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Christien Rioux, also known by his handle DilDog, is the co-founder and chief scientist for the Burlington, Massachusetts
based company Veracode
, for which he is the main patent holder.
Educated at MIT, Rioux was a computer security research at L0pht Heavy Industries and then at the company @Stake
(later bought by Symantec
). While at @stake he looked for security weaknesses in software and led the development of Smart Risk Analyzer (SRA). He co-authored the best-selling Windows password auditing tool @stake LC (L0phtCrack) and the AntiSniff network intrusion detection system.
He is also a member of Cult of the Dead Cow
and its Ninja Strike Force. Formerly, he was a member of L0pht
and subsequent employee of @stake
and Symantec
, where he was responsible for many security advisories.
DilDog is best known as the author of the original code for Back Orifice 2000
, an open source remote administration
tool. He is also well known as the author of "The Tao of Windows Buffer Overflow."
Burlington, Massachusetts
Burlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 24,498 at the 2010 census.- History :It is believed that Burlington takes its name from the English town of Bridlington, however this has never been confirmed....
based company Veracode
Veracode
Veracode is a Burlington, Massachusetts-based application security company offering a cloud-based platform for application risk management. Veracode was founded in 2006 by a team of application security practitioners from @stake, Guardent, Symantec, and VeriSign to provide an automated third party...
, for which he is the main patent holder.
Educated at MIT, Rioux was a computer security research at L0pht Heavy Industries and then at the company @Stake
@stake
ATstake, Inc. was a computer security professional services company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1999 by Battery Ventures and Ted Julian...
(later bought by Symantec
Symantec
Symantec Corporation is the largest maker of security software for computers. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock market index.-History:...
). While at @stake he looked for security weaknesses in software and led the development of Smart Risk Analyzer (SRA). He co-authored the best-selling Windows password auditing tool @stake LC (L0phtCrack) and the AntiSniff network intrusion detection system.
He is also a member of Cult of the Dead Cow
Cult of the Dead Cow
Cult of the Dead Cow, also known as cDc or cDc Communications, is a computer hacker and DIY media organization founded in 1984 in Lubbock, Texas. The group maintains a weblog on its site, also titled "Cult of the Dead Cow"...
and its Ninja Strike Force. Formerly, he was a member of L0pht
L0pht
L0pht Heavy Industries was a hacker collective active between 1992 and 2000 and located in the Boston, Massachusetts area.-Name:The second character in its name was originally a slashed zero, a symbol used by old teletypewriters and some character mode operating systems to mean zero...
and subsequent employee of @stake
@stake
ATstake, Inc. was a computer security professional services company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1999 by Battery Ventures and Ted Julian...
and Symantec
Symantec
Symantec Corporation is the largest maker of security software for computers. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock market index.-History:...
, where he was responsible for many security advisories.
DilDog is best known as the author of the original code for Back Orifice 2000
Back Orifice 2000
Back Orifice 2000 is a computer program designed for remote system administration. It enables a user to control a computer running the Microsoft Windows operating system from a remote location. The name is a pun on Microsoft BackOffice Server software.BO2k debuted on July 10, 1999 at DEF CON 7...
, an open source remote administration
Remote administration
Remote administration refers to any method of controlling a computer from a remote location.Software that allows remote administration is becoming increasingly common and is often used when it is difficult or impractical to be physically near a system in order to use it, or in order to access web...
tool. He is also well known as the author of "The Tao of Windows Buffer Overflow."