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Subject:    [sg-dc] ANNOUNCE: Cripsin Cowan speaking on Defcon Capture the Flag
From:       John Viega <viega () securesoftware ! com>
Date:       2003-04-14 11:17:13
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On April 24 at 7:30 PM, the DC Security Geeks will be hosting a free 
talk by security expert Crispin Cowan at the Virginia Tech Falls Church 
campus, which is on the West Falls Church Metro stop.  All interested 
parties are welcome.

The details on the talk are below.  For more information, including 
directions to the Virginia Tech campus, see the group web page: 
http://dc.securitygeeks.com.

Feel free to disseminate this announcement to any potentially 
interested parties.

SPEAKER: Crispin Cowan, Chief Scientist, WireX
TITLE:   Defcon Capture the Flag:  Defending Vulnerable Code from 
Intense Attack
DATE:    April 24, 2003
TIME:    7:30 PM
ROOM:    214

ABSTRACT:

Defcon's Capture the Flag (CtF) game is the largest open computer 
security hacking game.  Last year's CtF had rules that made it 
particularly difficult to be a successful defender.  We entered an 
Immunix server, comprised of five years of DARPA-funded technologies, 
to see whether this system could survive sustained attack from 
determined experts.  We describe our experience surviving Defcon CtF.

BIO:

Dr. Cowan leads Immunix Technologies research and DARPA (Defense 
Advanced Research Projects Agency) projects for WireX. He holds a 
formerly full-time and continuing part-time research professor position 
with the Oregon Graduate Institute, Department of Computer Science and 
Engineering. Dr. Cowan has over fifteen years experience in UNIX/Linux 
OS platform and software technology. Dr. Cowan developed Immunix, a 
host security/survivability technology project for DARPA that includes 
prominent technologies like StackGuard. He holds a Ph.D. from the 
University of Western Ontario and a Masters of Mathematics from the 
University of Waterloo.


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