[nycbug-talk] bsdcan?

[G.Rosamond]

On May 18, 2004, at 4:14 PM, Isaac Levy wrote:

> On May 18, 2004, at 5:06 PM, Pete Wright wrote:
>
>> yea i couldn't put it better!  i think the only thing we didn't 
>> accomplish at BSDCan was convincing any locals to invaded the states 
>> and replace our healthcare system ;^)
>
> Yeah- seems like a country with CHILDREN SLEDING on the back of their 
> $5 bill has other stuff on their mind than war...  Really cool culture 
> and people, I must say.
>
> Rocket-
> .ike
>

I didn't make every session, since I was at the BSDMall table a lot, 
but this is what I did hit:

Theo's talk on Exploit Mitigation Techiques

I'm not a developer, but understood the issues and methods before hand. 
  Covered the ProPolice issue, W^X/W XOR X, and more.  Fascinating 
meeting.

Ryan McBride's talk on pf

It was labelled an intro meeting, but it was more like an overview 
about the functionality, not writing firewall rulesets (phew).  
Interestingly, the origins of CARP is with SAMBA. . .

Dan's talk on Bacula

Much thought still going on here with this topic. . .I knew about the 
technology already, but have some ideas for some funky implementations 
and add-ons.

Paul X (always forget his hyphenated Scandanavian last name, and am too 
tired to lookup) on GBDE

Essentially a followup on the earlier GEOM talk which I missed, but 
explored the various issues related to the FreeBSD encryption method.  
I highly recommend reading his paper, which I'll post the url of in my 
notes, particularly for those who were at Roland's talk on NetBSD's 
cgd.

I'm sure there were more talks I attended, but it's all a bit blurry at 
the moment. . .

The discussions in the car, at the bar, in the hall, etc were truly 
remarkable.  We all sit in our little atomized worlds, interacting 
reguarly, but never having the space to adequately address things. . 
.This was different.  It wasn't just exhausting since we went out and 
drank much each night, but rather since our brains were in constant 
motion.  If anyone feels otherwise, I want to hear about it.

More to come later. . .from meeting notes. . .

Plus my pictures.  Don't worry JC, won't put them *all* up <g>

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