor authentication. ## Stack I use [Kakoune] as my text editor, and I type in [Colemak-DH](https://colemakmods.github.io/mod-dh/) on a [custom layout](https://git.ficd.sh/ficd/zmk). I run Arch Linux on a desktop PC and ThinkPad, my preferred terminal is Foot, and I enjoy Niri as a window manager. ## This Website This website is my personal blog and homepage. It's [JavaScript free](https://jsfree.org/), and registered on [1mb.club](https://1mb.club/). The color scheme is [Ashen], and it was built using [zona].