John Flowers
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| Born: | October 13, 1970 Topeka, KS |
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| Occupation: | Founder of Case Films Founder of Kozoru Founder of nCircle |
John S. Flowers is a technology speaker, engineer, and reformed hacker. He has been involved in a number of technology-related start-up firms, both in Silicon Valley and Kansas, including the network security company nCircle (started in 1998 as Hiverworld.com and later renamed), and the search engine company Kozoru,[1] which was sold to David Warthen, Co-Founder of Ask Jeeves on October 24, 2006.[2]
In the official biography[3] related to Flowers' joining of the MITRE Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) editorial board,[4] he is listed as having worked for the news filtering company Inquisit (formerly known as Farcast) which was sold to Ask Jeeves in 1999, the energy company Aquila (formerly named UtiliCorp United), and Microsoft Corporation.
His presentations have often centered around network intrusion detection systems (NIDS) and application of software to assist in the flagging of unusual (potentially malicious) network activity. Flowers' most well known presentation was at Defcon 8, where he asked Robert Graham of Network ICE onstage.[5]
Flowers is listed as co-inventor on four US patents[6]
In October, 2006, Flowers started a Film and Post Production company focused on feature work.
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[edit] Controversy
In March 2006, Flowers became the subject of controversy as the result of an article published by a staff writer, David Martin of The Pitch (a free weekly paper owned by New Times Media), titled "A Million Little Pixels"[7] (a play on A Million Little Pieces the controversial autobiography of writer James Frey). Martin makes claims about Flowers' past, but offers few sources, citing blog comments and third-hand sources.
[edit] Accomplishments
- Engineer of Microsoft Corporation, 1994–1995.
- Chief Internet Architect of Aquila, 1996.
- Chief Architect of Farcast, 1997
- Founder of nCircle Network Security, February 4, 1998--Efforts resulted in three patents.
- Founder of kozoru, Inc., July 1, 2004.
- Senior Artisan of Pixel Corps Compositing Team.
[edit] Patents
- October 18, 2005, US Patent #6,957,348 "Interoperability of vulnerability and intrusion detection systems" filed on August 25, 2000 by John Flowers and Thomas C. Stracener.[8]
- July 4, 2006, US Patent #7,073,198 "Method and system for detecting a vulnerability in a network" filed on August 25, 2000 by John Flowers and Thomas C. Stracener.[9]
- January 9, 2007, US Patent #7,162,742 "Interoperability of vulnerability and intrusion detection systems" filed on November 12, 2004 by John Flowers and Thomas C. Stracener.[10]
- February 20, 2007, US Patent #7,181,769 "Network security system having a device profiler communicatively coupled to a traffic monitor" filed on June 6, 2003 by Timothy D. Keanini, et al.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ French, Garrett (May 31, 2006). "Investigating byoms with kozoru founder John Flowers". Search Engine Lowdown.
- ^ Hayes, David (October 25, 2006). "kozoru Closes". Kansas City Star.
- ^ Cristey, Steven. John Flowers has joined the CVE Editorial Board, posting including Flowers' biography. (March 7, 2001)
- ^ Nigel Ravenhill of Bravo! Marketing for nCircle. nCircle Chief Scientist John S. Flowers Appointed to Security Industry's Common Vulnerability and Exposures Editorial Board (Google Cache). (May 9, 2001). Retrieved from Google Cache May 5, 2006.
- ^ Defcon 8 Presentations, Real Media Video and Audio files.
- ^ US Patent and Trademark Office, US Patent Search
- ^ "A Million Little Pixels" The Pitch March 2006
- ^ U.S. Patent 6,957,348
- ^ U.S. Patent 7,073,198
- ^ U.S. Patent 7,162,742
- ^ U.S. Patent 7,181,769
- Lee, A. (July 29, 2004). "Technology firm hopes to answer questions". The Johnson County Sun. Retrieved May 5, 2006.
- Malik, Om. (December 1, 2004). "Escape from Silicon Valley". Business 2.0. Retrieved May 5, 2006.
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| NAME | Flowers, John S. |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Entrepreneur; Security researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Topeka, Kansas, United States of America |
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