NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra
Feb 2026 – Jul 2026
3 Months active
Languages Used
GradleJava
Technical Skills
Build EngineeringCross-Platform DevelopmentDebugger DevelopmentGDBGradleGradle Build Management
Kurt Miller
PROFILE
Kurt Miller
Contributed to the NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra project by delivering OpenBSD platform support and debugger integration, enabling stable cross-platform debugging workflows for x86_64 and ARM64 architectures. Addressed build engineering challenges by aligning toolchains and ensuring compatibility with OpenBSD’s installed protobuf and GDB. Enhanced documentation to reflect new debugger capabilities, streamlining onboarding and reducing support overhead for OpenBSD users. Resolved a critical bug by restoring GDB register descriptor retrieval, maintaining consistency with upstream parsing logic and improving reliability across Linux and BSD environments. Demonstrated expertise in Java, Gradle, and Python, with a focus on system programming, reverse engineering, and technical documentation.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
67%Features
Repository Contributions
6Total
Bugs
1
Commits
6
Features
2
Lines of code
258
Activity Months3
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Work History
July 2026
1 Commits
Jul 1, 2026July 2026 monthly summary for NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra. Focused on stabilizing cross-platform debugging workflows and maintaining OpenBSD compatibility. Key achievements: - GDB Register Descriptor Retrieval on OpenBSD Restored: Reverted restrictive changes that blocked retrieval, removed platform-specific checks, and restored the original parsing logic. Commit: 319ab576d4f7bd8577a74c84a53fb017dffa3679. - Strengthened cross-platform robustness for OpenBSD/amd64 debugging by ensuring register descriptor parsing aligns with upstream GDB expectations, reducing platform-specific failure modes. Major bugs fixed: - GDB Register Descriptor Retrieval on OpenBSD: Fixed by reverting platform-specific restrictions and restoring the prior parsing pathway to maintain compatibility with existing tooling. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Restored reliable OpenBSD debugging support in ghidra, improving developer productivity and reducing platform-specific maintenance burden. - Enhanced stability of the GDB integration across Linux and BSD environments by keeping the parsing logic consistent with upstream expectations. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Version control discipline (reverts, commits) and traceability. - Cross-platform OS-level debugging and parsing logic. - Problem diagnosis, rollback planning, and targeted code restoration to preserve functionality.
1 Commits
Jul 1, 2026July 2026 monthly summary for NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra. Focused on stabilizing cross-platform debugging workflows and maintaining OpenBSD compatibility. Key achievements: - GDB Register Descriptor Retrieval on OpenBSD Restored: Reverted restrictive changes that blocked retrieval, removed platform-specific checks, and restored the original parsing logic. Commit: 319ab576d4f7bd8577a74c84a53fb017dffa3679. - Strengthened cross-platform robustness for OpenBSD/amd64 debugging by ensuring register descriptor parsing aligns with upstream GDB expectations, reducing platform-specific failure modes. Major bugs fixed: - GDB Register Descriptor Retrieval on OpenBSD: Fixed by reverting platform-specific restrictions and restoring the prior parsing pathway to maintain compatibility with existing tooling. Overall impact and accomplishments: - Restored reliable OpenBSD debugging support in ghidra, improving developer productivity and reducing platform-specific maintenance burden. - Enhanced stability of the GDB integration across Linux and BSD environments by keeping the parsing logic consistent with upstream expectations. Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Version control discipline (reverts, commits) and traceability. - Cross-platform OS-level debugging and parsing logic. - Problem diagnosis, rollback planning, and targeted code restoration to preserve functionality.
July 2026
June 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2026June 2026: OpenBSD debugger support documentation updated for ghidra, removing the '(no debugger support)' disclaimer for OpenBSD x86_64 and ARM64. The changes align docs with current capabilities and were implemented in commit 6cc363160817af9adb36a0fc0ad0cc16f32c3981. Impact: faster onboarding for OpenBSD developers, reduced support queries, and improved cross-platform debugging readiness across ghidra.
June 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2026June 2026: OpenBSD debugger support documentation updated for ghidra, removing the '(no debugger support)' disclaimer for OpenBSD x86_64 and ARM64. The changes align docs with current capabilities and were implemented in commit 6cc363160817af9adb36a0fc0ad0cc16f32c3981. Impact: faster onboarding for OpenBSD developers, reduced support queries, and improved cross-platform debugging readiness across ghidra.
February 2026
4 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 monthly summary for NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra: OpenBSD support and debugger integration delivered, expanding cross-platform capability and stabilizing the OpenBSD workflow.
4 Commits • 1 Features
Feb 1, 2026February 2026 monthly summary for NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra: OpenBSD support and debugger integration delivered, expanding cross-platform capability and stabilizing the OpenBSD workflow.
February 2026
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Quality Metrics
Correctness93.4%
Maintainability93.4%
Architecture90.0%
Performance86.6%
AI Usage50.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
GradleJava
Technical Skills
Build EngineeringCross-Platform DevelopmentDebugger DevelopmentGDBGradleGradle Build ManagementJavaJava DevelopmentOpenBSDPOSIXProtobufPythonReverse EngineeringSystem Programmingdocumentation
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