About Me
Benvenuti sul mio blog, mi presento velocemente... Mi chiamo Raffaele Forte e sono il founder e main developer del progetto BackBox Linux. Nel 2008 ho fondato la Open Soluzioni, web community nata con l'obiettivo di promuovere ed incentivare l'uso di strumenti open source. Sono un convinto sostenitore del Software Libero, uso costantemente GNU/Linux e prediligo le distrubuzioni debian-based. Ho lavorato come systems engineer e web developer per diverse aziende. Attualmente lavoro nel settore dell'IT Security e studio ingegneria informatica presso l'Università della Calabria.
Posizioni lavorative recenti
Embedded Linux engineer @ Akhela
Since March 2012
Mission: System integrator, tuning and debugging on Embedded Linux.
Security Advisor @ Security Side
Since September 2011 - March 2012
Mission: I'm employed in assessments of vulnerability and attempting to penetrate networks and/or computer systems.
Content Writer @ sicurezza.html.it
Since May 2011
Mission: Tech content writer at http://sicurezza.html.it
Security Advisor @ ICAR CNR
April 2011 - July 2011
Mission: I'm employed to attempt to penetrate networks and/or computer systems, using the same methods as a hacker, for the purpose of finding and fixing computer security vulnerabilities
Means: The process involves an active analysis of the system for any potential vulnerabilities that could result from poor or improper system configuration, both known and unknown hardware or software flaws, or operational weaknesses in process or technical countermeasures. This analysis is carried out from the position of a potential attacker and can involve active exploitation of security vulnerabilities. Any security issues that are found will be presented to the system owner, together with an assessment of their impact, and often with a proposal for mitigation or a technical solution. The intent of a penetration test is to determine the feasibility of an attack and the amount of business impact of a successful exploit, if discovered.
Founder @ BackBox Linux
Since May 2010
BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu. It has been developed to perform penetration tests and security assessments. Designed to be fast, easy to use and provide a minimal yet complete desktop environment, thanks to its own software repositories, always being updated to the latest stable version of the most used and best known ethical hacking tools.
Mission: My main duty is focused on distribution development with particular attention to theintegration of various software, testing and bug fixing. My other specializations include managingprojects and resources.
Contractor Technical Advisor @ Open Soluzioni
Since January 2008
Mission: My main duty in Open Soluzioni is basically focused on computer security, network and personal data protection. I am involved in the development of several projects using different distributed version control systems, in particular git and svn. My other specializations include: linux porting, web development (Drupal) and optimization of operating systems.
External Consultant @ Trade Electronic
July 2009 - March 2010
Mission: I have achieved a significant knowledge by working as developer on linux embedded systems. My main responsibilities was integration into different hardware platforms such Dreambox and IpBox, Linux-powered platforms for DVB satellite, terrestrial and cable digital television receivers (set-top box) based on embedded MIPS SoC. I also worked with OpenWRT and DD-WRT, Linux distributions primarily targeted at routing on embedded devices.
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