[dundee] Meeting 9th February

[Ryan Ward]

Oops hit send too fast. Meeting will be as usual 6.30pm at the Burgh
Coffeehouse, Castle Street.

and praise be the data projector is there.

Regards,

Ryan

On 9 February 2012 12:30, Ryan Ward <ry.ward91 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Apologies, for not posting to the mailing list, I got caught up with uni.
>
> One of the first talks in our Flash Talk Night line up will be Arron
> 'Finux' Finnon with
> The "Butthead" Evasion Technique - The dangers of character matching in
> security rules. This flash talk looks at the intrusion detection system
> SNORT and some of it's security signatures. The talk is light hearted in
> nature, however the under lying message is that careful consideration
> should be given when authoring rules. Sometimes the easiest thing to do is
> the most dangerous.
>
> The second flash talk will be by our very own Gavin 'Jac0byterebel' Ewan
> with What Social Engineers know about our broken brain. This flash talk
> will take a whistlestop tour of some of the many stupid little errors that
> our brains make constantly.  You will learn that your brain is not a
> super-computer, it is a quivering, useless blob that serves up the same old
> mistakes time and time again.
>
> I will be presenting a flash talk on an introduction to password hashing
> and the common misuse of terminology around it.
>
> On 9 February 2012 11:42, Robert Ladyman <it at file-away.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> As the relevant officer doesn't seem inclined to post to the list, I
>> shall do
>> so:-
>>
>> Tonight's talks are:-
>>
>> Arron - Butthead Evasion Technique
>> Ryan - Password Hashes
>> Gavin - Social Engineering
>>
>> These are flash-talks of less than 10 minutes or so.
>>
>> The meeting starts at 18:30 (ish) in the Burgh Coffee House, Dundee.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Robert Ladyman
>> The Software Society Limited
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> Ryan Ward
> Chairman of the Software Society Ltd.
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>


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Ryan Ward
Chairman of the Software Society Ltd.
https://www.twitter.com/rysward
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