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                 Capital Area Central Texas UNIX Society
                            CACTUS Newsletter

   Volume 23, Number 9 - September 2007

                              Next Meeting
                           Black Hat/Defcon
                               Joe Barr
                    Thursday, September 20, 7:00 PM

Contents:

     * September Meeting Program
     * August Meeting Report
     * Membership Report
     * CACTUS Officers
     * CACTUS Sponsors
     * Directions to Meeting Location 

   The CACTUS Newsletter is a monthly publication, distributed to
   our members and other interested people. Visit the CACTUS
   Newsletter on the web at
   http://www.cactus.org/CACTUS/Newsletter/. There you will find
   archives of back issues, as well as instructions on how to
   subscribe to the e-mail distribution. We welcome newsletter
   submissions by our members. Please contact
   newsletter [at] cactus <dot> org for more information.
     ____________________________________________________________

September Meeting Program

   Joe Barr, columnist for linux.com and author of "CLI for Noobies"
   (see http://http://clifornoobies.com/), will be giving a
   presentation about his recent attendance of Black Hat/Defcon:
   video and observations from the recent security shows in Las
   Vegas. See the amazing badge from DC XV! And the Enigma machine!
   See H.D. Moore's overflow audience! Witness the first annual
   Pwnie Awards! Learn the "sekrits" of his 15th place finish in
   CoffeeWars! All under one big tent!

   The next CACTUS meeting will be held on Thursday, September 20,
   2007 at 7:00 PM (doors open at 6:30 PM for pizza and informal
   discussion), at Mangia Pizza at the corner of Burnet Rd./Mopac
   service road and Gracy Farms Ln. (See end of newsletter for
   directions to the facility).
     ____________________________________________________________

August Meeting Report

   by Ron Roberts

   The September meeting was a field trip to the Austin Sun Users
   Group meeting. Despite a different day and location, sever CACTI
   were in attendance at the Sun campus off of Palmer lane. To get
   in, one had to register and obtain a badge at Sun's badge-o-matic
   kiosk. The meeting was held in a large conference room down the
   hall. There was room for over a hundred and it was about one
   third full. They offered pizza, soda, and beer.

   The event was sponsored by Forsythe Solutions Group. One of their
   executives spoke about the company, and how they had just hired
   the speaker for the evening, Jarod Jenson.

   Jarod spoke a great length about DTrace. He demonstrated it's use
   on his laptop which was running Solaris 10. He impressed the
   group by illustrating how to use DTrace to illuminate problems
   described by the membership.

   After the presentation, there were door prizes and a trivia
   contest. They requested attendees to fill out a questionaire and
   handed out DVDs with Solaris 10. Brad Knowles won an Ilux. The
   Austin Sun Users Group has organizational limitations like
   everone else. Their WEB page describes this meeting as ocurring
   in August, and there are no minutes.

   http://www.austinsug.org

   Thanks to Sun Microsystems and the Sun Users Group the
   hospitality. Project. for the excellent presentation.
     ____________________________________________________________

Membership Report

   by Mark Scarborough

   CACTUS would love to put your name here as our newest member.
   Please come join us!

   To renew your membership, please send check or money order
   payable to CACTUS ($30/yr for regular membership and $100/yr for
   corporate sponsorship):

   CACTUS
   PO BOX 9786
   Austin, TX 78766-9786

   You can also pay in person at the general meetings. Please direct
   any inquiries or address changes to
   membership [at] cactus <dot> org.
     ____________________________________________________________

CACTUS Officers

   President:
          Randy Zagar (jrzagar [at] cactus <dot> org)

   Treasurer:
          Johnny Long (longjy [at] cactus <dot> org)

   Programs Chair:
          Brad Knowles (knowles [at] cactus <dot> org)

   Membership:
          Mark Scarborough (mscar-cactus [at] cactus <dot> org)

   Publicity & Webmaster:
          Lindsay Haisley (fmouse [at] fmp <dot> com)

