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Conference Programme

Wednesday, 1 September 2004

Thursday, 2 September 2004

Friday, 3 September 2004

Selected Abstracts

Abstracts will be added to this section over time. Check back here for updates.

Privacy, Anonymity, and Security on the Internet

Steve Bellovin

The Internet provides both more and less anonymity than some would desire. Similarly, we have both more and less privacy than we would like. Conflicting desires, plus a strong need for security, interact in complex ways, affecting the nature of the Web, email (including spam), and copyright law. I'll wax rhapsodic on the different trends, tools, techniques, and possible futures.

Steve is an AT&T Fellow in the Network Services Research Lab at AT&T Labs Research, New Jersey. Steve does research on networks, security and why the two don't get along. He is the co-author, with Bill Cheswick, of the book Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker.

How To Eat An Elephant

Arjen Lentz

Developers/geeks, business people and politicians struggle to come to grips with crucial aspects of the real world. Particularly for those of us who are involved with open source, there are many lessons to learn. Some of these will be explored here.

Arjen Lentz (35) is originally from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Since marrying an Aussie, he decided that Australia is a very nice place to live, so together with their black cat they now reside in Kenmore, a Western suburb of Brisbane, QLD.

Arjen started with programming, but has since branched out to writing, translating, marketing, training and consultancy. He has been working for MySQL AB (the Swedish company that owns, develops and supports the MySQL database software, www.mysql.com) since 2001, primarily as technical writer for MySQL Documentation Team.

Arjen is always keen to be involved in open discussions with interested parties about MySQL and the possibilities for Open Source.

Permissive Action Links

Steve Bellovin

From a security perspective, command and control of nuclear weapons presents a challenge. The security mechanisms are supposed to be so good that they're impossible to bypass. But how do they work? Beyond that, there are reports linking these mechanisms to the early history of public key cryptography. We'll explore the documented history of both fields, and speculate on just how permissive action links - the "combination locks" on nuclear weapons - actually work.

Trust in Debian

Bdale Garbee

The Debian project is one of the world's largest and most trusted software development communities. This presentation will describe the tools and processes used to secure the creation and distribution of Debian GNU/Linux.

Bdale Garbee is the Linux CTO for HP, helping to ensure that Linux works well on HP computer systems, and helping with other HP Open Source projects. He has been a contributor to the Debian project since 1995, including serving as Project Leader in the past.

Current State of Play of ICT and Open Source in the Australian Government

Steve Alford

Since the last time we spoke at this conference the Australian Government has made many advances in the area of open source and emergent technologies. This presentation provides a series of snapshots of significant developments in the area of open source and innovative ICT solutions within the Australian Government. It will also explain the role of AGIMO in the current ICT environment.

Tony Judge is General Manager, Sourcing & Security Branch, in the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO).

Steve Alford joined NOIE (AGIMO's predecessor) in 2002 following 12 years working with various Federal Agencies on employment, education and small business programs.

Over the last seven years he has taken a leadership role in the development and implementation of Online business systems including document management systems, financial and HR systems and Web publishing. He has extensive experience in the development of portals for specific target audiences including the Australian business community through the Business Entry point, the education sector through Education Network Australia and department staff through the corporate Intranet.

Steve currently leads the Sourcing & Security Branch, which focuses on governance and investment issues at a whole of government level, security, sourcing and emerging technologies. Some of the current projects Steve is handling include Open Source initiatives, the Fedlink rollout and application security.

OSS Contract And Legal Considerations In The Australian Government

Peter Alexander

NOIE/AGIMO commissioned an Australian SME to implement a pure open source Content Management System to manage its Internet and intranet. In doing so we also wrote a case study on the implementation. This presentation details the similarities and the differences we encountered when dealing with a 'new' technology in the contracts and legal areas.

Peter has been with AGIMO (formerly NOIE) since September 2002. He manages an AGIMO team responsible for the security and emerging technology - including FedLink.

He has worked in the Australian Government for ten years - prior to joining AGIMO he has worked at Finance, Industry and Workplace Relations. He has developed broad experience in policy, program and project development, implementation and management.

Peter has a Bachelor of Commerce and Graduate Diploma in Information Systems both from the University of Canberra. He is currently undertaking the CPA Program to achieve the CPA professional accreditation.

Linux at Centrelink; Identity and Access Management at Centrelink

David Oram

Perspective on the progress of introducing Linux as a production platform at Centrelink, including discussion of business and migration issues. Potted history of identity management at Centrelink, considering application of technology to management of customer and staff identity.

David has over twenty years with the Australian IT industry, predominantly working with the Australian Government. During the 80s he was a data and voice communications specialist with IBM, during the 90s he was a systems integrator with BHP IT and is now the planner for Infrastructure strategy with Centrelink.

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