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Status: U From: "Bruce Potter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'R. A. Hettinga'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'R. A. Hettinga'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 ----------------------- 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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? _______________________________________________ sg-dc mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.securitygeeks.com/mailman/listinfo/sg-dc --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]