The Ruxcon (security conf) people have some monthly sessions in various cities (Melbourne and Sydney and, IIRC, Perth is on the todo list) with a couple of speakers on each date.
This month's Sydney Ruxmon includes a talk by OpenBSD/OpenSSH dev Darren Tucker. Here is the full text of the notice from Ruxcon: ====== Ruxmon Sydney has been shifted to Friday the 13th due to last Friday falling on a public holiday. For more information please see: http://www.ruxcon.org.au/ruxmon. Registration is essential so please e-mail syd-ruxmon-regis...@ruxcon.org.au with your name in the subject line before 12pm Thursday to ensure you'll have a name-tag waiting when you arrive. Presentations Overview of VOIP Security - Julien Goodwin This talk covers the protocol layers to a VoIP system and the common flaws to them. From laser microphone eavesdropping and WAN interception to session attacks and fuzzing. Presented in a way that helps you understand how each step builds upon the previous to make a secure whole. OpenSSH Security Measures - Darren Tucker OpenSSH is a widely used SSH implementation. This talk describes some of the techniques OpenSSH uses to reduce the likelihood and severity of security problems. It is an update of a talk given by Damien Miller at Ruxmon Melbourne in 2010. Details Date: Friday, April 13th Time: 6:00PM Location: Google Sydney, 5/48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont. Directions: The Google office is a short walk from the Star City Metro Light Rail stop. Attendees should either walk up to level 5 or take elevator. There will be a registration desk where name-tags will be handed out (prior registration is required) to attendees. =========== *** NOTE *** Please DO NOT CC me. I <am> subscribed to the list. Mail to the sender address that does not originate at the list server is tarpitted. The reply-to: address is provided for those who feel compelled to reply off list. Thankyou. Rod/ --- This life is not the real thing. It is not even in Beta. If it was, then OpenBSD would already have a man page for it.
