I presented an overview of the Ultraviolet Linux (UV) project at Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) 2025.
UV is a proposed architecture and reference implementation for generalized code integrity in Linux. The goal of the presentation was to seek early feedback from the community and to invite collaboration — it’s at an early stage of development currently.
A copy of the slides may be found here (pdf).
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Just a quick update on the Linux Security Summit North America (LSS-NA) for 2020.
The event will take place over two days as an online event, due to COVID-19. The dates are now July 1-2, and the full schedule details may be found here.
The main talks are:
There are also short (30 minute) topics:
This year we will also have a Q&A panel at the end of each day, moderated by Elena Reshetova. The panel speakers are:
LSS-NA this year is included with OSS+ELC registration, which is USD $50 all up. Register here.
Hope to see you soon!
The CFP for the 2020 Linux Security Summit North America is currently open, and closes on March 31st.
The CFP details are here: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/linux-security-summit-north-america/program/cfp/
You can register as an attendee here: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/linux-security-summit-north-america/register/
Note that the conference this year has moved from August to June (24-26). The location is Austin, TX, and we are co-located with the Open Source Summit as usual.
We’ll be holding a 3-day event again, after the success of last year’s expansion, which provides time for tutorials and ad-hoc break out sessions. Please note that if you intend to submit a tutorial, you should be a core developer of the project or otherwise recognized leader in the field, per this guidance from the CFP:
Tutorial sessions should be focused on advanced Linux security defense topics within areas such as the kernel, compiler, and security-related libraries. Priority will be given to tutorials created for this conference, and those where the presenter is a leading subject matter expert on the topic.
This will be the 10th anniversary of the Linux Security Summit, which was first held in 2010 in Boston as a one day event.
Get your proposals for 2020 in soon!
LSS-NA for 2019 was held in August in San Diego. Slides are available at the Schedule, and videos of the talks may now be found in this playlist.
LWN covered the following presentations:
The new 3-day format (as previously discussed) worked well, and we’re expecting to continue this next year for LSS-NA.
Details on the 2020 event will be announced soon!
Announcements may be found on the event twitter account @LinuxSecSummit, on the linux-security-module mailing list, and via this very blog.