Hello all!
For those of you who missed last night's meeting, I must say - you missed a
GREAT meeting. Not only did we have a very full house, but the talk went
very well. Frank and Devin covered building a Firewall with Linux under
kernel 2.2.x very well - lot's of great examples and lot's of
why-you-hafta-do-what-you-do tips and tricks. If you went and missed the
URL of the talk page, or if you weren't able to attend and are curious to
get some pointers on getting started, check out:
http://www.nblug.org/firewall/
If you found last night's talk enjoyable, you'll be happy to know that Frank
and Devin are talking about doing a second talk that will more fully cover
the new features in kernel 2.4.x for firewalling, especially the state-full
packet inspection. Stay tuned for an update about that.
Also, as a reminder, we've got an InstallFest happening on this Saturday,
the 17th starting at 10AM. There is also a computer show at the SoCo
Fairgrounds, so this is a great opportunity to go grab a new computer (or
the rest of the parts you need to put together an old one) and bring it on
over to Sebastopol (full directions are on our web site...see below) and get
assistance installing Linux on it.
You don't have to have a computer to install to stop by on Saturday - just
come by to say hi or ask a question you may have. We'll have lot's of folks
to help out.
If you WOULD like help installing a machine, please do us the favor of
registering at the site:
http://www.nblug.org/installfest/
Hope to see you all on Saturday!
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
WHAT: NBLUG General Meeting
TOPIC: You can never be too rich, too thin or too paranoid: Linux Firewalls
WHERE: O'Reilly (see NBLUG website for specifics)
WHEN: February 13th, 2001 @ 7:30PM
Also, don't forget to register for our upcoming InstallFest!
WHAT: NBLUG InstallFest
WHERE: O'Reilly
WHEN: February 17th, 2001 @ 10AM
REGISTER: http://www.nblug.org/installfest/
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Greetings everyone! It's that time again. Our General Meeting is right
around the corner. This month we've got a really cool topic - how to turn a
Linux box into a firewall. This is topic you want to hear about it you play
with Linux and have a DSL or cable connection at home and don't already have
a firewall or want to replace the one you have with a Linux box. You should
also drop by even if you've already got a Linux firewall, as we'll be
discussing a lot of other topics around firewalls such as intrusion
detection, some more basics about TCP/IP and also how to monitor your
firewall to make sure everything is going OK.
The talk will be presented by our very own Frank Ball and Devin Carraway.
They'll be covering everything from the basics about why you need a
firewall, to sample diagrams about how a firewall works. They'll also have
a setup demonstrating how everything goes together.
Also, just a reminder that we've got an InstallFest coming up in about a
week and a half, on the 17th of February. If you plan on attending for
assistance in getting Linux installed, please take a few minutes to register
at our site at http://www.nblug.org/register/. Thanks!
Well, it's way past my bed time, so I'm going to end this here. Hope to see
you all next week!
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
