What's new in FreeBSD 12.0

This entertaining presentation introduces the FreeBSD operating system and the community that produces it. FreeBSD is an advanced computer operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. A large community has continually developed it for more than thirty years. Its advanced networking, security, and storage features have made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of the busiest web sites and most pervasive embedded networking and storage devices.

Philip Paeps

Philip Paeps (“Trouble”) is an independent consultant and contractor. He provides research and development on low-level software and operating systems, particularly in an embedded or real-time context. His main interests are bootloaders, device drivers and high-performance networking. He can also be convinced to teach courses and workshops on a variety of networking-related topics.

Random number generation for simulation, blockchain and cryptography

Random number generation is common in various fields. Unfortunately, it is easy to be done wrongly, leading to inaccurate output or even security compromise. This talk aims on giving out a few case studies on using random numbers, e.g. how rand() in glibc fails when doing simulation, what should be cared for random numbers used in blockchain and cryptography, etc.

Honorable Charles Mok, JP

Charles Mok, is the Legislative Councillor representing the Information Technology Functional Constituency. He has been serving the ICT industry for more than 20 years. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Professional Commons, Honorary President of the Hong Kong Information Technology Federation and Founding Chairman of the Internet Society Hong Kong.

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