Peter Farah

Profile

Network and cybersecurity engineer focused on designing, automating, and securing networked systems. Experienced with low-level networking in C, Linux kernel traffic control, and Python-based automation for observability and performance analysis.

Graduated with highest honors from Institut Polytechnique de Paris (Master’s in Cybersecurity) with prior industry experience in network operations, security monitoring, and automation.

Selected Work

Passive Identification of Active Queue Management Algorithms

Designed and implemented a research-grade framework capable of identifying the AQM algorithm deployed on a bottleneck router using only end-to-end RTT traces.

Custom UDP traffic generation and RTT capture in C
Linux router configured with CoDel, FQ-CoDel, Cake, PIE, RED, FIFO, and FQ
Python-based automation, CoDel simulation, and Dynamic Time Warping classification
Achieved 87% classification accuracy in real-world network conditions

→ Detailed technical write-up

Galois Field Arithmetic Calculator

Implemented a high-performance arithmetic engine for computations in Galois Fields up to GF(2⁵⁷¹), enabling instant evaluation of non-trivial finite-field operations.

Supports large finite fields used in cryptography and error-correcting codes
Optimized algorithms for field arithmetic and exponentiation
Designed for correctness, performance, and numerical robustness

→ GitHub repository

Network Attack Implementation and Detection Projects

Developed multiple low-level network attack and detection tools to study protocol weaknesses, traffic manipulation, and defensive mechanisms.

TCP SYN flood generation and threshold-based detection
DNS spoofing via crafted response injection
TCP injection by tracking live flows and injecting forged packets
ICMP-based local network disruption experiments

→ Selected repositories on GitHub

Secure Certificate Generation and Verification System

Built a client-server system implementing secure key exchange and certificate-based authentication for protected file transfer.

Asymmetric key exchange with symmetric session encryption
Custom certificate authority and certificate validation logic
Protection against man-in-the-middle and replay attacks

→ GitHub repository

Experience

Institut Polytechnique de Paris – Research R&D
Research on congestion control, fairness, and AQM classification in real networks.
Exeo – SOC R&D
Built security monitoring and alerting pipelines integrating Grafana, Prometheus, SNMP, SQL, and security APIs.
Dar – Cybersecurity & Network Engineer
Managed and hardened large‑scale Cisco switch deployments and firewall infrastructure.
POTECH – Cyber Threat Intelligence Officer
Automated reconnaissance through web scraping and orchestrated takedown operations.

Cybersecurity & Network Engineer