Meeting: PLUG this Thursday (8/14) (date correction)

[PLUG Announcements]

PLUG will be meeting at 7pm at The Desert Breeze Substation.

Desert Breeze Substation
251 North Desert Breeze Blvd
Chandler, AZ 85226

The Desert Breeze Substation is on Chandler Blvd and Desert Breeze Blvd, 
which is half way between McClintock and Rural.  It is very close
to both the south 202 and 101 freeways.  Public transportation is
available into the late hours.

See http://phxlinux.org/meetings/14-east-valley-meeting.html for a map 
and other info.


Presentations this month include:
Topic: CLI packet forensics

As Information Security evolves, more tools are being released that 
allow us investigate incidents quicker and easier, conversely making 
many analyst lazier. The sacrifice we have made to this idol of 
convenience is increasing layers of abstraction from the 'truth' of raw 
data, placing trust in tools we did not write using methods we do not 
know. While these high level tools are good to have, the ability to use 
simple, low-level tools is essential for security professionals.

This workshop will focus on using 'low-level' tools for network 
forensics. We will be using Wireshark's CLI tools, tcpdump, and Linux 
CLI tools to look at PCAPs to find and extract interesting information. 
A laptop with an Ubuntu VM is recommended, as all the tools we will be 
using should be 'apt-get'able. Please install these tools before the 
workshop if at all possible.


Topic: Basic Modelling Tools in Blender 3D

Basic introduction to  Blender, focusing on the modelling tools. The 
basic geometric techniques (extrusion, knife cut, radial cutting tool 
etc) along with the sculpting tools (and the dynamic topology sculpting 
tools). Then an example of how to use the boolean tools to create 
geometry as well. Finally a quick demonstration of what "UV unwrapping" 
is about, and how to utilize it.

BIO:
Phil Waclawski has been teaching Linux at Mesa Community college for 
about 15 years. He also teaches Web Development, Javascript, PHP, MySQL 
and basic Linux internet server set up. He has done summer camps for 
high school students teaching them the basics of 3D modelling with 
Blender. He first started in Linux with version 1.0 on Slackware back in 
1994, and has been hooked every since.

Various hobbies include leatherwork, blacksmithing, wood work , archery 
(belongs to the Society for Creative Anachronism) and lately SCUBA. Was 
happily surprised to find out the Linux based software for his dive 
computer was written partly by Linus.


Hans will also be doing another short presentation in his desktop 
security series.


See you there,
Brian Cluff