[SoCoSA/discuss] [SoCoSA/notify] Meeting Tuesday: Virtual Networks w/ Untangle

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Hi everyone!  It's that time again!

Next week's meeting:
Day: Tuesday, March 4th (a week from yesterday)
Time: 7 pm for speaker; doors open at 6 pm with pizza
Who: Dirk Morris, CTO at Untangle
Topic: “Trade-Offs in Building Entire Networks in Software”
Pizza: Show up before 6:10 to get in your pizza order
Where: The usual spot; Tarsier Conference Room at O'Reilly (there's a sign!)
URL: http://www.socosa.org/node/665

Topic Overview:

Untangle, an open source software company, has developed a
virtualization platform for packaging and delivering networking
applications that make it easier for businesses to adopt open source
software. In this presentation, Untangle’s Founder/CTO, Dirk Morris,
will lay out a new model for deploying software at the network gateway
to overcome the challenges of running multiple applications (firewall,
IPS, VPN, Spam Blocker, Spyware Blocker, Web Filter, etc.) on standard
x86 based hardware. Dirk will present an insider’s look at the tradeoffs
Untangle made when designing a virtual network and tricks learned in
maintaining high performance between competing applications running on
the same system.

Presenter Overview:

Dirk Morris is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Untangle
and visionary behind the Untangle Gateway Platform. Prior to Untangle,
Dirk was Chief Architect at Akheron Technologies, where he invented the
patent-pending High Bandwidth Transparent Vectoring used in the
company’s proxy firewall engine. He has also held positions as lead
engineer at VerticalNet and H.L.L.C. Consulting, developing Java-based
distributed monitor and intrusion detection systems. Earlier in his
career, Dirk worked on survivability simulations at CERT/CC (Computer
Emergency Response Team), the renowned, federally-funded Center for
Internet security operated by Carnegie Mellon University. Dirk earned a
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics from
Carnegie Mellon University.

Check the website (http://www.socosa.org/node/665) for more information
about the meeting.

Looking ahead:
  Tuesday, April 1st: Computer Recycling and related topics
  Tuesday, May 6th: maybe something wireless network related; might change

--
Christopher Wagner
SoCoSA Vice President
Jabber: christopher.wagner at gmail.com



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