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UNIGROUP GENERAL MEETING
MEETING INTRODUCTION
Unigroup is planning our January 2018 meeting next week on Thursday, January 11, 2018, -1 week earlier than our normal meeting week. Note: The meeting room number will be determined by Thursday.
Unigroup's January 2018 meeting will be an update on SUSE Linux, covering various technical topics for current and future SUSE Linux Releases. We are also planning a future meeting with SUSE covering Linux on ARM+Power Architectures.
Have you seen the recent security announcements regarding Meltdown+Spectre?... they are all over the technical mailing lists this week... Unigroup has asked SUSE to give us an update on how SUSE and the Linux Kernel will be addressing the various issues that have been identified. (See below for Meltdown/Specre URLs.)
Happy New Year! And that means its time for Elections... Unigroup Elections: Unigroup holds Board of Director Elections every January. If you are a Unigroup Member and would like to run for the Unigroup Board, please contact us on or before our January meeting. Board members are expected to regularly attend Unigroup General and Board Meetings, and basically help the rest of the board run Unigroup. If you would like to help out Unigroup, but not join the board officially, please let us know. Unigroup needs your help! Unigroup is a not-for-profit volunteer organization, and has been serving the Greater NYC Metro Unix/Linux/BSD Users Community for over 30 years!
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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Most Unigroup meetings are open to the public!
To REGISTER for this event, please RSVP by using the
Unigroup Registration Page.
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(Registration will also add you to our mailing list.)
Please avoid emailed RSVPs.
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for any last minute updates concerning this meeting. If you
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Please RSVP as soon as possible, preferably at least 2-3 days
prior to the meeting date, so we can plan the food order.
RSVP deadline is usually the night before the meeting day.
Note: RSVP is requested for this location to make sure the guard
will let you into the building. RSVP also helps us to
properly plan the meeting (food, drinks, handouts,
seating, etc.) and speed up your sign-in at the meeting.
If you forget to RSVP prior to the meeting day, you may
still be able to show up and attend our meeting, however,
we cannot guarantee what building security will do if
you are "not on the list".
DIRECTIONS
Location:
The Cooper Union (http://www.cooper.edu)
School of Engineering (*** New Building ***)
41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue @ 7th Street, between 6th & 7th Streets)
East Village, Manhattan
New York City, 10003
Meeting Room: ** (See Above, Room May Change Month-to-Month)
Located on the East side of Cooper Square. Look for the
new building with the non-traditional appearance.
Entrance is at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 7th Street.
Building lobby sign-in is required at the guard's desk.
Enter the building, check in with the guard at the lobby for
directions to the Unigroup Meeting Room.
Nearest mass transit stations are:
'6' to Astor Place (stops right at The Cooper Union),
then walk 1 block East and 1 block South.
'R' to 8th Street, then walk about 2 blocks East
then 1 block South.
'4/5/N/Q' to Union Square, then walk South and East.
or transfer to the downtown '6' to Astor Place.
'B/D/F/V' to Broadway-Lafayette, then walk North and East.
or transfer to the uptown '6' to Astor Place.
Free street parking in the area becomes available at 6pm.
There are parking lots on Broadway, at (or just South of) 8th
Street, across from the West side of Cooper Square, as well
as various others in the area.
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Topic: SUSE Linux Update including Meltdown/Spectre
Related Topics/Keywords:
SUSE, Linux, Operating Systems, Patching/Service Packs, Computer Security, CPU Architecture, Kernel Memory References, Meltdown, Spectre, Vulnerability Mitigation.
Introduction & Description of Talk:
SUSE Linux Topics To-be-announced.
SUSE will be presenting on various topics, from security to new releases, to containers.
