Meetup 2

For our second meetup we will be seeing each other in WIX tlv to talk about the kernel.

Schedule:
18:00-18:10: Mingle Mingle Mingle
18:10-18:15: Opening talk
18:15-19:00: Security in the kernel
19:00-19:15: Q&A
19:15-19:25: Break
19:25-20:10: Hardware probing
20:10-20:25: Q&A
20:25-21:00: Mingling

Details:
Security in the kernel.
An in depth review of various security mechanisms in the kernel like those added by PAX and grsecurity.
Lecturer:
Yehontan Biton, senior kernel developer and computer science researcher for BGU.

Hardware probing in the kernel.
Have you ever wondered how does the kernel know what hardware you have? Have you heard about dmi but not sure how is it different then dtb ?
In this lecture I will introduce you to this subject and talk about different methods for probing, pros and cons of each.
Lecturer:
Kfir Gollan, senior embedded developer, Linux kernel hacker and software team leader

Hoping to see you there :)