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This is a list of talks people would like to see and (unscheduled) talks people are willing to give 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 ==
 
Note: most of these members do attend meetings regularly, and many don't even live in Blacksburg. Some ([[user:mr-black|Mr. Black]]), are willing to give remote talks through jitsi meet or google chat.
 
===for VTLUUG===
* [[User:telnoratti | telnoratti]] - Linux and Unix Distro Sampler
* [[User:telnoratti | telnoratti]] - Grub2
* [[User:telnoratti | telnoratti]] - ZFS
* [[User:telnoratti | telnoratti]] - XCP
* [[User:telnoratti | telnoratti]] - Puppet
* [[User:uncurlhalo | uncurlhalo]] - Linux From Scratch
* [[User:guzzles | guzzles]] - Condensation
* [[User:Egdeltur|Egdeltur]], [[User:mjh|Matt]] - Arduino/smartphone interfacing
* [[User:mr-black | Mr. Black]] - Browser Architecture
* [[User:mr-black | Mr. Black]] - Active Directory
* [[User:mr-black | Mr. Black]] - Hadoop and HBase
* [[User:andreim | AndreiM]] - OS X: UNIX tools and advanced power user techniques
* [[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:Timelord | Timelord]] - 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:matthazinski telnoratti | Matttelnoratti]] - Andrew File SystemIntro to Modern Cryptology* [[User:matthazinski Timelord | MattTimelord]] - ParproutedReverse engineering* [[User:matthazinski Timelord | MattTimelord]] - Port bondingPGP (GnuPG)* [[User:dyreshark Timelord | dyresharkTimelord]] - Obscure C++ featuresReturn-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
== Talks people would like to see ==* IPv6[[Category:Roadmap]]* LDAP[[Category:VTLUUG:Administration]]* Samba* Active Directory* NFS* NIS[[Category:Root]]
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