BIRDS-OF-A-FEATHER SESSIONS

Lead or attend a BoF! Meet with your peers! Present new work! Don't miss these special activities designed to maximize the value of your time at the conference. The always popular evening Birds-of-a-Feather sessions are very informal gatherings of persons interested in a particular topic.

Vendor BoFs
Want to demonstrate a new product or discuss your company's latest technologies with USENIX Security attendees? Host a Vendor BoF! These sponsored one-hour sessions give companies a chance to talk about products and proprietary technology—and they include promotional benefits. Email sponsorship@usenix.org if you're interested in sponsoring a Vendor BoF. Click here for more information about sponsorship opportunities.

Scheduling a BoF
To schedule a BoF, simply write the BoF title as well as your name and affiliation on one of the BoF Boards located in the registration area. If you have a description of our BoF you'd like posted on this Web page, please schedule your BoF on the BoF board, then send its title, the organizer's name and affiliation, and the date, time, and location of the BoF to bofs@usenix.org with "Security '08 BoF" in the subject line.

BoF Schedule (as of July 31, 2008, 4:00 p.m.)

BoF Descriptions

High Performance Intrusion Detection
Scott Campbell, LBNL
Wednesday, July 30, 8:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m., Empire Room

Operational Security in a University Environment
RuthAnne Bevier, Caltech
Thursday, July 31, 8:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m., Valley Room

Security Experimentation on Testbed BoFs
Jelena Mirkovic, USC Information Sciences Institute
Wednesday, July 30, 7:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m., Empire Room

This BoF discusses testbed experimentation for security. This is also a major focus of the CSET workshop on Monday, July 29, at the USENIX Security Symposium.

We will mostly focus on the DETER testbed, but will also touch upon other testbeds and experimental platforms used for security experimentation.

DETER testbed is funded jointly by NSF and DHS and consists of ~300 machines located at USC ISI and UC Berkeley. It has various hardware and software, and a set of experimental tools we developed to lower the learning curve for novice users. Tools consist of traffic generators, routing generators, measurement tools, several scripting languages for experiment control, and two visualization tools.

We will also discuss recent additions to the DETER testbed: the ability to federate with other testbeds for large-scale experimentation, and a library of self-propagating code and containment strategies for risky experiments. Finally, we will discuss our efforts to increase use of testbeds in security education and promote sharing of practical security exercises between educators.

Protect Privacy by Technology
Valer Mischenko, NLnet Foundation
Wednesday, July 30, 7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m., Crystal Room

Our proposal is to set up an informal discussion about the digital privacy and the joining of resources and coordinating efforts of the open source community with regard to privacy protection.

Testbed Security
Jonathon Duerig
Thursday, July 31, 8:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m., Empire Room

Techniques, discussions, and more discussions.

USENIX Student BoF
Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 7:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m., Valley

Attention Students: Don't miss the Student BoF.

We're looking for a little student input here at the USENIX office. Join us for beer and a lively discussion about current USENIX student offerings. Tell us what is working, what can be improved, and how we can help you.