Daniel Dinu
Self Employed
Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDaniel Dinu is an aspiring cybersecurity analyst transitioning from a decade-plus self-employed background into InfoSec, actively preparing for CompTIA Security+ while building hands-on skills via TryHackMe, Codecademy and a Raspberry Pi home lab. He combines practical Linux and networking fundamentals with a curious, break-it-and-fix-it approach to threat detection and blue team practices. On GitHub he has contributed to a notable project implementing the Argon2 password hash, improving API clarity, test coverage, and variable-length outputs—demonstrating attention to secure, maintainable back-end code. Based in Portsmouth, England, he learns best by doing and seeks mentorship and entry-level roles where he can rapidly apply and expand his skills. His background in programming (Python, JavaScript, web basics) and prior teaching-focused degree suggest strong communication and methodical troubleshooting abilities.
11 years of coding experience
Licentiate degree, Geography Teacher Education, Licentiate degree, Geography Teacher Education at Univeristatea Stefan cel MareComputer Programming/Programmer, General, Computer Programming/Programmer, General at Khan AcademySoloLearnComputer Programming, Computer Programming at w3schools.comComputer Programming, Python, HTML, CSS... JavaScript, Computer Programming, Python, HTML, CSS... JavaScript at Codecademy
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Github Skills (7)
c1710
testing10
password-hash10
hash10
c1110
argon2i10
security10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
P-H-C/phc-winner-argon2
Jan 2016 - Jun 2018
The password hash Argon2, winner of PHC
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 releases, 31 commits, 15 PRs in 2 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily focused on refactoring and improving the Argon2 password hashing implementation. Their contributions included renaming API functions, enhancing test coverage, and supporting variable-length hash outputs. The user also updated test vectors and corrected code indentation to maintain code quality and address potential issues. These modifications are crucial for the security and usability of the password hashing library.
password-hash
daniel-dinu/rational-perl
Feb 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:88 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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