Project Roadmap

Project Roadmap

Suggested build order organized by skill progression. Each phase builds on previous knowledge.

Current Status

• Completed: 3/60
• In Progress: Aenebris (Haskell Reverse Proxy)
• Next Up: DNS Lookup Tool

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Phase 1: Foundation Tools

Quick wins, core concepts

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
4	DNS Lookup Tool	Beginner	dnspython, DNS records, CLI	Low
5	Simple Port Scanner	Beginner	Sockets, threading, networking	Low
6	Caesar Cipher	Beginner	Cryptography basics, CLI	Low
7	Base64 Encoder/Decoder	Beginner	Encoding schemes, data formats	Low
8	Hash Cracker	Beginner	Hashing, wordlists, hashlib	Low

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Phase 2: File & Data Tools

Working with files, metadata, integrity

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
9	Metadata Scrubber	Beginner	EXIF, file parsing, PIL/PyPDF	Low
10	Steganography Tool	Beginner	LSB encoding, image manipulation	Low
11	File Integrity Monitor	Beginner	Checksums, watchdog, file I/O	Low-Med
12	Firewall Log Parser	Beginner	Log parsing, regex, visualization	Low-Med

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Phase 3: Network Reconnaissance

Network analysis and detection

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
13	Network Traffic Analyzer	Beginner	Scapy, packet capture, protocols	Medium
14	ARP Spoofing Detector	Beginner	ARP protocol, network monitoring	Medium
15	WiFi Network Scanner	Beginner	Wireless protocols, scapy	Medium
16	MAC Address Spoofer	Beginner	Network interfaces, OS commands	Low

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Phase 4: Detection & Defense

Security monitoring and alerts

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
17	SSH Brute Force Detector	Beginner	Log analysis, iptables, alerting	Medium
18	Phishing URL Detector	Beginner	URL parsing, Safe Browsing API	Low-Med
19	Security News Scraper	Beginner	Web scraping, BeautifulSoup, CVE	Low
20	Simple Vulnerability Scanner	Beginner	pip-audit, CVE databases	Medium

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Phase 5: Windows/System Tools

OS-specific security tools

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
21	Windows Registry Monitor	Beginner	winreg, Windows API	Medium
22	Ransomware Simulator	Beginner	Encryption, file handling	Medium

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Phase 6: Intermediate Network Security

Deeper network security concepts

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
23	Reverse Shell Handler	Intermediate	Sockets, sessions, cmd2	Medium
24	DDoS Mitigation Tool	Intermediate	Traffic analysis, iptables, anomaly detection	Medium-High
25	Wireless Deauth Detector	Intermediate	802.11, deauth frames, alerting	Medium
26	Network Intrusion Prevention	Intermediate	Snort rules, packet inspection	High
27	Network Baseline Monitor	Intermediate	Statistics, anomaly detection	Medium

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Phase 7: Web Security

Web application security testing

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
28	Web Vulnerability Scanner	Intermediate	httpx, XSS, SQLi, CSRF	High
29	OAuth Token Analyzer	Intermediate	JWT, PyJWT, token security	Medium
30	API Rate Limiter	Intermediate	Redis, token bucket, middleware	Medium
31	SSL/TLS Certificate Scanner	Intermediate	SSL/TLS, cipher suites, HSTS	Medium
32	Web Application Firewall	Intermediate	Reverse proxy, pattern matching	High

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Phase 8: Full-Stack Security Platforms

Complete applications with frontend

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
33	SIEM Dashboard	Intermediate	FastAPI, React, syslog, correlation	High
34	Threat Intelligence Aggregator	Intermediate	APIs, IOCs, WHOIS, enrichment	High
35	Password Policy Auditor	Intermediate	AD/LDAP, policy analysis	Medium
36	OSINT Reconnaissance Framework	Intermediate	Multiple data sources, automation	High

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Phase 9: Cloud & Container Security

Modern infrastructure security

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
37	Container Security Scanner	Intermediate	Docker API, Dockerfile analysis	Medium-High
38	Docker Security Audit	Intermediate	CIS benchmarks, container inspection	Medium
39	Cloud Asset Inventory	Intermediate	boto3, Azure SDK, GCP SDK	High
40	Backup Integrity Checker	Intermediate	Checksums, restoration testing	Medium

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Phase 10: Active Directory & Enterprise

Enterprise environment tools

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
41	Active Directory Enumeration	Intermediate	LDAP, AD structure, permissions	High
42	Privilege Escalation Finder	Intermediate	SUID, permissions, kernel exploits	High

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Phase 11: Binary & Mobile Analysis

Reverse engineering and app security

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
43	Binary Analysis Tool	Intermediate	PE/ELF parsing, disassembly	High
44	Mobile App Security Analyzer	Intermediate	APK/IPA decompilation, OWASP Mobile	High

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Phase 12: Advanced Platforms

Complex multi-component systems

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
45	Bug Bounty Platform	Advanced	Full-stack, CVSS, workflows	Very High
46	Cloud Security Posture Management	Advanced	Multi-cloud, CIS benchmarks	Very High
47	Malware Analysis Platform	Advanced	Sandboxing, YARA, behavior tracking	Very High

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Phase 13: AI & ML Security

Machine learning for security

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
48	AI Threat Detection	Advanced	ML, CICIDS2017, FastAPI inference	Very High
49	Adversarial ML Attacker	Advanced	FGSM, DeepFool, model robustness	Very High

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Phase 14: Offensive Security Tools

Red team and exploitation

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
50	Exploit Development Framework	Advanced	Metasploit-like, shellcode, payloads	Very High
51	Advanced Persistent Threat Simulator	Advanced	C2, lateral movement, persistence	Very High
52	Automated Penetration Testing	Advanced	Orchestration, full pentest workflow	Very High
53	Zero Day Vulnerability Scanner	Advanced	Fuzzing, AFL, crash triage	Very High
54	Distributed Password Cracker	Advanced	GPU, distributed computing	Very High

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Phase 15: Cutting Edge

Emerging security technologies

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
55	Quantum Resistant Encryption	Advanced	Kyber, Dilithium, liboqs	Very High
56	Blockchain Smart Contract Auditor	Advanced	Solidity, Mythril, Slither	Very High
57	Network Covert Channel	Advanced	DNS/ICMP tunneling, steganography	High
58	Supply Chain Security Analyzer	Advanced	Dependency analysis, typosquatting	Very High

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Phase 16: Low-Level & Kernel

System internals

#	Project	Difficulty	Key Skills	Est. Complexity
59	Kernel Rootkit Detection	Advanced	Volatility, memory forensics	Very High
60	Hardware Security Module Emulator	Advanced	PKCS#11, key management	Very High

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Progress Tracking

[###-----------------------------------------------] 3/60 (5%)

Completed: API Security Scanner, Encrypted P2P Chat, Keylogger
In Progress: Aenebris (Haskell Reverse Proxy)
Next: DNS Lookup Tool