Daiyuu Nobori
Associate Professor
Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolDaiyuu Nobori is an associate professor, entrepreneur, and Ph.D. computer scientist who has spent over a decade building and stewarding SoftEther VPN, a widely used open-source, cross-platform multi-protocol VPN project he founded and continues to core-develop. He combines academic research in distributed systems and security with hands-on systems engineering—regularly contributing to core networking, IPsec, R-UDP, and build infrastructure of the VPN server. As CEO of SoftEther Corporation and an industry-university collaboration lead at the University of Tsukuba, he bridges product delivery, open-source governance, and applied research. His background includes practical cybersecurity roles at Japan’s IPA and contributions to virtualization security at NICT, reflecting a rare mix of research depth and production-grade systems experience. Based in Tsukuba, he quietly influences internet privacy tooling through sustained, low-profile engineering and open-source transparency.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science at University of Tsukuba - Graduate School of System and Information EngineeringBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Information Science, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Information Science at University of Tsukuba - College of Information Science
Japanese, English
Github Skills (10)
c1710
ipsec10
protocols10
c1110
csharp10
vpn10
network-protocol10
dotnet-core10
build-automation9
security9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN
Jan 2014 - May 2020
Cross-platform multi-protocol VPN software. Pull requests are welcome. The stable version is available at https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN_Stable.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 release, 3 reviews, 106 commits in 6 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Daiyuu's commits primarily involve modifications to the build utility and core utility components of the SoftEtherVPN project. These changes include updates to build scripts, string table definitions, and modifications within the core components related to network and server functionality. The user also introduced features related to IPsec and R-UDP, including handling various versions, and contributed to the web management interface and its functionalities. These modifications suggest a focus on improving the functionality of the core VPN server software.
vpn-tunnelmulti-protocoll2tpv3multi-platformwfh
SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN_Stable
Oct 2017 - Nov 2022
Cross-platform multi-protocol VPN software. This repository is officially managed by Daiyuu Nobori, the founder of the project. Pull requests should be sent to the master repository at https://github.com/SoftEtherVPN/SoftEtherVPN.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 releases, 27 commits, 24 pushes in 5 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Daiyuu's contributions primarily involve modifying and updating core source code files within the SoftEther VPN project. These changes include updates to files related to network protocols, logging, and IPsec implementation. The commits focused on fixing issues, enhancing existing functionalities, and incorporating new features. The changes demonstrate expertise in modifying various core aspects of the VPN software.
multi-protocolsoftethervpnvpnlinuxmaster
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