   Newsletter:
          Ron Roberts (ronr [at] cactus <dot> org)

   Scribe:
          Don Kassebaum (dak [at] cactus <dot> org)

   Members at Large:
          Gil Kloepfer ( kloepfer [at] cactus <dot> org)
          Larry Rosenman (ler [at] cactus <dot> org)
     ____________________________________________________________

CACTUS Sponsors

  Significant Contributing Sponsors

   Applied Research Laboratories/University of Texas at Austin
          (Gil Kloepfer, Computer Science Division (CSD), 835-3771,
          gilc [at] arlut <dot> utexas <dot> edu)

   CoreNAP, L.P.
          (Kenneth Smith, (512) 685-0010,
          kenneth [at] corenap <dot> com)
          Provides server colocation and high-speed Internet access
          to businesses in the Austin and central Texas area

   Newisys, Inc.
          (Tim Wood, (512) 340-9050,
          tim <dot> wood [at] newisys <dot> com)
          Development of enterprise-class servers

   Onramp
          (Chad Kissinger, president, 322-9200,
          info [at] onr <dot> com)
          Broadband Internet access, web design and colocation

   Outserv.net, Inc.
          (David Maynard, dpm [at] outserv <dot> net)
          e-Business Operations Service Provider

  Sponsors

   Dresser - Wayne
          (Steve Cox, (512) 338-8444,
          steve <dot> cox [at] dresser <dot> com)
          Provides instrumentation and services to the oil and
          energy

   Flowing Circles Engineering
          (Johnny Long, (512) 293-7894, longjy [at] fcei <dot> com)
          Taking advantage of grid computing to solve matrix
          engineering and energy conversion problems.

   IBM Corporation
          (George Kraft IV, (512)838-2688,
          gk4 [at] austin <dot> ibm <dot> com)

   Journyx, Inc.
          (John Madollozzo, (512)833-3274,
          john [at] journyx <dot> com)
          Web-based products to track time, expenses, and
          attendance, for project management and billing.

   Ray Solanik, Technical Consultant
          (Ray Solanik, solanik [at] cactus <dot> org)

   Starflight Corp.
          (Jon Roland, jon <dot> roland [at] the-spa <dot> com)
          Computer consulting, management solutions, documentation,
          and technical writing.

   TEKsystems, Inc.
          (Russell Labay, (512) 249-4912, (888) 598-5877,
          rlabay [at] teksystems <dot> com)
          A leading provider of strategic staffing and managed
          services for the Information Technology and Communications
          (IT&C) community.

   Veraci Inc.
          (Michael Shrivathsan, michael [at] veraci <dot> com)

   VoIPing, LLC
          (Lenny Tropiano, 512-698-VOIP (8647) or Brian Sinclair
          512-698-8031, info [at] voiping <dot> com)
          IT Consulting and Services, converged networks, Unix, and
          Voice over IP

  Friends of CACTUS

   Applied Formal Methods, Inc.
          (Susan Gerhart, 794-9732, gerhart [at] cactus <dot> org)

   Auspex Systems
          (Paul Levine, plevine [at] auspex <dot> com)
          Fastest reliable network fileservers

   Austin Code Works
          (Scott Guthery, 258-0785, info [at] acw <dot> com)

   BestRegistrar.com
          ((800) 977-3475, registrar [at] bestregistrar <dot> com)
          A top-level domain name registrar, CORE member

   Covad/Laserlink
          (Chip Rosenthal)

   CTG
          (Maurine Mecer, 502-0190 (FAX 502-0287))
          Professional recruiting

   Compaq Computer Corporation (now HP)
          (Ron Boerger, 432-8000)
          Provider of scalable, high availbility systems

   EDP Contract Services
          (Mark Grabenhorst, 346-1040)
          Professional recruiting

   Hewlett Packard
          (Bill Sumrall, 338-7221)

