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Final reminder about the NTBugtraq Retreat.

I appreciate that you're all busy folks, and conferences and such
this year aren't as easily obtained as they might have been last year
what with the economy the way it is.

I'd just like to tell you a little about why this event is different
than any other you can attend.

Unlike other events, this one is held completely at a home. That
means that everyone is together, in one place, all of the time.
There's no rooms set aside for this talk or that presentation, its
all done in the backyard. A talk leader stands on my deck and sets
the ball rolling, everyone is then invited to pitch in or listen as
they like. There's no line-ups for questions afterwards, you sit and
eat breakfast or lunch or dinner with the same folks you just
listened to.

And this you do for three days.

Now maybe you're not familiar with the folks who are coming. Of
course the majority are like you, they administer a network or are
trying to handle the security of their NT/W2K environment. There's
some folks from government, and others from private industry or
educational institutions. Some are "expert"-level, others have called
themselves "newbies", doesn't matter your level.

Then there are the "must meet" people.

Bill Murray was in charge of security of IBM products for 25 years,
since then he's been a senior security consultant for Deloitte and
Touché. Bill's often a Key Note speaker for the major security
events, but at the NTBugtraq Retreat he's at your breakfast table and
talking shop, theory, ethics, or whatever else interests the table.
Bill likes bucket hats.

Bob Abbott has often been called the Father of Internet Security,
although he doesn't really like the moniker. Bob was a very long time
at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, in charge of their
security (pre-incidents). He created the world's first multi-user
operating system, and has spent a great deal of time with the
security of the health care industry. Bob's thoughts on buffer
overruns are often quoted classics. Bob likes fine wine or brandy,
and a really good cigar.

Peter Tippet formed Certus, a company which created one of the first
anti-virus programs in the world. Funding the company through his
work as an Emergency Room Internist, Peter eventually sold it to
Symantec. Working there with Peter Norton, Tippet went on to form
NCSA, or the National Computer Security Association. That became
ICSA, ICSA.net, and now TruSecure Corporation. Peter's not only my
boss, but an incredible story teller and all-round funny guy.

Paul Robertson is probably best know for his posts to both the
Firewalls and Firewall-Wizards mailing lists. In charge of security
for one of the world's largest publishing companies, Paul had lots of
opportunity to get to know attacks. Today he works with us at
TruSecure and continues his research work into better security.

Steve Lipner was with Trusted Information Systems (makers of the TIS
Gauntlet Firewall) prior to coming to Microsoft and becoming their
Manager of the Microsoft Security Response Center. Its Steve's group
who produce all of the Security Bulletins you read, and they perform
a great deal of the work involved in taking a vulnerability report
through to a patch.

Eric Schultze is probably best known for the book he co-authored
titled "Hacking Exposed". You've probably seen him deliver his
presentations at one of the major conferences over the past couple of
years. Eric's now with the Microsoft Security Response Center working
to produce Security Bulletins. Eric's also been leading the XML-based
improvements on the Technet Security site and wants to talk to you
about them.

I've leave out the stuff about fishing and eating, that goes without
saying.

Agenda;

Bill Murray on Wireless Security
Bob Abbott on HIPPA
Peter Tippet on Risk Metrics and Management
Paul Robertson on DDoS
Russ Cooper on Responsible Disclosure

...and more.

If you value the time you spend at conferences talking with the major
speakers, or find more casual interaction to be more conducive to
learning and understanding as I do, then you can't miss this yearly
opportunity.

Details can be found at;

http://ntbugtraq.ntadvice.com/party.asp
http://ntbugtraq.ntadvice.com/conference.asp

The early registration fee of US$650 (which includes all food and
drinks) has been extended to July 10th, 2001.

Contact me now if you'd like to attend or ask more questions about
the event.

Cheers,
Russ - Surgeon General of TruSecure Corporation/NTBugtraq Editor

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