From lgj at usenix.org  Wed Apr  1 12:35:31 2009
From: lgj at usenix.org (Lionel Garth Jones)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 12:35:31 -0700
Subject: USENIX LEET '09 Registration Open
Message-ID: <41385C29-9562-4344-9A80-8DDE99BFCDA4@usenix.org>

Join us at the 2nd USENIX Workshop on Large-Scale Exploits and Emergent
Threats: Botnets, Spyware, Worms, and More, which will take place
in Boston, MA, on April 21, 2009. LEET '09 will focus on the
underlying mechanisms used to compromise and control hosts,
the large-scale "applications" being perpetrated upon
this framework, and the social and economic networks driving these
threats. Sessions include Malware Analysis, Ethics in Botnet Research,
Malware Behavior, and more.

The full program is available at
http://www.usenix.org/events/leet09/tech/

LEET '09 will also include a session for Work-in-Progress reports. We
encourage you to submit an abstract or proposal for a 5-minute
presentation on your preliminary work to leet09wips at usenix.org.

Connect with the broad community of researchers and practitioners who
focus on worms, bots, spam, spyware, phishing, DDoS, and the
ever-increasing palette of large-scale Internet-based threats in
fostering the development of preliminary work in this diverse area and
stimulating discussion of thought-provoking ideas.

Find out more and register today at
http://www.usenix.org/leet09/

---------------------------------------
2nd USENIX Workshop on Large-Scale Exploits and Emergent Threats
(LEET '09)
April 21, 2009
Boston, MA
Sponsored by USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association
http://www.usenix.org/leet09/
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From rick at linuxmafia.com  Wed Apr  1 20:12:27 2009
From: rick at linuxmafia.com (Rick Moen)
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 20:12:27 -0700
Subject: Local FreeBSD user group resurrection scheduled for April
In-Reply-To: <20090327164327.GP31409@albert.catwhisker.org>
References: <20090327164327.GP31409@albert.catwhisker.org>
Message-ID: <20090402031226.GA12512@linuxmafia.com>

Quoting David Wolfskill (david at catwhisker.org):

> I've asked my contact at Yahoo! to go ahead and set up a room for a
> BAFUG meeting either first or second Thursday of April (depending on
> what's available).  I've suggested that we start around 7 - 7:30 PM;
> again, actual start time will depend on what's available.

<hat="BAFUG webmaster">
Good news.  As soon as it's scheduled, I'll update the
http://www.bafug.org/ front page.  (Looks like someone has sort-of
zeroed out the old contents, there.  That wasn't me.)
</hat>

<hat="itinerant Linux troublemaker">
Good news.  As soon as it's scheduled, I'll put a note on the BALE 
calendar, http://linuxmafia.com/bale/ .
</hat>

<hat="BAFUG listadmin">
It'd be really nice if Joe Grosch would get around to fixing Mailman on
the BAFUG machine, which has both been failing to process new postings
and has suffered broken archives for the last several years.  It might 
be something as simple as a permissions glitch.  Difficult to know at a
distance.
</hat>



From rick at linuxmafia.com  Thu Apr  2 01:51:17 2009
From: rick at linuxmafia.com (Rick Moen)
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 01:51:17 -0700
Subject: Local FreeBSD user group resurrection scheduled for April
In-Reply-To: <20090402031226.GA12512@linuxmafia.com>
References: <20090327164327.GP31409@albert.catwhisker.org> <20090402031226.GA12512@linuxmafia.com>
Message-ID: <20090402085116.GA17305@linuxmafia.com>

I wrote:

> <hat="BAFUG webmaster">
> Good news.  As soon as it's scheduled, I'll update the
> http://www.bafug.org/ front page.  (Looks like someone has sort-of
> zeroed out the old contents, there.  That wasn't me.)
> </hat>

Just as an update, it seems that Joe Grosch is going to have to
re-enable SSH access or something, since I'm currently being refused
login to the Web server.  I've written Joe and asked what's up.



From lgj at usenix.org  Thu Apr  9 13:18:37 2009
From: lgj at usenix.org (Lionel Garth Jones)
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 13:18:37 -0700
Subject: USENIX EVT/WOTE '09 CFP Submissions Deadline Approaching
Message-ID: <DEDBBDB9-21C2-4994-B3D4-6731598E0AC0@usenix.org>

The submissions deadline for the 2009 Electronic Voting Technology
Workshop/ Workshop on Trustworthy Elections (EVT/WOTE '09) is
approaching.

