[PLUG] SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: February PLUG Meeting

David Mandel dmandel at pdxLinux.org
Wed Feb 4 21:43:43 UTC 2009


                           MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT

                      The Portland Linux/Unix Group
                                will meet
                        7 PM Thursday Feb 5, 2008
                                    at
                        Portland State University
                                  in the
                             Fariborz Maseeh
            College of Engineering & Computer Science Building
                             Room FAB 86-01
                      (This is in the basement.)
         The building is on SW 4th across from SW College Street.
      See location H-10 on map at http://pdxLinux.org/campus_map.jpg

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                               PRESENTATION

                        Intro to Digital Forensics
                   (aka Groveling Through File Systems)


                                    by

                               Hal Pomeranz
                           Deer Run Associates

 While it may not be as sexy as they make it look on TV, there are a
 number of powerful Open Source tools available for analyzing file
 systems and recovering data-- even data that may have been deleted by
 the attacker. This talk will start with an overview of the standard
 Unix file system architecture and discuss tools for imaging file
 systems, suggest a few useful tools and idioms for finding clues in
 your images, and cover how to discover "interesting" data from deleted
 files and re-assemble that data into an actual file image.

 Hal Pomeranz is the founder and technical lead of Deer Run Associates,
 and has been active in the system and network management/security
 field for over twenty years. As a senior member of the Faculty for the
 SANS Institute, Hal developed the SANS "Step-by-Step" course model and
 currently serves as the track coordinator and primary instructor for
 the SANS/GIAC Linux/Unix Security Certification track (GCUX). In 2001
 he was given the SAGE Outstanding Achievement Award for his teaching
 and leadership in the field of System Administration.

 Note:
   (1)  The slides for the presentation are available at:
        http://www.deer-run.com/~hal/IntroToDigitalForensics.pdf

   (2)  Randal Schwartz will do a live cast of this presentation at:
        http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/25652
        You can follow along if you have a web browser,
        and if you register, you can also participate in the chat,
        and Randal might relay your questions to the speaker.
        The recording of the session will be available afterward
        at the same address.

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       Agenda:

           7:00 - 7:30  Business
                We will discuss the status of our ongoing projects
                including PLUG's monthly Advanced Topics meetings,
                PLUG's monthly hands on clinics, PLUG for Education,
                etc.

           7:30 - 8:30  Presentation

                See above

           9:00 - ...  Beer
                               Jax Bar And Restaurant
                               826 SW 2nd Avenue
                               Portland
                               (Note:  Jax is no longer available.
We will discuss where to go - probably back to the Lucky Lab.)

                                       David Mandel
                                       Chief Activist
                                       Portland Linux/Unix Group
                                       560 SE Alexander
                                       Corvallis, Oregon 97333
                                       (541) 730-5285 mobile
                                       dmandel at pdxLinux.org

       P.S.  The Mid Willamette Valley Linux Users Group meets
             every month.  They are currently meeting at 6:00 PM
             on the third Wednesday of the month at the Corvallis
             Chamber of Commerce in Corvallis.
             As of May 2008, the Mid Willamette Valley Linux Users
             Group was under reconstruction.  Once this is done
             see http://www.lug.corvallis.or.us/ for details.

       P.S.  The Eugene Linux Users Group meets several times a month.
             See http://www.euglug.org for details.

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