Hello All,
We had put up a stall as part of the Information Security week on 08 and 09 august 2008. Although it was at a very short notice we were able to make best use of the time and facilities provided to us. First of all, we have to Thank the Kochi City Police Cyber Cell, especially Mr Manu, for providing us with all the facilities and encouraging us. It was his interest which made us to start on friday although we planned it on saturday. And thanks to Mr IB Manoj for giving our contact information to the organizers. We must also thank Mr Sudheesh and all the organizers including that of Asian School of Cyber law. Exhibition on Information Security -2008 by Kochi City Police Date : 08 - 09 August 2008 Time : 10 am - 7:30 pm Venue : Marine Drive, Ernakulam Stall : 34 Visitors : Approx 80 Event Details The first day saw only few people visiting the stall, although we were able to provide sufficient information, even with limited resources, as we hadnt planned for the programme on friday. We had an ltsp setup and a hardened gnu/linux distribution up for demo. Several a3 and a4 posters (about Free Software, Open Source and Licenses) including the flex banners adorned the stall. Mr Joel, who was an old active member, joined us and we planned to talk about security at the user and enterprise level. The second day had many ILUG members coming in for conducting the programme. We had few machines not picking up because of earthing problems. Unfortunately the ltsp client went down permanently, but the others machines came back. We had 3 machines, and two laptops displaying Gnu/Linux desktops, Applications, Graphics and 3d applications etc.. which was more than enough. We also had prepared handouts, leaflets and posters providing information about our activities and free software in general. Although Joel was ready with his tips on security and discussing security issues, we really never had audience asking questions that way. What basically happened was awareness. We had also sold Debian DVDs and Gnewsense CDs to meet the expenses. A few DVDs and CDs were given free to students. Joel had taken part in the "capture the flag" contest and again with Raju in the Quiz competition. Jay Jacob handled a seminar at 2pm talking about free software and security, with a lukewarm response, probably the lack of audience caused this. The crowd increased by evening, although many of them came to the event as part of their evening marine drive stroll. There were other people related to ILUG who thronged the venue, making our stall buzzing with action. The outcome was satisfactory, although we had expected a greater turnout. But anyway this was the first time probably in india, that the police had organized an IT related event, and considering this it was definitely a success for them. Congratulations to the Kochi city police for this endeavor and hope this event continues every year and is replicated in other districts and states as well. Thanks to ... Mr Manu from Cyber Cell for providing us this great opportunity. Mr IBManoj for giving information about ILUG Cochin Mr Sudheesh from Cyber Cell for the help in organizing Sreenadh for all round organization, without him the event wouldnt be possible Kurian for sleepless nights for preparing the handouts, notices and running around for purchasing stuff. Shibin, Sanjai, Raju for working hard at the venue to make things happen. Joel for coming back to the group after a long time and sharing his expertise on the security aspect at different levels. Devarajan Sir for taking a few good quality snaps and participating Shane for the calendars and sharing his experience with all and of course the photos. Suraj Sir for turning up unexpectedly and helping out with everything. Nimesh, for making the event enjoyable. And of course Jay Jacob for still keeping ILUG Cochin Running. The Stall photos are already available at the website. Hope I have provided all the details :) The exact turnout at our stall cannot be deduced from the visitors book. But as per inputs from the members it might be around 80 people altogether for 2 days. Thank You Regards Sameer Mohamed Thahir _______________________________________________ Mailinglist mailing list [email protected] http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org
