Kristof Provost
FreeBSD Src Committer at Codepro bvba
Flemish Brabant, Belgium
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Top SchoolKristof Provost is an experienced embedded and systems software engineer with 18 years focussed on FreeBSD, Linux, networking and low-level C/C++ development. As a FreeBSD src committer and owner of Codepro bvba he combines upstream open-source stewardship with hands-on freelance engineering for embedded and networking products. His contributions to high-profile projects like OpenVPN and pfSense include FreeBSD-specific enhancements, DCO data-channel work and AES-GCM security improvements, illustrating deep protocol and kernel-networking expertise. He has brought up FreeBSD on RISC-V SoCs and routinely tackles driver development, kernel integration and networking stack hardening for commercial and proof-of-concept products. Not actively seeking permanent roles, he prefers freelance or contract engagements and can be reached directly by email.
18 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Master’s Degree at Hogeschool Gent
French, Dutch, English
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Github Skills (25)
git10
vpn10
freebsd10
configuration-management10
firewall10
c1110
networking10
security10
c1710
system-administration10
pfsense10
ioctl9
linux-kernel9
makefile9
linux9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
pfsense/pfsense
Mar 2021 - Nov 2022
Main repository for pfSense
Role in this project:
Backend & System Engineer
Backend & System EngineerContributions:34 commits in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Kristof primarily contributed to the pfSense firewall project by modifying core system files. Their work includes adapting the system to use the upstream implementation of 'keepcounters', switching from custom keywords to standard ones like 'tos' for DSCP matching, and utilizing multi-label support for schedules. Further contributions include modifications to ensure correct operation of the captive portal and optimizing system configurations, as well as removing obsolete algorithms.
netmikofirewall-rulesrouterospfsensefreebsd
OpenVPN/openvpn
Jul 2022 - Dec 2022
OpenVPN is an open source VPN daemon
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:14 commits, 9 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Kristof primarily focused on enhancing OpenVPN's FreeBSD support. Their contributions include implementing data-channel offload (DCO) functionality, introducing iroute route entries, and adding support for AES-192-GCM. They also addressed code review remarks by using constants and improving the FreeBSD networking implementation. Furthermore, the user worked on reading DCO traffic stats and updating counters, thus improving the security aspect of the VPN.
securityvpndaemonwireguardopenvpn
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