[Posted to man.unix.general and other news groups] ------ Forwarded Article 95fbg8$dal$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca ------ From gedetil@cs.umanitoba.ca (Gilbert E. Detillieux)
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 13. The meeting topic for this month is as follows:
Locking Down Linux
This month, MUUG member Shawn Wallbridge returns with a follow-up to the November meeting topic. The many benefits to using Linux also make it a prime target for attacks. The power of Linux also increases its usefulness to crackers/hackers.
This presentation will cover various tools and methods to secure your Linux machine. Some tools covered will be the Bastille hardening script, PortSentry, and Tripwire. We will take a basic installation and lock it down to limit the risk of a remote exploit.
The group holds its general meetings at 7:30 PM on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend.
Please note our meeting location: IBM Canada's offices in the TD Centre, at the corner of Portage and Main. We gather in the lobby on the main floor - please try to be there by about 7:15 PM. Steve Moffat will then take us up to the meeting room just before the meeting starts at 7:30. Don't be late, or you may not get in.
Parking is available either in the parkade behind the TD building, off Albert Street, or in the ground level lot just north of the TD building. Entrance to the lot is from Albert Street, behind the parkade. Either way, parking is a $1.25 flat rate for the evening. You purchase your ticket from a dispenser, so make sure you've got exact change - a loonie and a quarter, or 5 quarters.
For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: