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Virginia
OWASP Washington VA
Welcome to the Washington VA chapter homepage. The chapter leader is Stan Wisseman
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Local News
We were blessed with a couple of good presentations from Cigital on 15 February:
"Add & Edit Cookies Firefox plugin", Ben Walther from Cigital. This plugin allows someone to see what cookies are set in their browser, modify them, delete them, etc. http://benwalther.wordpress.com/2006/11/16/have-your-cookies-and-eat-them-too/
"A Closer Look at Identity Theft Through Peer-to-Peer Networks", Paco Hope from Cigital. File:Identity Theft P2P Networks.pdf
Meeting Times and Location
Our next meeting will be on 8 March, at 6pm. The speakers will be Adam Vincent from Layer 7 and Bruce Potter from Booz Allen.
Directions
13200 Woodland Park Road Herndon, VA 20171
From Tyson's Corner:
1. Take LEESBURG PIKE / VA-7 WEST 2. Merge onto VA-267 WEST / DULLES TOLL ROAD (Portions Toll) 3. Take the VA-657 Exit (Exit Number 10 towards Herndon / Chantilly) 4. Take the ramp toward CHANTILLY 5. Turn Left onto CENTERVILLE ROAD (at end of ramp) 6. Turn Left onto WOODLAND PARK ROAD (less than 1⁄2 mile) 7. End at 13200 WOODLAND PARK ROAD