Ron Bowes
Research Scientist at GreyNoise + SkullSecurity
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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RockstarRon Bowes is a research scientist and lead security researcher based in Seattle with 14 years of experience building and analyzing secure systems. He blends deep protocol and backend engineering expertise with practical security research, exemplified by his work implementing core server logic, session management, and a modern encryption protocol for the well-known dnscat2 project. Comfortable at the intersection of offensive security and software development, he focuses on resilient, auditable implementations and novel key-exchange and tunneling techniques. Colleagues know him for shipping low-level, security-critical features that require both systems thinking and careful cryptographic integration. Outside of day-to-day research, he contributes to open-source tooling that advances network-security experimentation and threat analysis.
14 years of coding experience
Github Skills (8)
c-programming10
networking10
cryptography10
encryption10
tcp9
exchange9
udp9
command-line-tool8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
iagox86/dnscat2
Jan 2013 - Jan 2022
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 994 commits, 28 PRs in 9 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Ron primarily focused on implementing the core logic and infrastructure of the dnscat2 server. This included adding support for the new encryption protocol, the integration of session management, and the incorporation of a tunnel driver. The changes indicate a deep involvement with the underlying protocol implementation, including the handling of various packet types and the integration of key exchange mechanisms.
iagox86/hash_extender
Aug 2012 - Jul 2022
Contributions:123 commits, 13 PRs, 13 pushes in 10 years
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