March 10th, 2012 Flag Event
STACS Encroachment HackFest

This competition online hackfest will feature a short Presentation about
the STACS Unit(s), which will be video recorded and posted.  Encroachment
will begin on March 10, 2012, from the MakerBench facility and continue for
4 days online.  Our sponsors will provide two cash gift certificates for
anyone who can provide a flag from either the STACS® 100PP and STACS® 100ID
devices.

*We will post all updates regarding this event starting on March 10, 2012
to PLUG Discussion and Security Email lists, @obnosis on twitter, and here.
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Dean Franks Bio:
Dean Franks is the Lead Project Engineer for Solomontech.com. Dean Franks
has been developing custom hardware and software solutions for over 30
years. Specializing in efficient, high availability systems, Dean has
designed solutions for many Fortune 100 companies including CareMark/CVS,
Allied Signal (now part of Honeywell), Fujitsu, StorageTek (now part of Sun
Micro), Microsoft and Interact Commerce (now part of Sage Software).

Dean's hardware projects including thumb print readers, CNC motion control
systems and very high speed data acquisition interfaces for SAW signal
analysis.  Low level development projects included Microsoft Flight
Simulator (assembly language) and device drivers for virtualized StorageTek
L700 tape silo. Enterprise projects include a variety of high performance
OLTP and warehousing systems, a redesigned database synchronization server
for SalesLogix(tm) and a comprehensive real-time decision support system to
track all in process orders for CareMark/CVS pharmacies.  Non-development
projects include NIST-800 risk assessments, classroom training, disaster
recovery and continuity of business plan development, and providing network
and VOIP support for several local charities.  A wide range of technical
experience has been instrumental in forming STACS into the most highly
capable and tightly integrated emergency communications product currently
available.
 Excerpted from:

http://it-clowns.com/c/index.php/hackfests/march/

http://solomontech.com/

There are great many published presentations online from Dean Franks
related to these Solomontech devices if you like to prepare in advance.

We will be filming the presentation, and publishing the external IP
addresses on the day of the event March 10, 2012, from Makerbench.com/about
in Tempe.

2010 E University Dr. Suite 4 Tempe, AZ 85381--
(503) 754-4452 Android
(623) 239-3392 Skype
(623) 688-3392 Google Voice
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