Dave Dittrich
Self Employed
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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SeniorDave Dittrich is a veteran computer security researcher, consultant, and founder who blends a hacker mindset with decades of operational and academic experience to help organizations build more resilient systems. As President of Liminal Information and a longtime independent consultant and Honeynet Project founding member, he has pioneered analysis of DDoS tools, IRC-based botnets, and active defense techniques. He translates deep attacker-focused research into practical defensive countermeasures, forensics, and incident response advice for nontechnical stakeholders. Based in Seattle, he has a history of sharing tools and knowledge freely to raise collective security while navigating the legal and ethical dimensions of active cyber defense. Notably, his early public dissections of DDoS and botnet ecosystems remain foundational references for practitioners and investigators.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
26reputation
455reached
2answers
0questions
Github Skills (162)
molecule10
python10
testing10
nagios10
automation10
ssh10
podman10
network-configuration10
ansible-lint10
testinfra10
ansible10
cli10
flash10
network-traffic10
sd-card10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
davedittrich/utils
Jul 2021 - Dec 2024
Ansible collection for my opinionated development workstation configuration
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 4 PRs in 3 years 5 months
devopsansibleworkstationansible-collection
davedittrich/python_secrets
Apr 2018 - Jul 2022
Python CLI for managing secrets and eliminating default passwords in FOSS
Contributions:1 review, 621 commits, 1 PR in 4 years 3 months
ansibleclicli-appcliffdefault-password
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