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Black Hat USA 2020 Now in its 23rd year, Black Hat USA is the world's leading information security event, providing attendees with the very latest security research, development and trends. Black Hat USA 2020 will be entirely virtual this year, held over the same dates, August 1-6. August 1-6, 2020.  Website         

Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) Performs a one-way authentication for a remote access connection. Authentication is performed through a three-way handshake (challenge, response, acceptance message) between a server and a client, without sending credentials across the network. Specified in RFC 1994, August 1996.  Wikipedia  RFC 1334  RFC 1994     

Commodore 64 8-bit home computer from Commodore International. Released August 1982.  Wikipedia         

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) (UDP ports 500 and 4500) Tunneling protocol similar to PPTP used to support Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). L2TP does not provide confidentiality or strong authentication by itself but is often used with IPsec to provide encryption. The combination of these two protocols is generally known as L2TP/IPsec. Published as proposed standard RFC 2661 August 1999.  Wikipedia  RFC 2661  Cisco     

Level 10 Computer case made by Thermaltake and designed by BMW. Released August 2009.  Amazon         

LGA 2011-v3 (aka: Socket R3, LGA 2011-3) CPU socket used with Intel microprocessors including Haswell-E (desktop, X99 chipset) and Haswell-EP (Xeon E5 v3) CPUs. Supports DDR4 memory. Released August 2014.  Wikipedia         

Microsoft Disk Operating System (MS-DOS)  Released in August 1981.  Wikipedia         

Microsoft Office  First announced August 1, 1988. Released August 1, 1989 for Mac OS and November 19, 1990 for Windows.  Wikipedia         

Resilient File System (ReFS)  Released with Windows Server 2012 August 1, 2012.  Wikipedia         

RTLinux Hard realtime RTOS microkernel that runs the entire Linux operating system as a fully preemptive process. Discontinued August 2011.  Website  Wikipedia       

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Service uses port 161, trap uses port 162. Uses SNMP managers, agents, and MIBs. Consumes more bandwidth than Syslog. First defined in RFC 1067 August 1988.  Wikipedia  RFC 1067  Cisco (Configuring SNMP)  Netacad  CCIE or Null! 

Transport Layer Security 1.2 (TLS 1.2)  Defined in RFC 5246 August 2008.  Website  Wikipedia       

USB 1.1 (aka: Full Speed) Up to 12Mbps (1.5MBps) transfer rate. Max cable length is 3 meters (18 meters if using the maximum of five hubs). Released in August 1998.  Wikipedia         

V.92 ITU standard for 56 kb/s download and 48 kb/s upload modems. Introduced August 1999.  Wikipedia  ITU       

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