Day 2 at LinuxFest

Another great day at Linux Fest! I attended excellent presentations on Digital Forensics by Hal Pomeranz and Brian Pate (2 hours), both of which were very useful and felt very "hands on".  I can't say enough good things about LinuxFest. The organizers are doing Whatcom County business development a tremendous favor.  In reality, I think the Chamber of Commerce and the City of Bellingham should be helping to fund this volunteer supported event every quarter.  Talent comes from all over the Northwest: Seattle, Portland,  Tri-Cities, Olympia, Bothell, Mt. Vernon, you name it.  I made contacts, met vendors, passed out business cards and had great discussions. Learned a lot as well.

Thank you LinuxFest NorthWest!!!!

Brilliant Day 1 at LinuxFest NorthWest

I had a brilliant first day at LinuxFest NorthWest. I sat through five presentations on privacy and computer security in Haskell 115 at Bellingham Technical College. Brian Alseth of ACLU of Washington delivered the usual terrifying description of how data mining is  destroying privacy.  John Lock talked about Web Commerce Security. Gary Smith of PNL gave and excellent talk on Linux Server Hardening. Hal Pomeranz finished up the day with two hours on SE Linux. Wow! What a beast SE Linux is...

LinuxFest...a great thing.