Please submit all papers by April 17, 2009:
http://www.usenix.org/evtwote09/cfpb

EVT/WOTE seeks to bring together researchers from a variety of
disciplines, ranging from computer science and human-computer
interaction experts through political scientists, legal experts,
election administrators, and voting equipment vendors.

EVT/WOTE seeks to publish original research on important problems in all
aspects of electronic voting.

Soliciting New Material:
In addition to the areas in which EVT has seen very strong submissions
in the past (below), we are especially interested in the following types
of contributions:
	
* Technical work from vendor engineers and developers
* Scholarly work concerning legal and policy challenges
* Work involving research with or about accessibility
* Assessments, proposals, and policy prescriptions involving
registration technologies (e-pollbooks, online registration)
* Papers based on direct experiences with recent elections, possibly
from election officials and their staff

Soliciting Standard Material:
In general, we welcome papers on voting topics, including but not
limited to:
* Voter registration and pre-voting processes
* Vote collection
* Vote tabulation
* Election auditing
* Design, implementation, and evaluation of new voting technologies and
protocols
* Scientific evaluations of existing voting technologies
* System testing methodologies
* Deployment and lifecycle issues
* Threat mitigation
* Usability
* Accessibility
* Legal issues, including the ADA, HAVA, intellectual property, and
nondisclosure agreements on voting system evaluations
* Issues with and evolution of voting technology standards
* Election integrity
* Ballot integrity
* Ballot secrecy
* Voter anonymity
* Voter authentication
* Receipts and coercion resistance
* Anonymous channels
* Secure bulletin boards
* Threat models
* Formal security analysis
* Electoral systems
* Case studies of electronic voting experiments
* Privacy, verifiability, and transparency in e-voting


EVT/WOTE '09 will be a two-day event, Monday, August 10, and Tuesday,
August 11, 2009, co-located with the 18th USENIX Security Symposium in
Montreal, Canada.

Attendance at the workshop will be open to the public, although talks
and refereed paper presentations will be by invitation only.

We look forward to your submissions.

David Jefferson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Joseph Lorenzo Hall, University of California, Berkeley/Princeton
University
Tal Moran, Harvard University

EVT/WOTE '09 Program Chairs
evtwote09chairs at usenix.org

---------------------------------------
2009 Electronic Voting Technology Workshop/
Workshop on Trustworthy Elections (EVT/WOTE '09)
August 10-11, 2009
Montreal, Canada
Sponsored by USENIX: The Advanced Computing Systems Association;
ACCURATE: A Center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Auditable, and
Transparent Elections; and IAVoSS: The International Association for
Voting System Sciences
Refereed paper submissions due April 17, 2009, 11:59 p.m. PDT
http://www.usenix.org/evtwote09/cfpb


From lgj at usenix.org  Wed Apr 15 10:04:38 2009
From: lgj at usenix.org (Lionel Garth Jones)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:04:38 -0700
Subject: USENIX '09 Registration Now Open
Message-ID: <9430BBBB-2FE1-4457-9D2E-213C62AD5DC2@usenix.org>

We're pleased to invite you to attend the 2009 USENIX Annual Technical
Conference. This year we're offering 6 days of training and a
3-day conference program filled with the latest systems research,
security breakthroughs, and practical approaches to the questions and
problems you wrestle with. You'll also have many opportunities to chat
with peers who share your concerns and interests.

http://www.usenix.org/usenix09/proga

Training: Sunday-Friday, June 14-19, 2009
The 6-day training program at USENIX '09 provides in-depth
and immediately useful training on the latest techniques,
effective tools, and best strategies to help you
stay competitive. Take a full series or individual classes covering:

* Solaris: Debugging, administration, and DTrace taught by James Mauro,
Peter Baer Galvin, and Marc Staveley

* Virtualization: Xen Hypervisor, VMware ESX 3i, and security taught by
Phil Cox, Wenjin Hu, Zach Shepherd, and Dan Anderson

* Plus classes on cloud computing by Milind Bhandarkar, system
administration by David N. Blank-Edelman, and more


