Just Another "I’m at Tech-Ed 2007" Post (Not!)
If you are an IT professional working with Microsoft technologies then Tech-Ed is the conference to attend (although some organizations have issues with sending employees to “conferences” so you might need to sell it as a “technical training event” to be able to attend.)
Even if you are unable to attend Tech-Ed, there’s no reason to miss out on all the great sessions that take place at it. During the conference, some sessions are simulcast via the Virtual Tech-Ed website (so you can listen to and see the presentation live) and all the sessions are available as part of a DVD set a month or two after the conference (and if you can’t get your employer to pay for that–it might be time to re-think your choice of employers….)
This morning I watched a simulcast of the ”Why I Can Hack Your Network in a Day! (Level 300)” session by Marcus Murray. It was another great Tech-Ed security session in the tradition of Jesper Johansson and Steve Riley. I’d strongly recommend that you watch if you have any degree of responsibility for IT security (whether it’s the client, server or network.)
Marcus did some really good demos of how easy it is to hack most networks. The hash-injection and RDP demos made me really appreciate some of the decisions I made in the past (and fortunately no one could hear me laugh when I realized how exposed some environments are.)
Links:
Virtual Tech·Ed Home
TechEd DVD 2007
Marcus Murray’s Blog (with notes from his presentation)
