Seminar, 11th March 1997

[ Changed 12th March 1997 ]


Speaker:
Alec Muffett, Sun Microsystems

Date:
Tuesday 11th March

Place:
Room TP4, Computer Laboratory

Title:
PROGRAMMING GOOFS THAT WILL HOSE YOUR SYSTEM SECURITY


This seminar is an illustrated and light-hearted introduction to vectors of insecurity within modern computer systems, focussing especially on Unix-like operating systems (i.e. don't expect the speaker to bang on about viruses for very long) and how it seems that the same problems come up time and again in new guises.

The presentation should be suitable for programmers, C/S students, and systems administrators of all grades, especially those with a programming bent, and will try to educate the audience away from some of the more grotesque mistakes of systems programming.


Seminar, 11th March 1997 / Mark.Lomas@cl.cam.ac.uk