Instead of a regular speaker, this month we are going to do a hackfest. Like the previous hackfests we will take half of the meeting to conduct lightning talks from the first four people who sign up for one. After that we will spend the rest of the time in a more loosely-structured social setting where everyone can show each other what they have been working on or ask for help. This would be a good meeting to bring your computers.

Have you been wondering what you are going to do with all those high-powered graphics cards you bought now that Bitcoins have declined in value? Why not use them to crack passwords? In this talk Kyle Rankin will discuss the basics of how to use the processing power of your graphics card to crack various types of password hashes.

We will also hold our 2011 NBLUG Board elections at this meeting to be sure to turn up and vote.

While it is fun to learn how to hack, sometimes it's tough to practice your skills without breaking any laws. It turns out if you have any consumer devices on your local network, you already have everything you need to practice penetration testing. In this talk I will discuss my experience with the Dlink DIR-685 Wireless N router and how with just a few basic skills I was able to find multiple exploits, including one that gave me root, all through the web interface. As I describe the attacks I'll demonstrate the exploits with a live demo.