5.2.2003 09.06.04 MST - Well this month we were back in our old home, the Food Court. The UofU library started closing at 5:45pm for summer hours so we decided it was time to go where we've always been welcome. While the meeting did end up being rather small I have to say it was a good time. All total I think there were about eighteen of us there. It felt kind of odd, but it brought back memories of when the meetings were always that size and you never had to shout to be heard. Which is nice. It was deffinetly one of the more laid back meetings.

Manic Velocity gave a talk about ITunes. Which while well received didn't really hit home with most since you still end up paying for music that you can't just give to your friends. At a dollar a song you may as well go and buy the CD in my opinion. Then you can rip, stream, or do whatever you want. All personal feelings aside, it was a good talk.

I talked little bit about the direction that DC801 is heading in and I think we may have some more people attending those meetings from now on. Salt Lake is a pretty productive group and the thought of working on structured projects seemed to appeal to most.

We also talked a little bit about Defcon and some people made room arrangements. Who's sleeping where and what not. Who has rooms, and how we're getting there. Also discussed the Scavenger Hunt shortly and that the public suggestion list is up and running. Anyone can suggest whatever they want and the items will be picked through for the hunt just like last year. just doing it with a script rather than a forum makes it a lot easier. For the rest of the meeting we just kicked back and talked about Atari, NES, IRC, and all kinds of general nerd crap. Again, laid back but kool. Well, that's all I have for this month. See ya in June - Grifter

4.4.2003 10.03.01 MST - April has come and April has gone and rather quickly if I do say so myself. This meeting marked two years since we started doing talks at the 2600 meetings and we've come a long way. For proof just check out the texts section. We had two talks this month. One formal, one informal.

Adrenaline gave a talk about IPv6 and what can generally be expected from it. It was a little short but only because their isn't much he could have done using the UofU computer systems. He did however utilize the whiteboard and dry erase markers, which was a first. He got some good questions and may have raised some interest in others.

V0rtex through down a little bit of an expansion of my Alternate Data Streams talk. he had done some research into programs that locate ADS's and showed some of them off since they ran from a straight .exe and did not require an installation. It was nice to see someone got something out of the talk and also may have created a new project for DC801. We'll see.

We had a little more yearning to head back to the food court this month, people tend to like having food when they are at the meetings. Once again, we'll see what happens. We did a little more talking about the plans for Defcon and are still on track. People have got rooms reserved and are getting excited to get rolling already. Well, that's all I have this month. See ya in May - Grifter

3.7.2003 11.27.34 MST - Well the first meeting at the Marriot Library went off without a hitch. While some people complained about being able to find it, they'll have to figure it out. Not to sound like an ass but if you can't figure out how to get to the library, then maybe you don't belong at a 2600 meeting. Either way, all was well.

Adrenaline started us off with a talk about MBSA or Microsoft Base Security Analyzer. He had some good info but it would have gone better had he known that you couldn't install anything on the UofU computers so he could run the analyzer on the local machine, and likewise, onto the screen. It did spark some interest though and that's what counts.

Next Dedhed talked about writing Character Set Iteration Code. He had sample code that he and Com4 had thrown together while working on cracking some password hashes they were interested in. While there aren't many hardcore programmers at the meetings it was still well received but I think people wanted to know more about why he wrote it, then how he wrote it. Nosey.

I finished off the round of talks with a talk on Alternate Data Streams or Hiding Data Using NTFS. Having the projector really came in handy here because I was able to do actual demos and show people exactly what I was talking about and how to do it. It was a great talk from where I sat because I got so many questions. People seemed to be really interested and I had a good time giving the talk. It ended up running forty minutes or so, so it was rather long.

All in all it turned out to be a good meeting at the Library and made for some good times. It'll be interesting to see how things work out. Some people said they liked the food court better but most wanted to stay at the Library for now. We'll see what happens. We talked a little more about Defcon, so things are coming together so far. That's all I have for this month. See ya in April - Grifter

2.7.2003 11.38.40 MST - I'll start off this month by thanking Manic Velocity for doing the News for the last two months. I have been really busy and having someone pick up the slack was nice. So thank you Manic. The February meeting went rather well. We had a good time and there were a few talks and informal discussions.

Manic Velocity gave a talk on Hacking your IPod which was well received. And answered questions from the group afterwards. Mutilator did a little bit of radio modding with my Yaesu, which we got some good pictures of. And then we handled some regular local business.

I got up and talked about Defcon and the planning that was to begin for that. I know it is a bit early but we 2600SLC has some good things heading it's way this year at Defcon. Not only will be hosting the Scavenger Hunt, but we will br running the Defcon Movie Channel as well. I officially turned the reins over to Manic Velocity for the Dercon Roadtrip since I will be attending BlackHat USA prior to Defcon as well.

We also discussed the formation of the DC801 meetings, or Defcon Areacode Meetings. DC801 is going to be basically like another 2600 meeting but with SLC being more in control. SLC and Colorado Springs are the first of their kind so we will have a direct effect on how meetings are organized, ground rules and whatnot. The meetings will be more project oriented and basically more productive than social gatherings. that's all we've got figured out so far, but it should be pretty sweet.

And to end the meetings we had a vote on whether to move the meetings to the University of Utah Library or to keep them at the Food Court. We'll lose the access to food, but we'll gain a projector and some quiet. In the end we decided on the Library. So bye bye food court, you've been good to us. See ya in March - Grifter

1.3.2003 23.19.33 MST - This meeting was an excellent way to kick off the new year. Talks were plentiful as well as pre and post-meeting discussions. IronMan gave a talk on Social Engineering, expanding on Grifter's talk a few months earlier. Durden gave a talk on Quantum Cryptography. This was good, because I had always seen Durden on IRC, but he rarely said anything so I assumed he was a bot. You learn something new every day. V0rtex gave a talk on dual booting Windows over Linux using Grub. Eric Hughes stood up unexpectedly and gave a breif talk on his personal views of PGP. He's currently researching ways to make it better, and is re-learning C in order to write his own client.

Finally, Grifter stood up and gave us all an intro of what to expect at DCXI. Yes, I know it's January, but it will come sooner than you think. I've already started saving portions of my paychecks. Last year, at DCX, we were in charge of the offical DefCon Scavenger Hunt, and this year, we're ruling DefCon TV with an iron fist. Grifter threw out ideas of how he'd like to see it run. A few people gave feedback and suggestions.

After that, it was "Talk amongst yourselves" time. For the past couple meetings, people have bolted as soon as the talks ended. Grifter brought it to everyone's attention and it slowly got better, but this month was golden. Walking around, I heard various discussions ranging from DefCon nostalgia, to programming, to women and parties. It was really nice to see.

Like I said, this meeting was, in my opinion, perfect for the first meeting of the year. Hopefully February will be just as good, if not better. See you next month. -Manic Velocity