for those of you near the San Francisco Bay Area, a free talk on rootkits next Friday at San Francisco State University. please RSVP to me <alkeller@xxxxxxxx> so i can get head count. best, alex --------------------------------------- Next Friday Bill Blunden of San Francisco State University will be presenting on rootkits and select topics from his soon to be published book "The Rootkit Arsenal: Escape and Evasion in the Dark Corners of the System". author's website: http://www.belowgotham.com/RootkitArsenal.htm review on Slashdot: http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/15/1327247&from=rss When: Noon-1:30pm on Friday 5/15/2009 What: This discussion will provide an overview of rootkits that describes the core services which the technology offers and how these services are implemented in practice. Special emphasis will be given to system modification tactics and anti-forensic countermeasures. Finally, this presentation will examine who is using rootkits and briefly comment on analogies in the political arena. Where: San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave HSS Building, Room 362, San Francisco CA PLEASE RSVP to Alex Keller <alkeller@xxxxxxxx> Google Maps to Campus: http://tiny.cc/PhUPv Campus Map: http://www.sfsu.edu/~sfsumap/ There are a myriad of public transportation options for getting to SF State: http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/ Street parking is often scarce so please allow yourself time to park and walk to the campus. There is also a parking lot available for $1/hour: http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/text/parking.html This talk is sponsored by Academic Technology and our venue has been graciously provided by the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. Refreshments will be provide, please feel free to bring your lunch. -- Alex Keller Systems Administrator Academic Technology, San Francisco State University Office: Burk Hall 153 Phone: (415)338-6117 Email: alkeller@xxxxxxxx
