BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER SESSIONS (BOFS)

Lead or attend a BoF! Meet with your peers! Present new work! Don't miss these special activities designed to maximize the value of your time at the conference. The always popular evening Birds-of-a-Feather sessions are very informal gatherings of persons interested in a particular topic. To schedule a BoF, simply write the BoF title as well as your name and affiliation on one of the BoF Boards located in the registration area.

BoF Schedule (Current as of August 4, 2005)

Tuesday, August 2
ROOM	# of Seats	6:00 p.m.– 7:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.– 8:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.– 9:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.– 10:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.– 11:00 p.m.
Chesapeake III	50
Camden I	50	Teaching Computer Security and Privacy as a Public Service and for Money Ming Chow, Tufts University
Camden II	60	ROOM NOT AVAILABLE	Raritan Computer, Inc. BoF/Reception

Wednesday, August 3
ROOM	# of Seats	7:00 p.m.– 8:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.– 9:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.– 10:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.– 11:00 p.m.
Chesapeake III	50	Worms and Other Malcode Nicholar Weaver, ICSI	Poker Game (Crypto Protocols Analysis in the Real World)
Camden I	50	Network IDS (Bro, Snort, etc.) Scott Campbell, LBL/NERSC
Camden II	60	Raritan BoF: Security for KVM and Console Servers—What You Need! Naim Malik

Thursday, August 4
ROOM	# of Seats	6:00 p.m.– 7:00 p.m.	7:00 p.m.– 8:00 p.m.	8:00 p.m.– 9:00 p.m.	9:00 p.m.– 10:00 p.m.	10:00 p.m.– 11:00 p.m.
Chesapeake III	50	ROOM NOT AVAILABLE	Sun Security BoF Glenn Brunette, Sun Microsystems, Inc.	Old Bay SAGE Presents: SIG-Beer Baltimore!
Camden I	50	ROOM NOT AVAILABLE	Security Issues in a University Environment Ruth-Anne Bevier, Caltech; George Drake, UMass, Amherst
Camden II	60	ROOM NOT AVAILABLE	Arbor Networks BoF/Reception: Practical Enterprise Security Dug Song, Arbor Networks		Malicious Code Analysis: Tools, Techniques, and Strategies Cory Cohen, CERT/CC

BoF Descriptions

Teaching Computer Security and Privacy as a Public Service and for Money
Speaker: Ming Chow, Tufts University
Tuesday, August 2, 6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m., Camden I

Computer security and privacy can be boring, but they are topics that the general public struggle with, especially teens and parents. Unfortunately, the problems are only getting worse. However, there is a great reward and investment (professional, personal, and monetary) for the technical community to educate the masses about the issues at hand. Topics of dicussion will include the USENIX influence, goals, training plan, where to teach, and personal observations.

Arbor Networks BoF/Reception: Practical Enterprise Security
Speaker: Dug Song, Arbor Networks
Tuesday, August 2, 7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m., Camden II

The enterprise perimeter security model is crumbling. Simple trust models, and the static defenses that depend on them, are breaking down in the face of constantly changing business needs. Through e-mail worms, exposed VPN clients, and open wireless access points, attackers are exploiting the core vulnerability of the modern enterprise network: weak internal security. Come join us for a discussion of today's internal security challenges, and the practical solutions we have for them in Arbor's Peakflow X.