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This is a list of talks people would like to see and (unscheduled) talks people are willing to put together if they are nagged. Since there's no dedicated [[gp:Cyber Security Club|VTCSEC]] wiki, you can also list talks on this page that you'd like to see given there.
== Talk Ideas ==
=== Beginner Content ===
* "Passing classes with only free software: replacing proprietary tools in your workflow"
* Introduction to Command-Line-Fu
* Basics of Bash scripting
* Intro to tmux
=== System administration and use ===
* "1 PID1 to rule them all: Init systems for the modern world"
** SysV Init
** Runit
** Finit
** OpenRC
** Systemd
** Others...
* or use systemd
* X.Org and Wayland
* Expert level Vim
* Emacs
* [[w:DragonFly BSD| DragonFly BSD]]
* Intro to OpenBSD, or "How to become [[user:via|via]]"
* Taskwarrior demo
* Plan 9 introduction
=== Servers and Computing ===
* Samba
* NFS (including NFS4)
* Failover tools for Linux (e.g. CARP) and simple high availability/clustered services in RHEL/CentOS and/or Debian
* DNS (theory, caching/recursive, brief tutorial on how to make your own on Linux/BSD, DNSSEC)
* Mail
* "Mainframes on wheels: New directions in mobile computing"
* "IP man: Networking protocols of today and tomorrow"
=== Programming languages ===
* Dyretalks (dyreshark's talks on programming languages)
* Survey of archaic programming languages
* "Writing useful code in useless languages: An introduction to esoteric and obfuscated code"
* The evolution and justification of coding styles
* C14 features
* LaTeX
* "Lambda Calculus for Babies. Retarded Babies."
** [[User:ackthet|ackthet]]'s 10-part Xmonad talk starting from the basics of haskell
=== Miscellaneous ===
* Short presentation of how members use Linux/UNIX in their daily routines, thus making people hear about various tools they didn't know existed/haven't seen used. - nitin
* [http://www.timecube.com Timecube]
* [[Openstreetmap]] - [[User:mutantmonkey|mutantmonkey]]
* Multiboot on a RaspberryPi
* Firetalks day
* Ram should give a talk on mix networks
* Hacking Games for Fun and Profit
== Scheduled Talks==
This is a planning space for talks that people have agreed to give (or gave) in various semesters. Nag them if you want a copy of their slides.
===Spring 2014===
* telnoratti - Quantum Crypto
* telnoratti - Cults 102: Advanced Culting Techniques
* mhazinsk - Mail - Postfix/Dovecot, etc
* mhazinsk - Reversing EAS boxes (possibly at CSEC instead)
* nitin - Eliptic Curve Cryptography, Group Theory
* nitin - Intro to commandline stuff
* jkh - SSL, LDAP/Kerberos
* dyreshark - LLVM
* wallmani - ?
* sloafe - March 20th - window managers?
* [[User:dyreshark | dyreshark]] - April 3rd - Runtimes ([https://vtluug.org/files/2014/VTLUUG_Runtime_Presentation.pdf slides], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-N8Xwu2yts video])
===Fall 2013===
* telnoratti - ZFS - September 5th
* mhazinsk - "About VTLUUG" for new members - September 5th
* guzzles - Cable lacing - September 12th
* officers - Overview of VTLUUG services (for new members) - September 12th
* dyreshark - Go (programming language) [and maybe some optimizations too] - September 19th
* uncurlhalo - Linux From Scratch - September 26th
* mr-black - "How mr-black develops software" - workflow talk/discussion - October 17th
* mhazinsk - Ansible
* Jagged - Software-defined Radio (with HackRF, USRP)
* aam - Set up a solid Email Server with Dovecot, Postfix, Amavisd, Spamassassin, Clamav and Sieve (moved to Spring)
* telnoratti - Xen Cloud Platform (moved to Spring)
* telnoratti - Puppet (moved to Spring)
===Spring 2013===
* telnoratti - Cults 101: Starting your first cult for fun and profit
* telnoratti - LXC
=== Fall 2010 ===
* Ioannis Kokkinidis - Open GIS [http://vtluug.org/files/2010/OSFGIS.pdf Presentation slides (PDF format)] [http://vtluug.org/files/2010/OSFGIS.pptx Presentation slides (PPTX format)]
== Talks people are willing to give ==
* [[User:telnoratti | telnoratti]] - Linux and Unix Distro Sampler
* [[User:telnoratti | telnoratti]] - Grub2
