4th Annual Sharkfest Was a Huge Success!

4th Annual SharkfestSHARKFEST'11 has come and gone, and proven to be another successful forum for Wireshark information exchange and knowledge-sharing. From Steve McCanne's Keynote on "The Architecture and Optimization Methodology of the libpcap Packet Capture Library", to Gerald Combs insight into the current and future direction of the Wireshark project, to Hands-On Labs by Laura Chappell, Jeff Carrell and Betty DuBois, to multiple IPv6, application performance analysis and other network analysis and monitoring sessions, the conference seems to have been a rich educational experience for all.
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Steve McCanneSteve McCanne to Deliver Keynote Address

Riverbed announces SHARKFEST '11 opening keynote session! This session will be delivered by Steve McCanne, co-founder and CTO of Riverbed Technology, and author, along with Van Jacobson and Craig Leres, of tcpdump, a powerful command-line packet analyzer. Dr. McCanne will speak on "The Architecture and Optimization Methodology of the libpcap Packet Capture Library".

Keynote Address - Tuesday June 14th at 9:00 am

Jeff CarrellJeff Carrell to Deliver Hands On Lab
Building an IPv6 Network

Attendees will configure a network system of several different brands of equipment, utilizing only IPv6, DHCPv6, and IPv6 routing.

Jeff is a network systems and security instructor on ProCurve Networking by HP products, delivering technical courses throughout North America.

Two Part Session - Monday June 13th from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Laura ChappellLaura Chappell to Deliver Hands On Lab
Customizing Wireshark for Different Use Scenarios

Speed up your analysis process by customizing Wireshark for numerous Security and Troubleshooting scenarios using columns, name files, coloring rules and filters and more.

Laura Chappell "lives, eats and breathes" at the packet-level. She has written and edited numerous books on networking communications and analysis and founded Wireshark University.

Two Part Session - Tuesday June 14th from 2:00 pm to 4:45 pm

Loris DegioanniLoris Degioanni to Present: An Holistic Approach to End-to-End Network Analysis & Optimization

Networks monitoring and troubleshooting is often needle in a haystack processes that involves digging into gigabytes of data coming from multiple sources, like Netflow, SNMP and packet traces. In this session, Loris Degioanni will present a top down, holistic approach to the problem, explain the technology that makes it possible and the role that Wireshark can play.

Loris Degioanni Senior Director, Engineering - Office of the CTO at Riverbed Technology.

Wednesday June 15th from 9:00 am to 10:30 am

Hansang BaeHansang Bae to Deliver Case Study: Wireshark in the Large Enterprise

Learn how to optimize use of the world's most popular network and protocol analyzer in a large enterprise from a master Wireshark veteran.

Hansang Bae currently leads the Network/Application Performance Engineering Team with direct responsibility for Packet Capture Infrastructure at Citi.

Wednesday June 15th from 10:45 am to 12:15 pm

Jasper BongertzJasper Bongertz to Present: Have Shark - Will Travel

This session will focus on a several troubleshooting cases using Wireshark and show how the problems were identified using various filters, some color coding, lots of statistics, and the command line tools.

Jasper Bongertz is a Senior Technical Consultant at the Fast Lane Institute for Knowledge Transfer

Wednesday June 15th from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Betty DuBoisBetty DuBois to Present: Network Mysteries and How To Solve Them

In this session, Detective Betty DuBois will review many of the elusive network cases she has solved using Wireshark and Pilot. There will be plenty of forensics evidence and practical information provided to help you solve your own network mysteries.

Betty DuBois is a Wireshark University Instructor, creator of the "Network Mystery" series of videos featured on the wireshark.org site, and network trainer/consultant for hire.

Thursday June 16th from 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm

Gerald CombsGerald Combs to Moderate the Wireshark Core Developer Closing Roundtable: Looking Ahead to the Next 10 Years

Wireshark is the result of more than a decade of collaborative effort by talented users and developers around the world. In Sharkfest's closing session Gerald will lead a discussion about Wireshark's future direction, and you are invited to join in.

Gerald Combs is founder and lead developer at Wireshark development team.

Thursday June 16th from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm

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