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Slides from Firewall talk by Mihir Sevak
Posted by Adam Glass on Tuesday May 18th, 2010 at 8:52 PM
Hi all,
Slides and materials from several presentations over the years are available from the FLUX site. The latest addition is the April 2010 presentation on firewalls by Mihir Sevak.
Mihir gave a great talk! We need volunteers for upcoming meetings, including June. If you would like to share your knowledge, send an e-mail to adamglass@gmail.com. Thanks again, Mihir!
May 13: Kickstart Linux Installation
Posted by Adam Glass on Sunday May 2nd, 2010 at 4:42 PM
| TOPIC: | Kickstart Linux Installation! |
| PRESENTER: | Don Law! |
| DATE: | Thursday May 13, 2010 |
| TIME: | 6:30pm Refreshments & Networking |
| 7:00 Presentation begins | |
| LOCATION: | Nova Southeastern University, in our regular room (directions) |
Kickstart is a system created by Red Hat for installing Linux on multiple machines quickly and easily. The presentation will cover:
- A brief introduction to Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)
- A brief introduction to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- A brief introduction to Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
- A brief introduction to PXELINUX
- A brief introduction to Initial Ramdisk (initrd)
- A brief introduction to Desktop Management Interface (DMI) and dmidecode
- Putting it all together to make an automatic system inventory tool
- An introduction to Redhat kickstart
- Putting it all together to make a one-keystroke system installation and configuration tool.
Don Law has been a Unix developer in South Florida since 1984 and has worked on software for mobile phones, mainframes, high availability clusters, operating systems, storage controllers, nuclear power plants, missile simulators, and security appliances. He sometimes modifies his computer systems with a hacksaw. He has been an electronics hobbyist since middle school. He is well known for his home-grown Linux-based Christmas light display, synchonized to music. Don has a BS in Math and Computer Science from Furman University and a MS in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon and FAU.
Mark your calendar! See you May 13 at Nova Southeastern University!April 15: Firewalls
Posted by Adam Glass on Saturday April 3rd, 2010 at 3:09 PM
| TOPIC: | Firewalls! |
| PRESENTER: | Mihir Sevak! |
| DATE: | Thursday April 15 (NOT the 8th!), 2010 |
| TIME: | 6:30pm Refreshments & Networking |
| 7:00 Presentation begins | |
| LOCATION: | Nova Southeastern University, in our regular room (directions) |
Security is more important that ever these days. Firewalls are one of the main defenses to keep the bad guys out. This talk will introduce IPTables and Netfilter, show how to set up a firewall on a Linux system, and cover patterns in logfiles that might be signs of trouble.
About the Presenter:Mihir Sevak describes himself as "A human -- Linux enthusiast -- Have around 10 years of linux experience. At times I play with the Linux kernel, boot loaders. Currently working with LexisNexis."
Mark your calendar! See you THURSDAY APRIL 15th (get your taxes done early) at Nova Southeastern University!
Slides from Rasmus Lerdorf's presentation
Posted by Adam Glass on Friday March 19th, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Rasmus Lerdorf has kindly made the slides from his presentation available!
http://talks.php.net/show/flux
Many thanks to Mr. Lerdorf for his fantastic presentation on website security and performance!
Location and Directions for March 18 Meeting
Posted by Adam Glass on Saturday March 13th, 2010 at 9:09 PM
We expect a large audience for Rasmus Lerdorf's presentation, so we will be in a different building on campus
Nova Southeastern University is located in Davie between I-595 and Griffin Road, and between University Drive and College Avenue.
The meeting will be held in the Mailman-Hollywood building. Refreshments will be served in the lobby and the presentation will be in the second floor auditorium
Each of the links below includes a driving map and a second map showing the path from parking to the building entrance. They use overlays on Google maps, so give them time to load:From the West if you are coming from I-75 or the Sawgrass Expressway
From the East if you are coming from I-95 or the Florida Turnpike
Thanks again to our sponsors, Nova Southeastern University and Commcare Pharmacies!
SPREAD THE WORD! As always, FLUX events are free and open to the public. Let your co-workers know, and anybody else who does web development, even on those other operating systems!
Sponsor for refreshments at March 18 meeting
Posted by Adam Glass on Friday March 5th, 2010 at 12:19 PM
FLUX is an all-volunteer organization. Our events are always free and open to the public. So we are very happy to announce that Commcare Pharmacies will be sponsoring refreshments when Rasmus Lerdorf speaks on March 18!
Many thanks to FLUX member Nicholas Saraniti of Commcare Pharmacies for this generous donation!
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