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◻️ About me

Mihai here. I'm a geek with a passion for networking, automation, and steganography.

◻️ Current work

✨ Main focus

• aiNOC: Network Troubleshooting Framework based on Claude Code, MCP, and Python:
  • 🔥 Project available HERE
    

◻️ Code for Network Engineers

🔹 Maintained

• 🔎 Network traffic analysis and steganography:
  
  • pCAP - Threat-hunting project for network traffic analysis, built around a fully automated pipeline using Ansible, Python, Zeek, and Suricata.
    • Code available here
      
  • VulnMap - Python-based network scanning and analysis tool built on top of Nmap. Network vulnerability scanner and brute force analyzer.
    • Code available here
      
  • hARP - Network steganography tool for covert communication via spoofed ARP caches and SSH. Based on the Active Self-Hosted Network Dead Drops concept.
    • Code available here
      
  • hm-nmap - Covert communication using messages encoded in open ports and decoded via nmap. Based on the Passive Self-Hosted Network Dead Drops concept.
    • Code available here
      
  • DHushCP - Covert communication tool that uses the DHCP protocol to enable secure and hidden message transmission; optionally, it uses nested steganography by embedding zero-width text.
    • Code available here
      
  • SShiD - Covert communication tool that uses Wi-Fi beacons and Vendor-Specific Information Elements (IEs) to enable secure and hidden message exchange between two machines.
    • Code available here
      
  • DHcw - Covert communication tool using dimension-hopping steganography with chaffing & winnowing, for TCP connections.
    • Details not available yet. Currently still in the design phase.

🔸 Legacy

• 🎓 Legacy Python scripts for networking:
  
  • osintr - OSINT tool for online research via SerperDev and Firecrawl.
    • Code available here
      
  • ospfD - Discover OSPF routers in a network and visualize the topology.
    • Code available here
      
  • prompt2packet - AI-assisted network traffic generator written in Python.
    • Code available here
      
  • basic-nmap - Basic script for NMAP scanning, using the nmap module.
    • Code available here
      
  • config-mgmt - Basic script for config management with Netmiko and difflib.
    • Code available here
      
  • lldp-syslog - Basic script for LLDP log analysis, using Netmiko and regex.
    • Code available here
      
  • network-param - Scripts for extracting network parameters, using Paramiko.
    • Code available here
      
  • pcap-analysis - Basic script for PCAP analysis, with Pandas, sklearn, scapy.
    • Code available here
      
  • rogue-dhcp - Script for detecting rogue DHCP servers on the LAN with scapy.
    • Code available here
      
  • snmp-objects - Basic script for SNMPv3 Get, Set, and Walk with EasySNMP.
    • Code available here
      
  • ssh-connection - Scripts for performing SSH connections using Paramiko.
    • Code available here
      
  • scapy-sniffer - Basic script for traffic sniffing using scapy.
    • Code available here
      
  • subnet-basic - Basic subnet calculator in Python, first draft.
    • Code available here
      
  • telnet-avaya - Basic script for telnetting into Avaya ERS devices.
    • Code available here
      
  • vuln-analysis - Script for basic vulnerability analysis with sklearn.
    • Code available here
      
  • quicJ - Script for covert comms using jitter modulation, first draft.
    • Code available here
      

◻️ Courses

• 🔥 Practical Network Automation (PNA) series on Udemy:
  
  • Automate Network Tasks with Claude AI and MCP Server
    
    • Course available here
      
  • Automate Network Threat Hunting with Ansible and Python
    • Course available here
      
  • Automate Network Vulnerability Scanning with Python and Nmap
    • Course available here
      

◻️ Community

• 📄 LinkedIn articles:

  • Starting your Python adventure: The good, the bad and the ugly
    • Article available here
  • Why I stopped chasing tech certifications over 12 years ago?
    • Article available here

• 👨‍🎓 Join my Tech Talent Pool on LinkedIn:
  

  • Mihai’s Inner Circle: Tech Talent Pool
    • 13,000+ engineers. No sales, no recruiters, no spam.
      

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📧 Professional Collaborations

• Email Address:
  Please direct your inquiries to hello@ainoc.dev.
• Available for remote (full-time | freelancing | project-based) collaborations.
• Hybrid ≠ Remote.