Upcoming Writes

Hey guys, took a big break before writing again I am currently working on 2 major AND highly broad topics:

1. A review paper on AI-Driven Malware Analysis of IoT Firmware
2. Contributing to sixlowpan: allow plain IPv6/6LoWPAN coexistence on shared links in ns-3 (I have already struggled enough here to the point of using Claude code to help me TwT)

For anyone landing here without context, quick primers so this series actually makes sense:

Importance of IoT firmware attack analysis: All I am gonna ask you to do is look at the encryption problem in F1 ECUs and definitely give a read on https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/
a lil clue on the attack approach:

6LoWPAN/IPv6 coexistence in ns-3: 6LoWPAN exists to compress IPv6 headers down to something that fits on low-power, lossy 802.15.4 links. The problem is getting plain IPv6 traffic and 6LoWPAN-compressed traffic to live on the same simulated link without one silently eating the other which means untangling whether the disambiguation should happen at the adaptation layer or lower, at the NetDevice/channel level. ns-3’s stack wasn’t exactly built assuming you’d want both coexisting, so this has been a lot of struggle.

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and my progress with both have been rather disappointing…so for the upcoming 2 months my writes are gonna be sole discoveries on these topics every single day entirely technical, yes, but I cannot assure you of the level of technicality.
And my asks from all of you are:

1. brutally honest opinions (that I very much asked for)
2. directional thinking that may or may not help me
3. questions (either your personal doubts or smth you solely post to brainfk me)
4. reminders and torture if I (god forbid) miss out on a day’s update

oh and here’s my github for further expected trolls — github.com/Ananyacodes
Bye Bye :))