From announce at lists.nycbug.org Sun May 2 23:20:36 2010 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Sun, 02 May 2010 23:20:36 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG this week Message-ID: <4BDE4104.3070904@ceetonetechnology.com> * Upcoming meetings * LOPSA PIC Conference * BSDCan * * * * May 05, 2010 Scapy 6:45 PM, Suspenders Restaurant http://www.suspendersbar.com/location.php Scapy is one of the most powerful packet manipulation programs currently available. One of its powerful features lies within its capability in creating and decoding packets using numerous different types of protocols. In addition, it also has the ability send and receive packets, plus performing a number of useful penetration testing tasks, such as, handling tasks like scanning, tracerouting, network discovery and certain attacks. It serves duties like sending invalid frames, and creating double encapsulated packets in order to perform VLAN hopping. Perform Nmap-like scan much faster, inject 802.11 wireless frames, and combine different types of custom manipulation techniques within a single packet. Kevin Figueroa has been a life-long resident of the Bronx. Over the last 13 years he has developed skills on a wide range of cyber security, which lead him to various certifications as, A+, Network +, Security +, and CEH. He has spoken at the several Cyber Security Conference in the world. Kevin is the President and Senior Security Analyst for K & T International Consulting, Inc, which provides a spectrum of cyber security services like, security analysis, penetration testing, compliance audit, wireless security assessment, and reverse engineering analysis. K & T International Consulting, Inc. has successfully managed projects for clients like, The Federal Reserve Bank, CitiGroup, MacQuesten Inc. and many Fortune 500 companies. He is also the founder of Bronx Academy of Intelligent Technologists (BAIT). This academy focuses on teaching cyber security, certification courses, and preforming IT security research and Development. By grooming children and young adults on future technologies and how to secure these technology the students will be a great asset in securing the future of Corporations and national infrastructure. June 2 2010, Nikolai on an Introduction to GDB for System Administrators and Programmers http://www.nycbug.org/index.php?NAV=Home;SUBM=10265 * * * * May 07, 2010 LOPSA PICC Conference (sysadmins and all invited!) Sysadmins and IT professionals! Training! Talks! Fun! Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ. (1 hour by train from Penn Station; then a 3 block walk: http://lopsanj.org/events/picc10/a-special-note-for-people-from-new-york-city-and-philly.html ) Non-profit, community-oriented. Unix/Windows/Storage/Networking! "Regional Conferences are your best conference value!" * * * * BSDCan is coming! May 11-14 in Ottawa, Canada http://www.bsdcan.org From announce at lists.nycbug.org Tue May 4 17:39:41 2010 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 17:39:41 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Tomorrow Message-ID: <4BE0941D.1080402@ceetonetechnology.com> May 05, 2010, Wednesday Scapy 6:45 PM, Suspenders Restaurant http://www.suspendersbar.com/location.php Scapy is one of the most powerful packet manipulation programs currently available. One of its powerful features lies within its capability in creating and decoding packets using numerous different types of protocols. In addition, it also has the ability send and receive packets, plus performing a number of useful penetration testing tasks, such as, handling tasks like scanning, tracerouting, network discovery and certain attacks. It serves duties like sending invalid frames, and creating double encapsulated packets in order to perform VLAN hopping. Perform Nmap-like scan much faster, inject 802.11 wireless frames, and combine different types of custom manipulation techniques within a single packet. Kevin Figueroa has been a life-long resident of the Bronx. Over the last 13 years he has developed skills on a wide range of cyber security, which lead him to various certifications as, A+, Network +, Security +, and CEH. He has spoken at the several Cyber Security Conference in the world. Kevin is the President and Senior Security Analyst for K & T International Consulting, Inc, which provides a spectrum of cyber security services like, security analysis, penetration testing, compliance audit, wireless security assessment, and reverse engineering analysis. K & T International Consulting, Inc. has successfully managed projects for clients like, The Federal Reserve Bank, CitiGroup, MacQuesten Inc. and many Fortune 500 companies. He is also the founder of Bronx Academy of Intelligent Technologists (BAIT). This academy focuses on teaching cyber security, certification courses, and preforming IT security research and Development. By grooming children and young adults on future technologies and how to secure these technology the students will be a great asset in securing the future of Corporations and national infrastructure. http://www.nycbug.org/index.php?NAV=Home;SUBM=10263 From announce at lists.nycbug.org Sat May 29 23:24:59 2010 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcements) Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 23:24:59 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG this week Message-ID: <4C01DA8B.6030802@ceetonetechnology.com> June 02, 2010 Introduction to GDB for System Administrators and Programmers. 6:45 PM, Suspenders Restaurant http://www.suspendersbar.com/location.php System administrators often have to diagnose and report software anomalies back to developers while programmers often find themselves asking system administrators for specific information about production issues. GDB, while being a debugger and thus mainly a programmer`s tool, allows for gathering enough information from either running or crashed process, so support and development groups can communicate more effectively. We will touch upon relevant usage of GDB and associated tools. Nikolai Fetissov is a professional software developer with a long history of working with various Unixen and broad interests ranging from kernel internals to C++ meta-programming. * * * * Plans are moving forward for NYCBSDCon 2010 at Cooper Union for November 12-14. Keep an eye out on nycbsdcon.org as details emerge.