[BBLISA] Free Usenix + Debate

[Arthur Gaer]

The Usenix Annual Technical Conference is currently taking place at the Boston 
Marriott Copley Place, today through Friday.

Although registration is not cheap, the evening sessions/BoFs, "Partner 
Showcases", and, perhaps most interestingly, the debate between Dan Geer and a 
security chief from Microsoft have all been made free.

The Partner Showcases (both hardware exhibits and books) are taking place 
Tuesday and Wednesday, the BoF (Special Interest Group) sessions are taking 
place tonight through Thursday on a wide variety of topics, many of which are 
not listed on the Web site.

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    Dan Geer vs. Microsoft

    Salon F
    Wednesday, June 30, 3:30 p.m.--5:00 p.m.

    Is an Operating System Monoculture a Threat to Security?

    Dan Geer of Verdasys, Inc., and Scott Charney of Microsoft go
    head-to-head in a debate over one of today's most controversial
    technical topics.

    Moderated by Avi Rubin, Johns Hopkins University.

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The Debate and Partner Showcases do require a free registation (i.e. they want 
your name and address) so get there early for that process.

More info on the free sessions at:

     http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/opensess.html

Or drop by the Marriott for more on the BoF schedule.

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Arthur Gaer
gaer at math.harvard.edu

Senior Systems Manager, Department of Mathematics
Harvard University, 617-495-1610, FAX: 617-495-5132