Suggestions for talks at nblug:

[Christopher Wagner]

Hi there!

The following are the things that I think I would enjoy the most from
your list of ideas:

The Gimp (It's a cool app, everyone under Linux should use it!)
Shell scripting (I've been banging my head against a wall trying to
teach myself)
Service Security (A VERY important part of system administration)
Kernel Security (It wouldn't be any fun to have your hardware hosed by
some hacker)

I wish I was able to actually present on any of the topics mentioned but
I'm still too much of a novice to be an authority figure for any of
these things just yet.

Anyway, have a good day at work folks!

- Chris Wagner
--
<chrisw at pacaids.com>
IS Administrator - Packaging Aids Corporation
San Rafael, CA
415-454-4868 x116
http://www.pacaids.com/


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	ME [SMTP:dugan at passwall.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, August 09, 2001 6:54 PM
> To:	talk at nblug.org
> Subject:	Suggestions for talks at nblug:
> 
> Bill Kendrick  (LUGOD) did a talk on the GIMP at another LUG and will
> be
> doing it at his local LUG soon. Maybe we can convince him to talk
> about it
> at our LUG?
> 
> (For those that do not know about the GIMP, it is a fully function
> desktop
> publishing tool that feels much like Photoshop(TM) but hs many
> features
> not found in Photoshop - and the GIMP is free!)
> 
> Other suggestions:
> kernel-style software RAID (md support etc)
> using a shell / shell scripting - understanding the startup scripts
>  /etc/init.d/*
> games on Linux (/usr/games through to first person shoot-em-up and
>  strategy
> How Agilent has employed Linux in the workplace (We have members from 
>  Agilent. Any willing and able to talk about Linux where they work?)
> Simple review of "20 common shell commands" and how they can make
> shell
>  work easier
> Security (broken into:)
>  firewalling rules (covered by Devin and Frank)
>  tcp wrappers and /etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts.deny
>  physical security
>  general application security (SUID root applications, /dev file
>   permissions, etc
>  kernel security / patches / risks of certain options modules /
>   internation kernel patches (crytographic filesystems etc prob
>   need to be broken into two topics...)
>  service security (common security holes)
> 
> Can we get someone from ILM to discuss how they use Linux (I assume
> the
> do) with special effects and why they chose it?
> 
> Um, anyone want to second these for suggestions, or willing to present
> on
> them? 
> 
> These are some that I would like to hear about if someone was willing
> to
> speak on them. To even have a volunteer go out and learn the item and
> then
> come discuss the cool features they found would be good. :-)
>