From george at ceetonetechnology.com Tue Jun 2 06:35:25 2026 From: george at ceetonetechnology.com (George Rosamond) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 06:35:25 -0400 Subject: June 3 NYC*BUG: Let's review some OpenBSD mitigations Message-ID: <0e9d1ae1-23d0-491e-b4aa-c7fb5de81ee9@ceetonetechnology.com> Let's review some OpenBSD mitigations, Brian Callahan 2026-06-03 @ 18:45 local (22:45 UTC) - Backroom of Brass Monkey 55 Little West 12th St Remote participation: Plans are to stream via NYC*BUG website. Q&A will be via IRC on libera.chat channel #nycbug - please preface your questions with '[Q]'. How do we know that security mitigations actually work? How often should we review code to ensure they are continuing to provide? Following two recent publications, let?s explore some of OpenBSD?s anti-ROP mitigations. We will explore what they do, how to test they work, how to port them to other operating systems, and how to understand larger questions about security mitigations. You?ll leave having a deeper appreciation for OpenBSD?s sustained security track record. Brian is a long-time face in the *BSD world. While he claims semi-retirement from OpenBSD development, in reality he probably spends even more time on it getting students excited about the BSDs. He is the Director of the Monmouth University Cybersecurity Research Center, where here leads quantum cybers ecurity and other security research. Nearest NYC Subway is the 14th Street/Eighth Avenue station L, A, C, E. To get to the backroom, you must enter the front door, follow the long bar on your left, and walk all the way to the back. At the rear of the BrassMonkey, you will see an alcove for the 3 bathrooms our room is off to your right. From george at ceetonetechnology.com Wed Jun 3 13:16:34 2026 From: george at ceetonetechnology.com (George Rosamond) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 13:16:34 -0400 Subject: TONIGHT 645 PM EDT: OpenBSD Security Mitigations Message-ID: NOTE: this meeting will end before 8 PM EDT due to the Knicks in the finals, so we will start promptly at 645 PM. Let's review some OpenBSD mitigations, Brian Callahan 2026-06-03 @ 18:45 local (22:45 UTC) - Backroom of Brass Monkey 55 Little West 12th St Remote participation: Plans are to stream via NYC*BUG website. Q&A will be via IRC on libera.chat channel #nycbug - please preface your questions with '[Q]'. How do we know that security mitigations actually work? How often should we review code to ensure they are continuing to provide? Following two recent publications, let?s explore some of OpenBSD?s anti-ROP mitigations. We will explore what they do, how to test they work, how to port them to other operating systems, and how to understand larger questions about security mitigations. You?ll leave having a deeper appreciation for OpenBSD?s sustained security track record. Brian is a long-time face in the *BSD world. While he claims semi-retirement from OpenBSD development, in reality he probably spends even more time on it getting students excited about the BSDs. He is the Director of the Monmouth University Cybersecurity Research Center, where here leads quantum cybers ecurity and other security research. Nearest NYC Subway is the 14th Street/Eighth Avenue station L, A, C, E. To get to the backroom, you must enter the front door, follow the long bar on your left, and walk all the way to the back. At the rear of the BrassMonkey, you will see an alcove for the 3 bathrooms our room is off to your right. From mcevoy.pat at gmail.com Fri Jun 5 17:40:52 2026 From: mcevoy.pat at gmail.com (Pat McEvoy) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 17:40:52 -0400 Subject: NYC*BUG talks for July and beyond. Message-ID: <485A178B-37A5-4EF2-BF72-36E386861083@gmail.com> Does anyone here have a talk they would like to give or see at NYC*BUG in The future? Our next scheduled meeting is set for July 1st. From ike at blackskyresearch.net Mon Jun 8 16:30:03 2026 From: ike at blackskyresearch.net (Isaac (.ike) Levy) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 16:30:03 -0400 Subject: FreeBSD sh for MacOS Message-ID: <07AF0E47-AD58-40C8-80D3-C294CEB5D669@blackskyresearch.net> Hi All, Here's an odd one, not sure where else to ask for support: For those of you who touch MacOS machines regularly, I have a port of the FreeBSD sh(1) building cleanly on OSX: https://github.com/dotike/fsh I'm trying to get a homebrew package up, which among other things, requires 250 GitHub "Stars" on the repo to pass "Notability" requirements in submitting the PR. Chicken-Egg on this one, it's point *is* to be a homebrew package installable shell, yet, it requires Notability before that can happen. If you like this idea, I'd really love your star, so folks who want a classic bourne shell can trivially install on their Mac. Thanks! Best, .ike From jkeenan at pobox.com Mon Jun 8 18:41:07 2026 From: jkeenan at pobox.com (James E Keenan) Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 18:41:07 -0400 Subject: Wed June 10: FreeBSD talk at St Louis Unix Users Group Message-ID: <5a228324-332a-4cb2-9eaa-808e540bc328@pobox.com> St. Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG) has scheduled a presentation this Wednesday, June 10, called "My FreeBSD Journey" by Deb Godkin of the FreeBSD Foundation. From the promo: "We have all heard the myths. 'FreeBSD is only for servers.' 'FreeBSD is for hardcore engineers.' "In this talk, Deb shares what happened when she decided to run FreeBSD on a modern laptop. Learn more about her journey to getting this rock-solid operating system on her laptop, and how it is far more accessible than its reputation suggests." This is a remote-only meeting. Connection information supplied day of meeting. Connection opens at 6:00 pm CDT (7:00 pm EDT); main talk one hour later. Get all details at: https://www.sluug.org/.