The Usenix Annual Technical Conference is currently taking place at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, today through Friday.

Although registration is not cheap, the evening sessions/BoFs, "Partner Showcases", and, perhaps most interestingly, the debate between Dan Geer and a security chief from Microsoft have all been made free.

The Partner Showcases (both hardware exhibits and books) are taking place Tuesday and Wednesday, the BoF (Special Interest Group) sessions are taking place tonight through Thursday on a wide variety of topics, many of which are not listed on the Web site.

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   Dan Geer vs. Microsoft

   Salon F
   Wednesday, June 30, 3:30 p.m.--5:00 p.m.

   Is an Operating System Monoculture a Threat to Security?

   Dan Geer of Verdasys, Inc., and Scott Charney of Microsoft go
   head-to-head in a debate over one of today's most controversial
   technical topics.

   Moderated by Avi Rubin, Johns Hopkins University.

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The Debate and Partner Showcases do require a free registation (i.e. they want your name and address) so get there early for that process.

More info on the free sessions at:

    http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/opensess.html

Or drop by the Marriott for more on the BoF schedule.

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Arthur Gaer
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Senior Systems Manager, Department of Mathematics
Harvard University, 617-495-1610, FAX: 617-495-5132

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