Topic: Oct. 11: The Epiphany Chip and the Parallella Computer
When: Tuesday October 11th, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Speaker: William Tracy
Location: O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol CA in the Tarsier conference room
past the metal statue and to the right ( http://nblug.org/locations )
Description:
The Epiphany is a processor that tries to combine the best attributes of a CPU and a GPU. The Parallella is a single-board computer that runs Ubuntu, originally designed as a showcase for the Epiphany chip. I backed the original Kickstarter campaign for the Parallella in 2012. I will talk about my experience with the fundraising campaign, how the Epiphany and the Parallella are different from their predecessors, and the strengths and weaknesses of the Epiphany in practice.
Topic: Gamify Security Training with Developer CTFs
When: Tues September 13th, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Speaker: Kyle Rankin
Location: O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol CA in the Tarsier conference room
past the metal statue and to the right ( http://nblug.org/locations )
Description:
Capture the Flag tournaments have long been used to test hacker skills but
they can also serve as effective security training for developers. This
talk will feature a case study where I turned teams of developers with no
prior security training against each other in a CTF arena featuring their
own applications and watched them rack up points as they popped shells in
each other's applications.
