Steady now. We’re almost ready to unleash the EuroOSCON line-up, almost. I can tell you that the schedule is looking excellent. As a little preview by looking back at last year’s event, here is IT Conversation’s audio of Alan Cox’s presentation on security. From ITC’s summary:

Security and validation are critical issues in computing, and the next fifty years will be harder than the last. There are a number of proven programming techniques and design approaches which are already helping to harden our modern systems, but each of these must be carefully balanced with usability in order to be effective. In this talk, Alan Cox, fellow at Red Hat Linux, explores the future of what may be the biggest threat facing software engineers, the unverified user.