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Linux Hackfest at UAT from Noon until 15:00 on Saturday, January 10th

Join us as we welcome a one hour presentation from Kristy Westphal, CISO for the Arizona Department of Economic Security on forensics.

Kristy Westphal's bio:

Versatile security professional of 15 years with specific experience in the area of information security, Kristy is currently employed as the CISO of the Arizona Department of Economic Security. Skilled in troubleshooting and process analysis, specific expertise in security areas includes: forensics, operating system and network security, intrusion detection, incident handling, vulnerability analysis and policy development. Kristy has also been a CISSP since 2001.

January will be held At UAT:
http://www.UAT.edu/

2625 W Baseline Road, Tempe, AZ 85283

Follow the signs to the theatre once at the Tempe UAT.

Don't miss this great presentation!

We will follow up with a question answer session and review.

See http://hackfest.obnosis.com for HackFest History!

For the January Hackfest we're going go have a presentation from Kristy Westphal, CISO for the Arizona Department of Economic Security on forensics.

Kristy is currently employed as the CISO of the Arizona Department of Economic Security. She has a background in troubleshooting and process analysis, specific expertise in security areas includes: forensics, operating system and network security, intrusion detection, incident handling, vulnerability analysis and policy development. Kristy has also been a CISSP since 2001.

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December's Hackfest will be online via a couple of Hamachi networks.

See the comment for information about joining one of the networks.

Hop in #PLUGlabs on irc.freenode.net and participate.

The Hackfest is still noon to 15:00.

For January's Hackfest we have
special guest Kristy Westphal, CSO for the Arizona Department of Economic Security, coming in to talk about forensics.

The December east side meeting will be our annual end of year party.

We encourage bringing family and friends. This is a social event with no presentations.

We will have some giveaways including some new Free Software comics.

We also encourage bringing some food to share.

No alcohol because the meeting is at a school.

When: 7:00PM to about 9:00PM

Where: Sequoia Charter School in Mesa

East Side Meeting

The December east side meeting will be our annual end of year party.

We encourage bringing family and friends. This is a social event with no presentations.

We will have some giveaways including some new Free Software comics.

We also encourage bringing some food to share.

No alcohol because the meeting is at a school.

When: 7:00PM to about 9:00PM
Where: Sequoia Charter School in Mesa

East Side Meeting

Presentations This Month
TBD

When: 7:00PM to about 9:00PM
Where: Sequoia Charter School in Mesa

Please send resume to kstevens@initiatesystems.com

The Performance Engineer is responsible for profiling the throughput and performance of the various Initiate products. This effort requires the use of rigorous process, extreme attention to detail, a firm grasp of analytical methods, and the ability to install, configure, and exercise the Initiate product. The Performance Engineer is also responsible for designing tests, data loads, and the collection of a diverse set of performance metrics.

Key responsibilities include:
* Work closely with other engineers and architects to drive requirements and understand the design and implementation for our diverse applications. This requires the ability to quickly learn the Initiate technology stack and APIs.
* Create and execute large scale performance test plans which demonstrate performance bottlenecks and prove that functional changes had the desired effect.
* Design and implement new testing procedures and hands on experimental code modifications which target latency and throughput improvements within a wide variety of product components.
* Develop scripting and automation necessary to automate collection, parsing and analysis of data from disparate data sources.
* Candidate will be required to conduct detailed time series analysis and bottleneck identification.

Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in engineering, computer information systems or related discipline
* At least 5 years of experience working on enterprise scale server side systems using C/C++, Java/J2EE, JNI
* Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining test frameworks using common tooling, such as JMeter
* Proven experience collecting performance data from a wide variety of sources such as SAR, IOSTAT, NMON, Oracle AWR, and Windows Performance Monitor
* Experience with cross-platform database persistence, specifically MS SQL Server, Oracle, DB2

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Every year PLUG has an end of year party for the December east side meeting.

We encourage bringing family and friends. This is a social event with no presentations. We will have some giveaways including some new Free Software comics.

We also encourage bringing some food to share.

No alcohol because the meeting is at a school.

This will be the only in person PLUG meeting this month, so turn out and participate.