   Hounix
          (Marilyn Harper)
          Houston's Unix Users Group

   Network Appliance Corporation
          (Frank Mozina, fmozina [at] netapp <dot> com)

   O'Keefe Search
          (John O'Keefe, john [at] okeefesearch <dot> com,
          512-658-9224 or 888-446-2137)
          Professional recuiting

   Rocksteady Networks, Inc.
          (Eric White, 512-427-1319,
          ewhite [at] rocksteady <dot> com)

   Sailaway System Design
          (Chris J Johnson, 447-5243)

   Schlumberger
          (Kathy O'Brien, obrien [at] asc <dot> slb <dot> com)
          Technical services and products in over 100 countries

   Silicon Graphics
          (Don Williams, 346-9342)

   Solid Systems
          (Pete Farrell, 442-2222)

   Sterling Infomation Group
          (Darrell Hanshaw, 344-1005)

   Sun Microsystems
          (Rick Taylor)
          Supplier of Unix client-server computing solutions

   Texas Internet Consulting
          (Smoot Carl-Mitchell, 451-6176, smoot [at] tic <dot> com)
          TCP/IP networking, Unix, and open systems standards

   Technow
          A Sun Authorized Training Center and a Hardware Reseller

   Unison Software
          (Shelley St. John, 478-0611)
          Supplier of networked systems management solutions

   UT Computer Science Department
          (Patti Spencer)

   UT Computation Center
          (Mike Cerda, 471-3241,
          cerda [at] uts <dot> cc <dot> utexas <dot> edu)
     ____________________________________________________________

Directions to Meeting Location

   CACTUS meets on the third Thursday of each month at the Mangia
   Pizza (Gracy Farms location):

   Mangia Pizza - Gracy Farms
   12,001 Burnet Road at Gracy Farms Ln.
   Austin, TX 78758
   (512) 832-5550
   http://www.mangiapizza.com/33/Gracy_Farms.html

   This location is approximately 2 miles north of our previous
   meeting location at ARL. Note that the Mapquest map on Mangia's
   web site is slightly wrong.

   Mangia pizza is on the north-east corner of the Mopac service
   road and Gracy Farms Ln.

   From 183 north of Duval Rd.:
          Take the Duval Rd. exit on 183 and turn left onto Duval
          Rd. When you get to the intersection of Mopac (Loop 1) and
          Duval Rd., make the left turn as though you were going to
          get onto Mopac North (this is Gracy Farms Ln.). You will
          see Mangia Pizza in front of you to the left at the
          traffic light. Turn left and then make an immediate right
          turn into the little store cluster.

   From 183 south:
          Take the Burnet Rd. exit on 183 and head toward UT Applied
          Research Labs (ARL) as you would normally. Instead of
          going to ARL, continue on Burnet Rd. In approximately 2
          miles, Burnet Rd. will fork - to the left will be Duval
          Rd. continuing straight will bring you to a traffic light
          (at Gracy Farms Ln.). You should see Mangia Pizza on your
          right. Continue through the traffic light and make a right
          turn into the store cluster.

   From Mopac:
          Exit at Duval Rd./Burnet Rd. From the south, continue on
          the service road. Continue straight at the traffic light
          to the next traffic light just a little bit further up.
          You will see Mangia Pizza in front of you to the left at
          the traffic light. Turn left and then make an immediate
          right turn into the little store cluster.
          From the north, make a left turn onto Duval Rd./Burnet Rd.
          and then an immediate left turn (as though you were going
          to make a U-turn back onto Mopac) and there will be
          another traffic light where you will see Mangia Pizza in
          front of you to the left. Turn left and then make an
          immediate right turn into the little store cluster.

   Note: If you pass Mangia Pizza, there is a U-turn on the left
   just a little past the store cluster. Follow the directions for
   Mopac coming from the north.
-- 
Ron Roberts ron.roberts@spansion.com ronro@austin.rr.com ronr@cactus.org, or ronro@bga.com 
Phone (512) 971-1614
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