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Digital Orukami is a student portfolio.
Orukami is the Japanese translation of the English word origami.
Digitally folding creative solutions and conceptual projects that keep me inspired on my path to a master's degree in Cybersecurity with a focus in AI for Cybersecurity.
This is a creative and conceptual mind map of me folding Digital Orukami for anyone to enjoy.
RakGnarRack Project: UNICORN
RakGnarRack Project: UNICORN
These are projects that I have started or in the process of development. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
RakGnarRack Project
RakGnarRack Project
Project Description:
The RakGnarRack is a 6-node distributed network security monitoring cluster built entirely from refurbished Intel NUC mini-PCs, housed in custom modular enclosures designed and 3D-printed from scratch. Running Security Onion across a mix of Manager, Search, and Forward nodes, the cluster delivers real SOC-grade visibility — live packet capture, intrusion detection via Suricata, network flow analysis via Zeek, and full PCAP retention, all on a student budget.
The RakGnarRack is the hardware backbone of the AEGIS Project. Each node in the cluster serves as a dedicated plugin tower, exposing live sensor APIs that feed directly into the AEGIS MCP server — giving Claude the ability to query real security data in natural language from anywhere in the world.
Original Pentium NUC device (left) using compatible chipset adpaters that can support monitor mode. Motherboard are taken out of the enclosures for teh custom chassis fitting and design. Same process is taken for the i5 and i7 motherboard used in the unicorn build.
The most challenging part of the build is designing a custom chassis to fit proprietary NUC motherboards. The right tools help — CAD software gets you close — but there is no AI that can do this part for you. Not perfectly. Not the way you want it. This is millimeter-level work. Measure, design, print, test, adjust, and repeat until it fits exactly right.
The chassis is currently on version 2.2. Every successful print increments the version by 0.1 — each number represents a real iteration, a real adjustment, a real improvement. Weeks of work to get here. The chassis is finally mounted and fitted correctly, and now the focus shifts to upgrading the hardware inside it.
These photos show the chassis at various stages of assembly — NUC motherboards seated inside custom 3D-printed enclosures, Corsair Vengeance DDR4 modules installed, ribbon cables routed, and antenna connectors positioned for the RF research node. What looks clean in the final shot started as raw open source print files that needed to be redesigned from scratch to fit properly.
Building the right parts meant learning tools that were never part of the original plan. CAD work on a XP-Pen 24 Artist tablet, modeling in Shapr3D, and jumping between platforms to get the geometry right. Basic 3D design was never on the roadmap — but the hardware demanded it. You either learn the tools or the build stops. So you learn the tools.
15U - Repurposing Legacy
15U - Repurposing Legacy
This build pushes the boundaries of filament density and durability using economical generic PLA. PLA is sensitive to heat — it can warp or collapse under sustained thermal load — so the entire rack design is built around a semi-open enclosure that prioritizes airflow above everything else. If every component stays below 150 degrees, there is no failure. That is the theory and so far it holds.
Almost every part in this rack came from decommissioned legacy hardware. Repurposed and recommissioned devices are where most of the sourcing happens — brand new parts only get ordered when there is no other option. Each 1U slot in the rack is either a fan or a device. The current build plan targets 8 CPU nodes operating as a cluster for heuristic RF and network monitoring, feeding directly into the Kismet Project and AEGIS.
All of the rack mounts are custom pieces that have developed over time. Everything is still in a live prototype state and constantly changing. We will soon be mounting the type of fans decided on for the low sound output. Allowing the user to have a silent rack system in a small apartment or room is ideal for most colelge students.
This is a custom keystone chassis mount that is split between RJ45 keystones and HDMI keystones. This mount is also designed to have custom lighting installed allowing it to be highly customizable rack system. Might as well have fun with it.
Kismet Project — Plugin Adapters
The Kismet Project is built around a plugin adapter architecture. Each adapter is a dedicated data source connected to the ECHO-RF node inside the RakGnarRack, capturing a specific type of signal from the surrounding environment and exposing it as a live data stream through the AEGIS MCP server.
The RTL433 adapter is the first. Using a software-defined radio dongle operating in passive receive-only mode, it decodes unencrypted 433MHz transmissions from hundreds of consumer device types — weather stations, vehicle tire pressure sensors, IoT devices, smart meters, RF remotes, and aircraft transponders. All of that becomes queryable by Claude in natural language the moment the plugin is connected.
More adapters are in development. Each one follows the same pattern — one file, one data source, one new layer of intelligence added to AEGIS. The interactive reference below documents what the RTL433 adapter is currently seeing and what each signal type means in the context of security research and environmental awareness.
These adapters serve as the eyes and ears for AEGIS. <-----Make sure to check out AEGIS Project.
All activity demonstrated through the Kismet Project and its plugin adapters is conducted within a controlled home lab environment for educational and research purposes only. No data captured during demonstrations is stored, logged, shared, or used for the surveillance of any individual or device outside of the lab. All RF capture is passive and receive-only — no signals are transmitted and no devices are interfered with. This project exists to teach wireless security concepts to ECHO Club members at Front Range Community College and to document the architecture of the AEGIS platform. Nothing shown here should be replicated outside of a controlled environment without a full understanding of applicable local, state, and federal laws.
Ethical Cybersecurity Hackers Ops
[ECHO CLUB]
Ethical Cybersecurity Hackers Ops was created to help students bridge the theory concepts taught in class and apply them with hands on creative support of a student led organization.
Ethical Cybersecurity Hackers Ops
ECHO CLUB
Get in touch at [orukami@proton.me]
Get in touch at [orukami@proton.me]
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