Find out more at http://www.usenix.org/usenix09/training/

Technical Sessions: Wednesday-Friday, June 17-19, 2009
The technical program begins with the Keynote Address, "Where Does the
Power Go in High-Scale Data Centers?" by James Hamilton, VP &
Distinguished Engineer, Amazon Web Services, and continues with an
impressive slate of invited speakers such as:

* Plenary Closing Session by David Brin, Hugo Award-winning author

* Diomidis Spinellis, Athens University of Economics and Business, on
"The Antikythera Mechanism: Hacking with Gears"

* Matthew Jadud, Allegheny College in Meadville, on "Towards Designing
Usable Languages"

The USENIX '09 Refereed Papers Track is the leading forum for presenting
the latest in ground-breaking systems research. Be among the first to
check out the latest innovative work in the systems field.

The Poster Session at USENIX '09 is an excellent forum for discussing
new ideas and getting useful feedback from the community. Poster
submissions should include a brief description of the research idea(s);
the submission must not exceed 2 pages. Send poster submissions to
usenix09posters at usenix.org by Tuesday, May 5, 2009.

Finally, don't miss the opportunity to mingle with colleagues and
leading experts in the Birds-of-a-Feather sessions and at the various
evening social events, including a Poster Session & Happy Hour, vendor
BoFs, and the Conference Reception.

USENIX '09 promises to be an exciting showcase for the latest in
innovative research and cutting-edge practices in technology. We look
forward to seeing you in San Diego.

On behalf of the USENIX '09 organizers,

Geoffrey M. Voelker, University of California, San Diego
Alec Wolman, Microsoft Research
USENIX '09 Program Co-Chairs
usenix09chairs at usenix.org

P.S. Don't miss the workshops co-located with USENIX '09, including:

Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (HotCloud '09)
Monday, June 15
http://www.usenix.org/events/hotcloud09/

Workshop on Large-scale Systems (LARGE '09)
Tuesday, June 16
http://www.usenix.org/events/large09/

P.P.S. Stay connected with the USENIX '09 Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=29453586085&ref=ts

----------------------------------------------
2009 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
June 14-19, 2009, San Diego, CA
http://www.usenix.org/usenix09/proga
Early Bird Registration Deadline: June 1, 2009
Discounts Available:
http://www.usenix.org/usenix09/discounts
-----------------------------------------------


From guy at extragalactic.net  Thu Apr 16 17:08:15 2009
From: guy at extragalactic.net (Guy B. Purcell)
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:08:15 -0700
Subject: BayLISA April meeting
Message-ID: <A974C414-9F05-4C60-8F25-68EF90759949@extragalactic.net>

Greetings, BayLISA!

Here's a friendly reminder that this month's BayLISA meeting is tonight!

Details--see <http://www.baylisa.org/> for more...

Where: Yahoo! Inc., Building E, Classrooms 9-10
      Directions: http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/address.cfm
When: Thursday Feb. 19, 7:30 PM
Topic: Moderated discussion about scaling to "large" installations
RSVP: rsvp at baylisa.org

As always meetings are free and open to anyone interested.  Please  
pass this along to anyone you know that might be interested about this  
meeting!

Note--no dinner service this time, so we're starting a little later  
than in the past.

-Guy
BayLISA Arch


From dlc-bl at halibut.com  Fri Apr 17 13:18:40 2009
From: dlc-bl at halibut.com (Dave)
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:18:40 -0700
Subject: Personal conference call service?
Message-ID: <20090417131840.V15345@halibut.com>


This is not necessarily sysadmin specific, but somebody 
here probably works for one of these places :)

I'm looking for a personal teleconferencing service, preferrably 
one that offers audio recording and downloading of same.

Any recommendations?




From stunnedmullet at gmail.com  Fri Apr 17 14:23:12 2009
From: stunnedmullet at gmail.com (Woody)
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:23:12 -0700
Subject: Personal conference call service?
In-Reply-To: <20090417131840.V15345@halibut.com>
References: <20090417131840.V15345@halibut.com>
Message-ID: <409a699b0904171423n7b7539cta9a0c3a069d6181a@mail.gmail.com>

Ecamm with Skype?

You might look at Zoho's Meeting application.  It's free 1-1 web
conferencing, not sure if it has a recording feature.

