[Luna] April 19th Meeting

[Shane Lofgren]

Reminder:  The meeting it tomorrow April 19th at 6:30pm.  Here is the thread
about the meeting (http://flaglug.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=78) and here is
the location (http://www.flaglug.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=47).  I hope to
see you there.  If you think you can make it please let me know ASAP so I
can be prepared.

-Shane



On 4/9/07, Shane Lofgren <slofgren at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If everyone is interested in option #2 (How to secure a Linux box) I have
> written a short check list that can be used as a follow-the-steps direction
> to securing your Linux box.  It was written for the intention of someone
> taking the handout home and following the steps and included commands. It is
> by no means a definitive paper but covers most situations.
>
> -Shane Lofgren
>
>
>
> On 4/9/07, Shane Lofgren <slofgren at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I propose three options for our next meeting.  Since there have not been
> > any responses to a topic idea, I came up with a couple of my own.
> >
> > 1. Setup a Gentoo box.
> > Many people are interested in Gentoo but have either had trouble or feel
> > intimidated by the process. We could take a box and getting gentoo running.
> > Since Gentoo installs only what you want it to it has a high potential of
> > being the most secure, stable and best fit for your hardware.  We cold use
> > this machine as our official meeting server that will be available during
> > each meeting.  In the future we could put this server online for us to use.
> > We could also have games and other interaction to pass some of the waiting
> > time during an install. Though from experience it is pretty interactive
> > install.
> >
> > 2. How to secure a Linux box.
> > Take a Linux server and walk through steps on securing it for public
> > use.  I would offer some initial discussion and activities and then we could
> > work as a group to learn from one another.
> >
> > 3. Hold off the meeting for another month to regain interest.
> >
> > There...those are my ideas.  Three good options to choose from.   I know
> > that you guys are alive out there so respond with some feed back.  If you
> > can't come then let us know.  If you don't like the options you can suggest
> > another one.  If you want to offer other ideas for the group then speak up.
> >
> > This post will be duplicated on our online forum<http://flaglug.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=78>.
> > The online forum is a great medium to interact and ask questions.  The
> > interaction is very easy to browse and find at a later date.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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