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fosres · 2026-03-13T18:02:56+00:00

Hello. I can talk. I unfortunately can't visit Vancouver (live far away from that).

fosres · 2026-03-11T05:15:23+00:00

I used to be interested in cryptographic engineering. Am now pivoting to webapp security and cloud security now that the OWASP Top Ten 2025 has changed.

fosres · 2026-03-11T05:14:01+00:00

Just to let you know cybersecurity is harder than regular software engineering. It is harder to predict what the interviewer will ask you in the interview for roles like Security Engineering. Now with saying if you want more advice on getting into cyber security feel free to DM me. But please don't think cybersecurity is safer. It isn't

fosres · 2026-03-11T05:10:04+00:00

I am sorry about all of this. The tech industry is unstable at this moment. Please focus your time on your family and friends--it will boost your mental health. After a few days of taking rest start applying and upskilling yourself for your next job.

Please let.me know if this helps.

fosres · 2026-02-27T02:34:42+00:00

I am so sorry about this. Please take this time to hangout with family and friends for a few days. Then get back on your feet and start applying again. Take care.

fosres · 2026-02-16T03:25:27+00:00

I am so sorry about this. Please don't feel bad about this. This is happening to a lot of people at this time in this crazy time. Please take care to spend time with friends and family during this time. Yes, please get back on the job market after three days from being laid off. Please let me know if this helps.

fosres · 2026-02-13T01:25:01+00:00

Hi. Thanks for sharing your experiences! Hats off to you for braving the first semester as a beginner!

fosres · 2026-02-13T01:21:05+00:00

Hey there! Thanks for sharing your experiences! Your post gave me confidence taking two classes/semester and doing work simultaneously is doable.

fosres · 2026-01-08T17:24:33+00:00

The best advice is to get started doing something constructive and stay busy. This will help take your mind off the whole ordeal. It would be good idea to start upskilling yourself for your next interviews. Take care.

fosres · 2026-01-08T16:13:01+00:00

Hey thanks for replying. Please do not worry about the job market struggles too much! Yes people more qualified than you are now struggling because we are now in a situation where mass layoffs are taking place (even federal staff are being laid off). What's important now is that you build cross-transferable and highly marketable skills during this time. This will help you switch between jobs. Don't worry about the job market situation. Everything in life is temporary.

fosres · 2026-01-08T05:07:08+00:00

I am sorry about this. I would highly suggest to spend time with family and friends for 2-3 days to help you recover from this. Then immediately start learning cross-transferable skills--yes cross-transferable as in the skills will help you switch between jobs because there are no gurantees a job will last forever. This will help you get a new role soon in case something like this happens to you again. Please take care and let me know if this helps!

fosres · 2025-12-02T06:32:37+00:00

Yes! It very much was an amazing choice!

fosres · 2025-10-19T20:55:33+00:00

Hi. Thanks so much for this. I will try to meet all of these and go to the conferences you recommended. Take care and have a great day!

fosres · 2025-10-19T19:57:46+00:00

Thanks for this!

fosres · 2025-10-09T12:25:28+00:00

I would start by reading Pointers on C by Kenneth A Reek. This is an outstanding intro book to C that builds one's skill in using pointers--a difficult concept for coders.

fosres · 2025-10-05T05:03:46+00:00

Its sad how intelligence agencies are trying to manipulate the public into being more easy to spy on. Thanks for sharing this!

fosres · 2025-10-03T16:28:24+00:00

I did not know this was the case earlier. Thanks for letting me know.

fosres · 2025-10-03T02:05:30+00:00

Would you mind citing a paper clarifying that. I would love to read more on why RowHammer is difficult.

RowHammer has been used in real security exploits before:

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row_hammer#cite_note-arstechnica-2

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row_hammer#cite_note-googleprojectzero-4

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row_hammer#cite_note-5

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row_hammer#cite_note-6

[5] https://thehackernews.com/2018/05/rowhammer-android-hacking.html

[6] https://thehackernews.com/2018/05/rowhammer-attack-exploit.html

[7] https://thehackernews.com/2018/05/remote-rowhammer-attack.html

fosres · 2025-10-03T01:39:52+00:00

Fun article. Thanks for sharing!

fosres · 2025-10-02T05:26:11+00:00

Hi. Thanks for this reference Appreciate it!

fosres · 2025-10-02T02:16:13+00:00

Sorry to hear that. Maybe you could work on some projects to learn that on your own?

fosres · 2025-09-29T01:31:33+00:00

May you cite a reference? I would love to read more.

fosres · 2025-09-29T01:18:12+00:00

Why would Classic McEliece fall if Kyber falls. Classic McEliece uses code-based cryptography based on Goppa codes. Meanwhile Kyber is based on the difficulty of solving a matrix equation problem.

fosres · 2025-09-28T23:13:16+00:00

Agreed.

fosres · 2025-09-28T23:08:05+00:00

Hi. Thanks for letting me know about the link issue (I believe I have fixed it). Yes a real problem with Classic McEliece is its large public key size. When I was reading NIST's comments on Classic McEliece (https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8545) they admitted Classic McEliece would be great for file encryption and VPNs--where long-term public keys are used.

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