* [[User:matthazinski telnoratti | Matttelnoratti]] - Andrew File SystemZFS* [[User:matthazinski telnoratti | Matttelnoratti]] - ParproutedXCP* [[User:matthazinski telnoratti | Matttelnoratti]] - Port bondingPuppet* [[User:matthazinski uncurlhalo | Mattuncurlhalo]] - RFID overview (125 kHz / 13.56 MHz technologies) and vulnerabilities (probably moved to CSEC)* [[User:matthazinski | Matt]] - Dtella (once the main node returns)Linux From Scratch* [[User:mutantmonkey guzzles | mutantmonkeyguzzles]] - IPv6Condensation* [[User:mutantmonkey Egdeltur| mutantmonkeyEgdeltur]] - Karaoke* [[User:mutantmonkey | mutantmonkey]] - Chef* [[User:mutantmonkey | mutantmonkey]] - LDAP* [[User:dyreshark | dyreshark]] - C++11 features* [[User:Jagged | Jagged]] - RF explained: modulation, antennas, and link budgets* [[User:Jagged mjh| JaggedMatt]] - FCC Part 97 vs. Part 15 operation* [[User:Jagged | Jagged]] - AX.25* [[User:Jagged | Jagged]] - Linux utilities for amateur radioArduino/smartphone interfacing
* [[User:mr-black | Mr. Black]] - Browser Architecture
* [[User:mr-black | Mr. Black]] - Active Directory
* [[User:andreim | AndreiM]] - Intro to Web Development with unix tools
* [[User:andreim | AndreiM]] - Intro to easy VPS management
* [[User:ram | ram]] - OpenBSD router tutorial (pf, IPsec, IPv6, DNS, DHCP server)*
* [[User:ram | ram]] - IPv6
* [[User:ram | ram]] - Some basic IPC stuff (having fun(?) with unix domain sockets, pipes, etc)
* [[User:ram | ram]] - Vim (beginner or intermediate)
* [[User:Obxhokie Timelord | coeusTimelord]] - Almost anything related to [http://www.openbsd.org OpenBSD]* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - Comparative kernel architectures* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - The run-time link-editor (aka {ld.so, ld-linux.so, rtld})* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - High-performance computing (w/ focus on [http://www.arc.vt.edu/ ARC]?)* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - Parallel computing* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPGPU GPGPU computing]* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - HPC resources available to students at Virginia Tech* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - Game hacking on OS X (strategies, tools, and lessons learned)* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - launchd* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - Digital LEGOs with [http://ldraw.org/ LDraw]* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - Introduction to raytracing with [http://povray.org/ POV-Ray]* [[User:Angelicstrike | angelicstrike]] - Haskell* [[User:Angelicstrike | angelicstrike]] - Programming TCP/IP Sockets ===for [[gp:Cyber Security Club|VTCSEC]]===* [[User:ubervert | ubervert]] - Full disk encryption.* [[User:telnoratti | telnoratti]] - Quantum Cryptography* [[User:telnoratti | telnoratti]] - LaTeX Introto Modern Cryptology* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - Reverse engineering* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - PGP (GnuPG)* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - Return-oriented programming* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - Binary patching at runtime, and anti-debugging evasion techniques* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - Exploit mitigation techniques (ASLR, W^X, etc.)* [[User:Timelord | Timelord]] - [https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/capsicum/ Capsicum]: practical capabilities for UNIX == Old talks ==These are things from the old '''VTLUUG:Roadmap''' page, and may get added if there is sufficient interest. Most of these were added a couple years ago, so their status is unknown* Real-time talk in March* [[Android]] talk* [[PIM]] talk* [[OpenStreetMap]] talk ** Educational portion** Showoff portion*** osm3d*** [http://terpnav.cs.umd.edu/map/ TerpNav]* Others ([http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/index.htm Always Innovating], [[gp:Randy Marchany|Randy Marchany]], [[gp:John Harris|John Harris]], [[gp:Godmar Back|Godmar Back]], [[gp:Ico Bukvic|Ico Bukvic]]?) == Other meeting ideas ==* Slideshare roulette* Key exchange parties* Android rooting event (combined with or separate from installfest)* [[VTLUUG:Karaoke night|Karaoke night]] == Round tables ==* (CS, ECE software side - Hacking open source projects for grades)* ECE hardware side - Free Software for digital and analog circuits** Using QUCS in class** Free Software schematic capture, simulation, routing and layout software for the [[Open Electronics Lab]] - Fedora electronics remix* CoE - Chat with Dean Scales, faculty technology committee about the [[computer requirement]]* Engineering education* OCS - i.e. improving assignment notification