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May General Meeting
A Ten-Year Retrospective: the Good, the Bad and the Legacy Trap
Speaker: Theo de Raadt, Founder, OpenBSD
OpenBSD founder Theo de Raadt discusses where the industry as a whole stands today, ten years after the OpenBSD innovations.
There are some roses and some thorns. Some are surprising. Theo will attempt to explain why some industry products out there continue to be very dangerous ... and which vendors have tried to improve things. Much of current architecture explains why many vendors are "trapped by legacy."
Bring your questions and opinions.
Theo de Raadt is widely recognized as a world class security expert. In October 1995, Theo founded the OpenBSD project. OpenBSD is the most secure of the publicly available operating systems.
In 1999, Theo created OpenSSH with other members of OpenBSD. It is now incorporated into all Unix systems plus hundreds of other network enabled products. It has become the most "vendor re-used" piece of open source software, with more than 95% of the SSH market.
Theo was awarded the Free Software Foundation's 2004 Award for the Advancement of Free Software, for recognition as founder and project leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH projects. His work has also led to significant contributions to other BSD distributions and GNU/Linux. Of particular note is Theo's work on OpenSSH, his leadership of OpenBSD, his commitment to Free Software and his advancement of network security.
Theo is also well known for his advocacy of free software drivers. He has long been critical of developers of Linux and other free platforms for their tolerance of non-free drivers and acceptance of non-disclosure agreements.
W.R. Castell Central Library
616 Macleod Trail S.E.Basement meeting room
5:30 PM, Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Snacks at 17:30. Presentation begins at 18:00.
Free admission for the general public.
Door prize.
Upcoming meetings
May 2012: A Ten-Year Retrospective: the Good, the Bad and the Legacy Trap, Theo de Raadt, Founder, OpenBSDJune 2012: Andrew Ginter, Director of Industrial Security, Waterfall Security Solutions