[ossig] HITBSecConf2005 Open Source Security Project Showcase

[mel <melingm@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

HITBSecConf organizing committe is proud to announce its Open Source
Security Award[1] for HITBSecConf2005[2].

This award is to encourage the participation of software developers in
Open Source development work in general and in security software
development in particular as well as to promote quality Open Source
software projects in the security arena.

The Hack in the Box Open Source Security Software Award (HITB-OSS
Award2005) will be given to an outstanding security software which has
been released under at least one of the Open Source Licenses recognized
by the Open Source Initiative. This is an ideal opportunity and platform
for up and coming security researchers to showcase their works and to
highlight new technologies.

The Top 4 submissions (as judged by our selection committee) will be
awarded with a chance to present their software and project at the Hack
in the Box Security Conference 2005 (HITBSecConf2005) to be held in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 28th and 29th September. Each of the 4
project groups will be allocated the following:

- The use of a prime booth for presentation at the HITBSecConf2005
exhibition area
- A 15-minute slot for presentation / demo during the tea breaks (there
are 2 breaks per day, as such presentations will be spread across the
2-days.)
- A computer, projector and screen will be provided for the teams use
(The team members are expected to furnish all software, additional
hardware for example hubs, switches etc that may be necessary for the demo.)
- HITB will arrange with both the international as well as local media
to be present during these presentation slots.

Eligibility

To be eligible, applicants should ensure that their security software is
at least released under one of the Open Source licenses to be found at
the Open Source Initiative website and that it is in working order:

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/index.php.

Beta versions can be submitted but preference will be given to a stable
release version. The software should also be available for downloading
for evaluation by the judges over the Internet (though not necessarily
for public downloading).

Judging Criteria

Judging will be done by a committee selected by Hack in the Box and the
decision of the judges is final. The software will be judged based on
the following criteria:

1.) Software architecture, design and coding with respect to:

- innovation and creativity
- security considerations

2.) Functionalities of the software with respect to its intended use

3.) Preference will be given to a software project that is not in
widespread use currently i.e. It should be a new or relatively new project.

4.) The judges decision is final. No late entries will be entertained

5.) Participation is also open to students at all levels in local or
foreign institutes of higher education. Students are strongly encouraged
to submit.

6.) Participants must be able to demonstrate working and functional
software. This means that no conceptual design work or ideas will be
accepted. Pre-release, and beta software are accepted as long as it can
demonstrate more than 70% of its intended functionalities.

Details of Submission

Interested applicants are requested to fill out the details in the form
below and email it to following address: hitb-ossps -at- hackinthebox.org

The closing date for submission is Friday 9th September 2005. The 4
short listed teams will be contacted by Monday 12th September 2005.

The submission form can be downloaded from
http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2005kl/hitb-ossps.doc

--mel
[1] http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2005kl/index.php?cat=14
[2] http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2005kl/

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