HACKINT

Tomorrow I’ll be teaching the Packet Analysis and Intrusion Detection System class at Ramstein Air Base.  This will be the last time for awhile that I’ll be teaching that particular class at Ramstein.  I’m finally happy with how the class is structured and have added a lot of good material with feedback and practice from teaching a variety of students.  I’ll be offering the class out near Frankfurt a few times (hopefully to some hackerspace groups as well following some contacts made at TROOPERS13).  Additionally, I’ll be recording the class at home and have it ready for the hackINT website which will launch this summer/fall.

The class did not have an active call for more students; the students were taken from the backup list of the last class.  There is obviously an enormous amount of students even at Ramstein alone who want to take these types of classes.  That is a powerful thought.  I’m a young teacher and although I am confident in my skills I am constantly a student like everyone else; yet people give up their Saturdays to come train and learn something new because the education is available.  We constantly (globally) complain about the lack of security experts yet there are so many eager to learn if only the education was there to meet the demand.  It is not an issue of lack of desire it is an issue of availability and affordability.  I’m looking forward to the class tomorrow and will continue to work on the classes for the website.  Thank you to the students who continually keep me motivated.

Robert