--Woody



On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Dave <dlc-bl at halibut.com> wrote:
>
> This is not necessarily sysadmin specific, but somebody
> here probably works for one of these places :)
>
> I'm looking for a personal teleconferencing service, preferrably
> one that offers audio recording and downloading of same.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
>
>


From merlyn at stonehenge.com  Fri Apr 17 14:57:18 2009
From: merlyn at stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:57:18 -0700
Subject: Personal conference call service?
In-Reply-To: <409a699b0904171423n7b7539cta9a0c3a069d6181a@mail.gmail.com> (stunnedmullet@gmail.com's message of "Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:23:12 -0700")
References: <20090417131840.V15345@halibut.com>
	<409a699b0904171423n7b7539cta9a0c3a069d6181a@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <86y6tzq6yp.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com>

>>>>> "Woody" == Woody  <stunnedmullet at gmail.com> writes:

Woody> Ecamm with Skype?

Gizmo can call (and record) any SIP bridge, and can provide a free POTS dialin
bridge if you want it.

-- 
Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095
<merlyn at stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>
Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc.
See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion


From rsr at inorganic.org  Fri Apr 17 18:41:02 2009
From: rsr at inorganic.org (Roy Rapoport)
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:41:02 -0700
Subject: Personal conference call service?
In-Reply-To: <20090417131840.V15345@halibut.com> (sfid-20090417_133937_674840_78171E82)
References: <20090417131840.V15345@halibut.com> (sfid-20090417_133937_674840_78171E82)
Message-ID: <002e01c9bfc6$bb541750$31fc45f0$@org>

I've used freeconference.com for a while now.  Reliable.  Free, if you don't
do the recording.  And they haven't spammed me.

-roy

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-baylisa at baylisa.org [mailto:owner-baylisa at baylisa.org] On Behalf
Of Dave
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 1:19 PM
To: baylisa at baylisa.org
Subject: Personal conference call service?


This is not necessarily sysadmin specific, but somebody 
here probably works for one of these places :)

I'm looking for a personal teleconferencing service, preferrably 
one that offers audio recording and downloading of same.

Any recommendations?



From slash5toaster at gmail.com  Fri Apr 17 20:48:35 2009
From: slash5toaster at gmail.com (Clyde Jones)
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:48:35 -0700
Subject: Personal conference call service?
In-Reply-To: <20090417131840.V15345@halibut.com>
References: <20090417131840.V15345@halibut.com>
Message-ID: <294686ad0904172048r55d11b0eo2bf56576384646d5@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 13:18, Dave <dlc-bl at halibut.com> wrote:
>
> This is not necessarily sysadmin specific, but somebody
> here probably works for one of these places :)
>
> I'm looking for a personal teleconferencing service, preferrably
> one that offers audio recording and downloading of same.
>
> Any recommendations?
>

I use http://freeconferencecall.com/  You can get a podcast feed of
your recorded phone calls.  Good sound and pretty easy to use.




-- 
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With
our thoughts, we make the world.
-Buddha


From lgj at usenix.org  Wed Apr 22 11:05:41 2009
From: lgj at usenix.org (Lionel Garth Jones)
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:05:41 -0700
Subject: USENIX LISA '09 Call for Papers Deadline Approaching
Message-ID: <15B81EFA-7A41-4761-8D3E-C653FA8CE506@usenix.org>

Dear Colleague,

I'm writing to remind you that the LISA '09 paper submissions deadline
is approaching. Please submit all work by Thursday, April 30, 2009.

The Web submission form can be found at:
https://papers.usenix.org/hotcrp/lisa09/index

Submission guidelines are located at:
http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa09/cfp/papers.html

Since 1987, the annual LISA conference has become the premier meeting
place for professional system and network administrators and 2009 is no
exception.

New for 2009:
-- We're looking for papers showcasing both theory and practice. The
"practice" papers can be less formal. However, they still need to
provide not only what was done, but also what was learned and why other
sysadmins would want to know.

-- Pre-shepherding is available. Submit an idea or an outline and get
feedback before writing the full paper. This is perfect for those who
are looking to submit for the first time or are unsure if their ideas
really merit full papers.

-- Only draft full papers will be accepted.

