[vox] [fwd] ACCU: Wednesday, February 10 - Norman Hardy , "Reliability and security of today???s software platforms"] [Mtn View]

[Bill Kendrick]

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Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 23:45:23 -0800
From: Ali Cehreli <acehreli at gmail.com>
Subject: ACCU: Wednesday, February 10 - Norman Hardy , "Reliability and security of today???s software platforms"
To: Ali Cehreli <acehreli at yahoo.com>
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When:      Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Topic:     Reliability and security of today???s software platforms
Speaker:   Norman Hardy
Time:      6:30pm doors open
           7:00pm meeting begins
Where:     Symantec
           VCAFE building
           350 Ellis Street (near E. Middlefield Road)
           Mountain View, CA 94043
Map:       <http://tinyurl.com/334rv5>
Directions: VCAFE is accessible from the semicircular courtyard between
Symantec buildings <http://tinyurl.com/2dccgc>
Cost:      Free
More Info: <
http://www.meetup.com/SFBay-Association-of-C-C-Users/events/227325917/>

Abstract:

There is much talk these days, even among computer professionals, that
computer security is hopeless. I will argue that while it might be a slog,
there are simple paths towards reliability and security. The insight is
that there may be no complex paths. Our current trajectory is away from
reliability and security. Function on today???s platforms are vulnerable to
all the complexity running there. The capability paradigm allows function
within a complex system that is vulnerable to very little.

Bio:

Norman Hardy[1] is a recognized authority on communication, security, and
operating system technologies. His extensive experience as senior
scientist, senior programmer, and physicist includes projects at Lawrence
Radiation Laboratory, IBM, Tymshare, Key Logic, Agorics, and others.

He is the architect of KeyKOS[2], a portable micro-kernel operating system
providing the architecture for security, robust availability, efficient
hosting of other operating systems, persistent virtual memory, and resource
accounting. KeyKOS was recommended by the NCSC for a B3 security rating. He
holds 10 computer security patents. He was the co-architect of Tymnet, the
first and largest private, packet-switch network that was most recently
owned and operated by British Telecom.

[1] http://www.cap-lore.com/

[2] http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~KeyKOS/NanoKernel/NanoKernel.html

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016
TBD
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Wednesday, March 24, 2016
TBD
<http://www.meetup.com/SFBay-Association-of-C-C-Users/events/227325920/>

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