VTLUUG:2016-02-04

Our second meeting of the 2016 Spring semester.

Date, Time, and Location

• Thursday, 4 February
• 8:30pm - 10:30pm
• 1040 Torgersen Hall

Announcements

• #VTLUUG: "No Rules, Just Right™"
• 2016 is the year of the Linux desktop
• F20160127 updated lives available: http://tinyurl.com/live-respins (.iso & .torrent).
• For shell account, contact uncurlhalo
• Installfest on the weekend of the 13 Feb -- Advertising
• Milton is being replaced. #vtluug-infra to discuss

Discussion

• mr-black giving remote talk on opsec
• telnoratti telling about linux news
• echarlie moderating vote on new-milton name
• echarlie co-ordinating installfest

Hacking

• Gobblerpedia
• VTLUUG Wiki
• Wiki meeting page creation script -- this needs to happen so echarlie isn't doing it manually

Meeting Happenings

Calvin with Linux news

• New patchset for BFQ written; may be added to kernel
• perf tools added support for hierarchy view (perf tools is similar to dtrace)
• namespacify more of tcp sysctl knobs

mr_black giving a remote talk on OpSec

With remote appearances by aam, mutantmonkey and mhazinsk.

OpSec: Operations Security

Bad OpSec

• Cardsystems
  • 200,000 credit cards in plain text
• BNY Mellon
  • 4.2 million social security numbers lost on a tape drive
• jpo
  • funny red hat
  • likes maple syrup
  • doesn't believe in https
  • likes to be MITM (if you know what I mean)

Good Opsec

• avoid mutantmonkey
  • If you know him, you will never have good opsec
• Don't give away trade secrets
• Don't be jpo
• Don't leave Computer unattended near a screwdriver during Cyber Security Summit

Exploiting Bad OpSec

• Breaking opsec
  • hard hat, reflective vest, and clipboard
• Penetration testing