We're also still looking for any ideas you have for Guru Is In sessions,
Work-in-Progress Reports, posters, and training sessions. See below for
the full list of deadlines.

Email your ideas to the program chair: lisa09ideas at usenix.org

We look forward to hearing from you!

On behalf of the LISA '09 Organizers,

Adam Moskowitz, SiCortex, Inc.
LISA '09 Program Chair
lisa09chair at usenix.org

------------------------------------------------------------
IMPORTANT DATES
Refereed papers submissions due: April 30, 2009
Proposals for invited talks, workshops, Guru Is In sessions, and
tutorials due: May 29, 2009
Notification to all submitters: July 7, 2009
Final papers due: August 22, 2009
Poster proposals due: September 18, 2009
Notification to poster presenters: September 25, 2009
Submission guidelines and more information can be found at
http://www.usenix.org/lisa09/cfpc
-------------------------------------------------------------


From sigje at sigje.org  Thu Apr 23 21:32:59 2009
From: sigje at sigje.org (Jennifer Davis)
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:32:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Upcoming event - May 21, 2009
Message-ID: <20090423213021.R92403@slick.sigje.org>


BayLISA May General Meeting - May 21, 2009
Topic: The Xen of Virtualization :
Packaging applications for deployment in large scale virtualized 
environments.

During this discussion we will cover some of the drivers for why you would 
choose this type of a deployment. We will then discuss some of the 
virtualization design and deployment choices. Following that we will 
highlight some of the engineering projects that Oracle's Linux engineers 
are working on that should make it easier, and more performant to deploy 
large scale virtualized environments.

We will then demo packaging an application using Oracle VM a Xen based 
virtualization environment, with Just enough OS. BayLISA attendees can 
expect to walk away with software, templates, and installguides - 
everything you need to try this out on a spare box at home.


Bring your laptop to be prepared to try it out hands on if you are feeling 
adventurous.

Jennifer


From rob.markovic at gmail.com  Fri Apr 24 17:03:53 2009
From: rob.markovic at gmail.com (Robi)
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:03:53 -0700
Subject: SHARKFEST '09 Wireshark Network Analysis Training Summit special for 
	BayLISA members
Message-ID: <97a9d8c80904241703k6ef718fam747d718178e703@mail.gmail.com>

SPECIAL for BayLISA
---
Get 50% off SHARKFEST '09 Wireshark Network Analysis Training Summit through
May 10th!

Taking place June 15th - 18th, 2009 at Stanford University in Palo Alto,
California. Register by May 10th, 2009 with the code "BayLISA" to get
a 50% discount off the $695 price. In addition, every paid registrant
will receive a FREE AirPcap Classic adapter (SRP $198USD). NOTE: If this
code is used, no other discounts apply. For more information and to
register, visit http://www.cacetech.com/sharkfest.09/.

-- Rob
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From lgj at usenix.org  Wed Apr 29 13:03:27 2009
From: lgj at usenix.org (Lionel Garth Jones)
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:03:27 -0700
Subject: Approaching Deadlines for USENIX Security-Related Workshops
Message-ID: <49F8B28F.30509@usenix.org>

Submissions deadlines are approaching for Workshops co-located with
USENIX Security '09 in Montreal, Canada: HotSec '09, CSET '09,
MetriCon 4.0, and WOOT '09.

-- HotSec '09: 4th USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Security
August 11, 2009
http://www.usenix.org/hotsec09/cfpm
Submissions deadline: May 4, 2009

-- CSET '09: 2nd Workshop on Cyber Security Experimentation and Test
August 10, 2009
http://www.usenix.org/cset09/cfpm
Submissions deadline: May 15, 2009

-- MetriCon 4.0: Fourth Workshop on Security Metrics (CFP)
August 11, 2009
http://www.securitymetrics.org/content/Wiki.jsp?page=Metricon4.0
Submissions due: May 25, 2009

-- WOOT '09: 3rd USENIX Workshop on Offensive Technologies
August 10, 2009
http://www.usenix.org/woot09/cfpm
Submissions deadline: May 26, 2009

Submit your work today.

All workshops are co-located with the 18th USENIX Security Symposium,
taking place August 10-14, 2009, in Montreal, Canada.
Find out more at http://www.usenix.org/events/sec09/