FW: [sg-dc] Announcement

[R. A. Hettinga]

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Status:  U
From: "Bruce Potter" <gdead at shmoo.com>
To: "'R. A. Hettinga'" <rah at shipwright.com>,
   "'R. A. Hettinga'" <rahettinga at earthlink.net>
Subject: FW: [sg-dc] Announcement
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 19:59:58 -0500

So which address works now? ;)
[all of them do, thanks to an RFC-violating A-record :-) -- RAH]
Could you forward this announcement to the list?  We're trying to drum
up interest in other areas besides DC and Seattle (we've got a chapter
starting there as well) and I figured DCSB was a good place to cover a
lot of geographic area.

later

bruce

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The DC Security Geeks are proud to announce that, starting February
28th, there will be monthly meetings for security professionals in the
Northern Virginia / Washington DC area.  The meetings are free, and open
to all.

Meetings will be held on the last Thursday of every month at the
Virginia Tech graduate center (on the Metro in Falls Church, VA). They
will be from 7:30-9:30pm.  The exact room number will be posted in the
lobby the night of the meeting.

The DC Security Geeks web site has a mailing list, directions, meeting
information.  See dc.securitygeeks.com.

Detailed information on our first meeting is at the bottom of this mail.

Here are our upcoming events:

Feb. 28, 2002
- Bruce Potter, Verisign (author of an upcoming O'Reilly book on 802.11
security)
  802.1x -- What it Really Means to Wireless Security
- Open Discussion:State of The Security Industry in the DC area

Mar. 28, 2002
- Russ Housley, RSA Labs (co-author of Planning for PKI)
  PKI Future Directions

Apr. 25, 2002
- Shawn Geddis, Apple (head of the Secure Trusted OS Consortium)
(tentative)
  Apple OS X Security and the Secure Trusted OS Consortium

May 30, 2002
- John Viega, Secure Software (co-author of Building Secure Software)
(tentative)
  Why SSL isn't Securing Your Software

Securitygeeks is an effort to foster communication between security
professionals on a regional basis.  Computer security is a growing
concern these days, but most security events are either hacker cons or
technical tutorials. Through Securitygeeks, we are hoping to provide a
forum for folks to get together on a monthly basis, hear a few talks on
contemporary security issues, and network with other security geeks.
People interested in having a Security Geeks chapter in their own area
should mail us at sg.core at shmoo.com.

Here are the details on this month's event:

Talk: 802.1x -- What it Really Means to Wireless Security
Speaker: Bruce Potter, Verisign, Inc.

Abstract
Wireless networks are everywhere. While driving down the Dulles Toll
Road, you can pick up dozens of corporate wireless access points with
equipment available from any computer store. Most organizations are
unaware of the risks associated with having a deployed WLAN.
Unfortunately, even those that do understand the risks do not
necessarily understand how to secure themselves. 802.1x is a new
protocol to provide port level authentication for all IEEE 802 based
networks. Some companies claim 802.1x will be the savior of secure
wireless computing. Others see it as misguided and overly complex. This
talk will examine the risks in wireless computing and whether or not
802.1x can live up to its hype.

About the Speaker
By day, Bruce Potter is the Manager of Network and Security Operations
for the Mass Markets Division of VeriSign, Inc. By night, Mr. Potter
works on various independent network and security projects. He is the
author of a forthcoming O'Reilly book on 802.11 Wireless security. Mr.
Potter is the founder of NoVAWireless, a community wireless network
group for the greater Northern Virginia area. He is also the founder of
The Shmoo Group, a three-year old ad-hoc group of security professionals
scattered throughout the world. Mr. Potter spends his time working on
wireless security, large scale network architectures, assisting with
open source software projects, and complaining about insecure coding
practices.

Open Discussion: State of the Security Industry in the DC area

Between the ".com" layoffs, people in big industry and government, and
those who are still working at start-ups, what's the state of the
security industry in the DC area? How have we been influenced by the
bubble bursting and the recent September 11 attacks?




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R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah at ibuc.com>
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