Presentation Outline:
References & Web Resources:
Security Vulnerability Meltdown+Spectre:
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA18-004A
http://spectreattack.com/
http://meltdownattack.com/
http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html
http://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/01/03/mitigations-landing-new-class-timing-attack
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/05/spectre_flaws_explained/
http://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-responds-to-security-research-findings/
http://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00088&languageid=en-fr
http://www.amd.com/en/corporate/speculative-execution
http://www.arm.com/security-update
http://www.ibm.com/blogs/psirt/potential-impact-processors-power-family/
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-20180104-cpusidechannel
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10842&actp=RSS
http://www.pcmag.com/news/358331/is-your-antivirus-blocking-microsofts-chip-patch
http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-meltdown-spectre-update-now-some-amd-pc-owners-post-crash-reports/
https://www.suse.com/c/suse-addresses-meltdown-spectre-vulnerabilities/
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00004.html
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7022512
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5753.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5754.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/speculativeexecution
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0007
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0012
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0014
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5715
The FreeBSD Security mailing list has active threads on this topic:
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security
NetBSD Kernel Mailing List discussion and work-in-progress:
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2018/01/06/msg022883.html
SUSE SLES 12 SP3:
https://www.suse.com/releasenotes/x86_64/SUSE-SLES/12-SP3/
SUSE SLE 15:
https://www.suse.com/betaprogram/sle-beta/
SUSE Container as a Service
https://www.suse.com/products/caas-platform/
SUSE Linux
http://www.suse.com
OpenSUSE Linux
http://www.opensuse.org
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Anthony Tortola - Technical Sales Specialist - SUSE
Anthony Tortola is a data center expert and certified Linux engineer. He has worked in many capacities from technical sales, solutions architect, consulting services, and engineering in the last few decades. He has extensive experience working in data centers across different market segments: Education, Finance, Entertainment and Retail Banking. His background as a support engineer means he knows the meaning of "customer-first" and being a tireless advocate to help customers accomplish their goals no matter how hard the task. Some of the technologies Anthony enjoys working with are: SUSE OpenStack Cloud Computing, Virtualization, SUSE Linux, Systems Management, Disaster Recovery, SAP, High Availability and Enterprise Storage (Ceph).
Gaby Beitler - Sales Engineer - SUSE
Gaby Beitler is an IT industry veteran with a broad knowledge of infrastructure. Gaby began his career as a UNIX consultant and architect. He designed high performance cluster environments, as well as SMT based systems, for healthcare and financial industries. Gaby spent the second half of his career in pre-sales roles with Sun Microsystems, VMware, SUSE, and Hadoop partners. He enjoys focusing his technical skills to solve the many business challenges that companies face. Gaby earned his B.S. Summa Cum Laude in Communications from Chestnut Hill College and earned his Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Finance and Accounting from The Wharton School of Business.
COMPANY BIOGRAPHY
SUSE, a pioneer in open source software, provides reliable, interoperable Linux and cloud infrastructure solutions that give enterprises greater control and flexibility. More than 20 years of engineering excellence, exceptional service and an unrivaled partner ecosystem power the products and support that help our customers manage complexity, reduce cost, and confidently deliver mission-critical services. The lasting relationships we build allow us to adapt and deliver the smarter innovation they need to succeed today and tomorrow.
For further information please visit: http://www.suse.com
GIVEAWAYS
Addison-Wesley Professional/Prentice Hall PTR/Pearson, and O'Reilly have been kind enough to provide us with review copies of some of their books, which we will continue to raffle off as giveaways at our meetings. The publishers always ask that the persons receiving the books provide a review and/or feedback about their books.
Unigroup would like to thank both publishing companies for the support provided by their User Group programs.
As always, all of the books will be available for review at the start of the meeting.
Note: Our book supply is currently running low, and we need to restock.
FEE SCHEDULE
Unigroup is a Professional Technical Organization and User Group, and its members pay a yearly membership fee. For Unigroup members, there is usually no additional charges (ie. no meeting fees) during their membership year. Non-members who wish to attend Unigroup meetings are usually required to pay a "Single Meeting Fee".
Yearly Membership (includes all meetings): $ 50.00
Student Yearly Membership (with current! ID): $ 25.00
Non-Member Single Meeting: $ 20.00
Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with! ID): $ 5.00
* Payment Methods: Cash, Check, American Express.
MasterCard, VISA, Discover (since 2013).
! Students: We are looking for proof that you are
currently enrolled in classes (rather than working
full-time), and as such, your Student ID should show
a CURRENT date. We have been presented Student IDs
containing NO dates whatsoever, and in the
current environment, perpetual/non-expiring access
to university facilities just does not feel right.
If your ID contains no date, please bring
additional proof of current enrollment. Thanks.
NOTE: Simply receiving Unigroup Email Announcements does NOT indicate membership in Unigroup.
Members: Remember to bring your membership card with you to the meeting, to confirm your yearly renewal date!
FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS
Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served. This includes "wraps" such as turkey, roast beef, chicken, tuna and grilled vegetables as well as assorted salads (potato, tossed, pasta, etc), cookies, brownies, bottled water and assorted beverages.
** However, due to a continuing situation at our caterer, we are planning to have: pizza (cheese+veggy), soda, water, cookies, and brownies at this meeting.
SUSE will be sponsoring the food service for this meeting, Thanks SUSE!
Please join us for this meeting, you won't want to miss it!
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