While heading to Vegas for the mother of all hackercons, the back-to-back Black Hat USA 2008/Defcon 16 conferences,I had some technical difficulties with my travel arrangements. I managed to take a wrong turn somewhere and I now find myself in Austin, TX. However, all is not lost.
Not only did I get to chat with some pro-gamers coming from QuakeCon 2008, in the Dallas Airport, but I have found my way to one of the premier venues for the latest and greatest for all that is technology-- NI Week 2008.
Having just finished listening to the keynote speakers, including CEO and founder James Truchard, I was provided with an overview of one very impressive organization. National Instruments (NI) appears to be one of the industry leaders in the development of computer-based engineering development, data acquisition, systems engineering design, networked measurement analysis, robotics design, testing automation products, and few hundred other things.
With a couple thousand software and hardware engineers in attendance, I'm not sure how much street cred my network security/hacker background will hold, but I'll soon find out. There are some demos and presentations on the latest in wireless communication measurement, so I may inquire about its use for packet capturing or use as a network sniffer.
I'm heading to some talksnow , but will try to blog back latter with some highlights and/or low-lights.
Don't worry, I didn't bring my TV-B-GONE.
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With 20+ years of industry experience, Noah Schiffman is a former black-hat hacker turned security consultant. Coding at an early age, he developed one of the early text/graphic editing applications and started his first software company in 1980 when he was 11 years old. With the advent of networking technologies, he soon mastered the art of manipulating telco switching systems, known as "Phone Phreaking". This soon led to his career as a computer hacker, performing penetration testing, reverse engineering, cryptographic attacks, corporate espionage, digital surveillance and other ethically questionable projects.
His clients have consisted of Fortune 500 companies and various government agencies.
He has authored a number of articles for SearchSecurity.com, on topics ranging from kernel mode and metamorphic viruses to corporate data loss prevention.
The opinions expressed in this Weblog are those of the writer and may not represent the opinions of Network World.
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