DEFCON 201  — September 2019  — Hak2Skool

Welcome to the September 2019 DEFCON 201 Meet Up!

.::AGENDA & SCHEDULE::.

7:00pm — 7:40pm
Meet & Greet
8:00pm — 8:05pm
DEFCON 201 News, Updates & Announcements— GI Jack
8:05pm — 8:30pm
Making Diversity A Reality: Lessons Learned from Hypatia Software Organization — Dr. Brian Callahan
8:30pm — 8:35pm
Curing LISP with Stutter— sirocyl
8:35pm — 9:55pm
Open Workshops Projects
9:55pm — 10:00pm
END OF OFFICIAL MEET UP

.::OPEN PROJECTS::.

Practice Lockpicking & Locksport — Sidepocket & GI Jack

Nintendo VR Blaster Build & Play — Sidepocket

Pre-InCTF 2019 Prep Time — GI Jack

.::LIGHTNING TALKS::.

Making Diversity a Reality: Lessons Learned from Hypatia Software Organization

:..>Diversity in the tech sector has been an important social facet, particularly visible in the last few years. This talk documents the efforts of one particular diversity in tech group, Hypatia Software Organization, Inc., and its work to normalize the trans experience in the tech sector. We will discuss its beginnings and history, current efforts, and how it has grown from the brainchild of a single person into a large and positive force. We will talk about its flagship peer mentoring program. We will also talk about how Hypatia’s efforts are both similar and different from other diversity initiatives. We will end with a discussion of what the future of diversity initiatives, how Hypatia fits in, and how you can fit in.

:..>Bio: Brian has been an OpenBSD developer since early 2013. He mostly focuses on third-party ports and packages but also has interest in a few userland tools and exotic hardware support, and is especially committed to teaching new potential developers. He is an admin for the New York City *BSD User Group and one of the administrators of Devio.us, the free OpenBSD shell provider. When not working on OpenBSD, he is a classically trained bassoonist who still regularly performs.

Brian grew up in Central NJ but managed to escape to upstate NY. He is a Professor in the IT & Web Science program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.

Curing LISP with Stutter
:..>Stutter is a stack-oriented LISP-alike program notation language with homo-iconic, declarative, passive program structure that works on stack frames at it’s base. This briefing will overview this language project and how it will impact LISP forever.

:.>Bio: sirocyl — is a DEFCON 201 alumni and is the founder of the famitracker.org FamiTracker and Famicom/NES music community.

.::OPEN PROJECTS::.

Nintendo LABO VR Blaster Build & Play
:..>We have a new cardboard engineering construction for anyone of any skill level to try out. Combine DIY fun with simple, shareable VR, plus a new programming tool you can use to make your own quick play VR games and experiences! When finished, we will take turns blasting through an alien invasion, test your skills at competitive hippo feeding, and go wherever else our imagination takes us!

Pre-InCTF 2019 Prep Time
:..>InCTF is India’s First Online Capture the Flag Cybersecurity Contest hosted by @teambi0s and @AmritaEDU. They have received a perfect rating on @CTFtime for the past 2 years. This year they continue improving the quality of challenges, with some new additions such as browser and kernel exploitation. DEFCON 201 will be participating in the CTF as part of our Capture The Flag research. For those who want to join up and try out regardless if you’re a n00b or a CTF Junkie, we will prepare for the challenges ahead and have links and passwords to sign on our team. Registration is FREE and you can use any computer, anywhere with whatever tools you need to test out these challenges. At 10:00 PM EST (when our meet up ends) the InCTF 2019 CTF will begin and will run for 48 hours Get ready for some high quality challenges!

More information COMING SOON!

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