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Primary Major / Department COMP ELEC CAAM Undeclared Other (please specify) (if ``other'') Class year 2000 2001 2002 2003 GS - MS/MA GS - MBA GS - PhD Other The university thinks I'm enrolled for credit auditing
Operating systems experience? (5) I hack kernels (4) Took Comp421 (or equiv) earlier (3) Taking Comp421 now (2) I've played with Unix (1) Only Microsoft people do OS's
Networking experience? (5) I hack protocol stacks (4) Took Comp429 (or equiv) earlier (3) Taking Comp429 now (2) I've written some network programs (1) I've surfed the Web
Language experience? (5) I hack language runtimes (or prove theorems about them) (4) Took Comp311 (or equiv) earlier (3) Taking Comp311 now (2) I've used interpreters within other projects (1) I only write machine code
Sysadm experience? (5) I've run huge heterogenous networks (4) I've maintained a multiuser Unix system (3) I have a tricked-out Linux box at home (2) I got Win98 to run OpenGL Quake without crashing (1) I'm still looking for the "Any" key
Hardware experience? (5) I can debug raw silicon with microprobes (4) I've engineered PC boards (3) I've breadboarded simple devices (2) I've installed new cards in my PC (1) I only do software
Hacking/cracking/phreaking experience? (5) My hack got front-page coverage (4) My virus is probably still out there somewhere (3) I removed the copy protection from Apple // games (2) I could read your e-mail if I wanted (1) I would never do such a thing
Software engineering experience? (5) Large teams, legacy software, QA, bug tracking, etc. (4) Medium teams, CVS, some release process. (3) Small teams, snapshot releases. (2) Class group projects, haphazard backup copies. (1) Individual hacking, living dangerously.
Crypto experience? (5) Broken or designed a commercially deployed cryptosystem (4) Implemented a standard cryptosystem (3) Used PGP or S/MIME (2) Used a secure Web site (1) Used a secret decoder ring
Mathematical experience (with emphasis on crypto)? (5) Comfortable with algebraic number theory (4) Rusty, but seen it before (3) Comfortable with algorithm analysis (2) Survived required calculus classes (1) Math is hard
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