iTALC Deployment

The purpose of this project was to implement iTALC on a pair of labs’ workstations.  The problem was that professors needed a presentation tool to control what can be done on each lab computer.  Each lab computer, and both instructor stations, were set up with the iTALC software.  Now professors can view a live feed…

GAG Bootloader Solution

A lab’s workstations needed to be able to use wake-on-LAN and remote tools, but were not able to load after reboot using their prior bootloader.  Previously, the lab workstation would be prompted with a nag screen making each workstation inaccessible until a button was physically pressed.  GAG bootloader can now be used to boot into the…

Build System Monitoring Solution

An educational entity requested a solution that is capable of auditing their workstations. Their primary goal is to monitor logins to ensure that workstations are not being accessed after open hours. The ideal solution would also generate and send emails as alerts. Expanding on the original scope of the solution, LibreNMS was chosen for its…

Build Proxy Server

A transparent proxy server was created and implemented. The purpose of the transparent proxy is to reduce bandwidth and increase download speed. A virtual machine utilizing pfSense (a Linux based firewall) with a Squid transparent proxy add-on was created to provide easier manageability. Reports can be generated to show details regarding web traffic as well….

Local Not-For-Profit Logical Network Map

A local not-for-profit needed a Logical Map of their entire network, since the Physical was already completed. The logical network included the names of the desktop computers, as well as which network they were connected to. These were based on the IYG assets that were in an Excel document, then grouped based on different categories from a Word…

Virtual Lab Environments

This project provides university students access to virtual machines and environments for penetration testing, networking security, and forensics practice, as well as SQL databases. With a current total of five machines running virtualization software, our servers currently support 29 usable VMs. Our an application container server can accommodate an expanding number of SQL databases. It was…

Build WordPress Online Forms

A local non-profit organization website dedicated to finding foster homes and adoptive owners for dogs in the state of Indiana needs their adoption process updated. Currently the application process to adopt a dog is done via a pdf that has to be either scanned and emailed, or sent out by regular mail to the organization. The goal of…

Compensation Calculator

This project is to design and implement a Compensation Calculator for a local government personnel website. The personnel department would like to add to their website a web application that will help a new or potential associate calculate the total amount of compensation to be received in their new position based off the current year’s…

Administrative Database

For this project, I created a back-end database for an administrative office within an educational institution. The client is currently storing all of their information in excel files, and needed a database in order to have a more professional representation of their data. I achieved this goal by designing the database using an ER diagram,…

Secure Cloud Infrastructure

The purpose of our project is to configure a secure cloud server to operate using OpenStack Juno on Ubuntu. We have four nodes that will operate together at the end of the project. When everything is complete you will be able to launch multiple instances and expand your network rapidly while managing your resources efficiently….