Maxim Menshikov

Static analysis reseacher and startup founder


Projects - Commercial

    MediaTek platform bringup Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++

    Bringup of a MediaTek SoC to a software project along with the kernel, uBoot, target setup.





    Equid IDE integration Commercial EXTERNAL

    • Java

    Eclipse IDE integration for the Equid static analyzer.





    WiFi Mesh investigation Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++

    Find and fix numerous issues in a commercial WiFi Mesh implementation.



    Minimal Message Broker Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++, Python

    Message broker that can be installed to embedded software and used from Python test suite.



    Wristband software Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++

    Wristband software was ported to new hardware and gradually improved.



    Wristband Test Suite Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++, Python

    A complete test suite for wristband software based on Robot Framework



    Bluetooth emulator Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++, Python

    Emulator of Bluetooth activity for a consumer electronics device





    Malware detection Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++, Assembler

    Detected, reverse-engineered and eliminated malware in a big project.







    SECCOMP for legacy kernel Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++

    SECCOMP mechanism has been ported to older Linux to facilitate LXC integration.



    Package Manager for router software Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++

    A custom package manager has been coded for a commercial router software. It was based on opkg, but supported many additional features.



    OpenVPN solution for router software Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++

    A custom OpenVPN solution for Linux-based router software was architected, developed and made available publicly. Partially supports cryptography offloading and packet traffic acceleration.



    Containerization support for router software Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++

    A complete solution based on LXC has been written for commercial router. It was created with resource constraints in mind, so it actually could provide working containerization on a disk drive smaller than 30MB.



    OverlayFS support for router software Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++, Bash

    OverlayFS support has been implemented in Linux-based router software package. While the OverlayFS itself is a kernel's feature, a lot of efforts were put into making it supported on a complete solution level, with booting process altered, security, secure erase and other levels sorted out.



    Docker MIPS feasibility research Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++, Go

    The Docker didn't have MIPS support back at that time, but the customer wanted to see it running. I investigated whether it is possible to port Docker (yes, it was), however, we stumbled upon Docker's design implications that prevented us from finishing the project.



    WiFi driver fixes Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++

    Fixed multiple issues in Atheros and Intel (Metalink) WiFi drivers.





    DWC2 USB driver port Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++

    Ported DWC2 driver to a new platform, significantly improving stability and performance.



    Custom static analyzer for router software Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C#

    Since we had a host controller driver which was fatally flawed regarding locking, I've made a custom static analyzer to deal with locking problems. It was based on Roslyn patched to support C.



    Refactoring of USB Host Controller Driver Commercial EXTERNAL

    • Assembler, C, C++

    Host Controller Driver used in one of commercial SoCs has been fatally flawed. Fixing it was a major challenge, which required creation of a custom static analyzer.



    IPSec solution for router software Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++

    An L2TP/L2TP+IPSec solution for Linux-based router software was architected, developed and made available publicly. It also works with partial cryptography and packet traffic acceleration.



    Certificate Store for router software Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++

    I've architected and implemented a complete certificate store module for commercial router, which supported certificate/private key generation, import/export, verification against a private key. Still used without major edits (as of 2022).





    Custom DynDNS client Commercial EXTERNAL

    • C, C++

    I've created a custom DynDNS client that is deployed to thousands of devices worldwide.