944 Media is hiring a PHP developer with a minimum of 3 years experience. Experience with Adobe Flex is desirable but not a requirement. For more information, or to apply online, visit

http://www.944.com/careers/117/

Topics: No formal presentation. Free discussion with wings and beverage available for purchase.
When: Third Wednesday of each month at 7:00PM
Where: Buffalo Wings & Rings, 2935 N Dysart road, Avondale, AZ 85323
Google:
maps.google.com

Topics: No formal presentation. Free discussion with wings and beverage available for purchase.
When: Third Wednesday of each month at 7:00PM
Where: Buffalo Wings & Rings, 2935 N Dysart road, Avondale, AZ 85323
Google:
maps.google.com

Topics: No formal presentation. Free discussion with wings and beverage available for purchase.
When: Third Wednesday of each month at 7:00PM
Where: Buffalo Wings & Rings, 2935 N Dysart road, Avondale, AZ 85323
Google:
maps.google.com

Topics: No formal presentation. Free discussion with frozen custard and beverage available for purchase.
When: Third Tuesday of each month at 7:00PM

Tempe
Where: Boulders on Broadway, 530 W Broadway Rd., Tempe, AZ 85282-1311
Google: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=530+W+Broadway+Rd,Tempe+AZ+85282...
The restaurant is directly west of the marker right on the north-east corner of Broadway and Roosevelt.

Topics: No formal presentation. Free discussion with frozen custard and beverage available for purchase.
When: Third Tuesday of each month at 7:00PM

Tempe
Where: Boulders on Broadway, 530 W Broadway Rd., Tempe, AZ 85282-1311
Google: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=530+W+Broadway+Rd,Tempe+AZ+85282...
The restaurant is directly west of the marker right on the north-east corner of Broadway and Roosevelt.

Topics: No formal presentation. Free discussion with frozen custard and beverage available for purchase.
When: Third Tuesday of each month at 7:00PM

Tempe
Where: Boulders on Broadway, 530 W Broadway Rd., Tempe, AZ 85282-1311
Google: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=530+W+Broadway+Rd,Tempe+AZ+85282...
The restaurant is directly west of the marker right on the north-east corner of Broadway and Roosevelt.

Presentations This Month
Intro to Intrepid

Talk Description
Intrepid, Ubuntu's most recent release, just came out. The presentation will cover installing via a USB stick and new features in Intrepid.

Presenter Bio
der.hans is a well-known Free Software advocate. He is currently teaching Free Software classes for Mesa Community College's Business and Industry Institute, http://www.LuftHans.com/Classes. He is chairmain for PLUG, volunteer coordinator and education committee chair for LOPSA and past president for ASULUG. He has many years of experience as both a system administrator and software developer.

When: 7:00PM to about 9:00PM
Where: Sequoia Charter School in Mesa
(See "East Side Meeting" information)

In November the Hackfest is moving to the 3rd Saturday, the 15th. It is also moving to Estrella Mountain Community College.

In November the Hackfest will be on the 3rd Saturday, November 15th. It will also be at Estrella Community College

The Hackfest is a 3 hour security lab from noon to 15:00 on the second Saturday of every month. Come prepared to learn about a security tool and then start using it.

Network and other facillities generously provided by UAT.

Plan on bringing a laptop and being able to use live CDs.

The PLUG Development Meeting is suspended for the months of November, December and January. Meetings are planned to restart in February, 2009.

A refresh discussion of the meeting is taking place on the plug-devel email list. Please participate there.

Presentations this month
TBD
When: First Thursday of each month at 7:00PM
Where: Adtron Corporation, 4415 E. Cotton Center Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 82040
Google: http://www.google.com/maps?q=4415+E+Cotton+Center+Blvd,+Phoenix,+AZ+8504...
The arrow is actually off in this Google map. The building is actually the mostly square one directly south of the traffic circle east of the arrow location.

The PLUG Development Meeting is suspended for the months of November, December and January. Meetings are planned to restart in February, 2009.

A refresh discussion of the meeting is taking place on the plug-devel email list. Please participate there.

Presentations this month
TBD
When: First Thursday of each month at 7:00PM
Where: Adtron Corporation, 4415 E. Cotton Center Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 82040
Google: http://www.google.com/maps?q=4415+E+Cotton+Center+Blvd,+Phoenix,+AZ+8504...
The arrow is actually off in this Google map. The building is actually the mostly square one directly south of the traffic circle east of the arrow location.