network-security▌

Assess SSL/TLS server configurations using the sslyze Python library to evaluate cipher suites, certificate chains, protocol versions, HSTS headers, and known vulnerabilities like Heartbleed and ROBOT.

Deploys DNS, HTTP, and AWS API key canary tokens across network infrastructure to detect unauthorized access and lateral movement. Integrates with webhook alerting (Slack, Teams, email, generic HTTP) for real-time intrusion notifications. Provides automated token generation, placement strategies, and monitoring for enterprise network environments. Use when building deception-based network intrusion detection with Canarytokens.org and Thinkst Canary platforms.

Simulates man-in-the-middle attacks using Ettercap, mitmproxy, and Bettercap in authorized environments to intercept, analyze, and modify network traffic for testing encryption enforcement, certificate validation, and detection capabilities.

Enumerates DNS records, attempts zone transfers, brute-forces subdomains, and maps DNS infrastructure during authorized reconnaissance to identify attack surface, misconfigurations, and information disclosure in target domains.

Configures pfSense firewall rules, NAT policies, VPN tunnels, and traffic shaping to enforce network segmentation, control traffic flow, and protect internal network zones in enterprise and small-to-medium business environments.

Simulates VLAN hopping attacks using switch spoofing and double tagging techniques in authorized environments to test VLAN segmentation effectiveness and validate switch port security configurations against Layer 2 bypass attacks.

Performs advanced network reconnaissance using Nmap's scripting engine, timing controls, evasion techniques, and output parsing to discover hosts, enumerate services, detect vulnerabilities, and fingerprint operating systems across authorized target networks.

Analyzes and simulates BGP hijacking scenarios in authorized lab environments to assess route origin validation, RPKI deployment, and BGP monitoring defenses against prefix hijacking and route leak attacks on internet routing infrastructure.

Deploy and manage network honeypots using OpenCanary, T-Pot, or Cowrie to detect unauthorized access, lateral movement, and attacker reconnaissance.

Configure and execute authenticated vulnerability scans using OpenVAS/Greenbone Vulnerability Management with SSH and SMB credentials for comprehensive host-level assessment.