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.
I busy right now, so don’t email me at: greyhat@computer.org
