From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Reply-To: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com Message-ID: <1476016472.2329.38.camel@cvidal.org> From: Colin Vidal Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2016 14:34:32 +0200 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [kernel-hardening] self introduction To: kernel-hardening@lists.openwall.com List-ID: Hi all, My name is Colin Vidal. I am currently a PhD student in computer science. My researches  consist on building a dedicated specific language on top of JavaScript in order to handle asynchronous events in a synchronous style. Hence, with a direct relation between the control flow and the instruction flow. Beside my researches, I am taking up the Eudyptula Challenge (task 15 submitted). It helps me to have a global view of the kernel (organization, tree, some features), but it is not enough to get involved in serious development. Therefore, I am looking for task I can accomplish to be involved into real kernel development! I still don't have yet a narrow idea about where I can begin. I like though the idea of kernel self protection. For instance, I find the VM- mapped stack to be really interesting, but I think it is an overkill as a beginning, and a lot of work have already been done on it. On the architecture point-of-view, I have a preference of x86 since I only have this hardware for now, but I can work on ARM and others with QEMU too. Thanks, Colin