[olug] SANSUG

[Timothy G. O'Brien]

Thought some of the OLUG folks would be interested in what the local "SANSUG" is up to. Dave has done some good stuff with Linux/BSD and Snort.

If there is any other Information security types, or just have an interest in/with system & information security - you are welcome to join in the fun.

Irish


-----Original Message-----
   From: Dave Elfering [mailto:elfering at wernerlogistics.com] 
   Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 11:51 AM
   To: 'sansug at aroundomaha.com'
   Subject: [SANSUG] Post Meeting Notes


   First of all my thanks to everyone who ventured out to the war games
   yesterday. Though we didn't get too much going on in terms of actual "war
   games", it was definetly something that can be built on in the future. The
   hosting of "victims" on VMWare is definetly a great way to do these types of
   exercises.

   After working through numerous, unexpected technical difficulties we managed
   to run Nessus scans as well as demo some Windows viruses.

   Some attendees expressed an interest in having a live network demo of
   personal firewalls. This can definetly be done if there is enough interest.
   Its something that I'm personally researching.

   The only personal firewalls I'm currently interested in are centrally
   manageable, so the list of candidates I could bring are:
   - Cyber Armor from InfoExpress
   - IcePack/BlackIce from ISS
   - CMDS from Securitae (related to tiny personal firewall)

   Norton has a manageable product, but it didn't make my short list. 

   I can definetly set up a Cyber Armor and CMDS demo if someone else would
   take on setting up and bringing a IcePack demo. This could be a standalone
   meeting, or at the regular December time.

   Just a quick reminder that the next meeting is Tuesday, November 9 at 2PM.
   The speaker will be Scott Christensen from the Nebraska State Highway
   Patrol's crimes against children unit. Handling instances of child
   pornography is actually very tricky for security people and he will also
   speak about electronic crimes in Nebraska.

   One other topic someone brought up was about security certifications. If
   you've researched the various certs and would like to present an unbiased
   overview at the next meeting, that would be a great, additional topic of
   discussion. I would do this but don't want to seem to be SANS biased. Just
   as a note, I do not hold either a CISSP or GIAC certification, but this is
   really due to my personal philosophy about certifications.

   I'd like to open up a discussion about making the SANS User Group more
   formal, perhaps setting up a steering committee if nothing else. The effort
   has been up and down, in large part because of time concerns on my part.
   This still remains a unique opportunity to share information and educate one
   another in a way no other forum seems to offer. If you'd be interested in
   helping organize and steer the SANSUG, please send me an email and we will
   discuss it offline. I welcome public and/or private discussion about the
   matter.

   As always, please feel free to contact me with questions, problems or just
   general stuff. The SANUG forum is also open for any topics which are
   appropriate for wide-scale distribution.
    _____  

   David Elfering - dave at aroundomaha.com  <mailto:dave at aroundomaha.com /
   elfering at wernerlogistics.com> / elfering at wernerlogistics.com
   (402) 894-3617
-- 
   Timothy "Irish" O'Brien

   1951 South 15th Street
   Omaha, NE
   68108-3903



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