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UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 1998 ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. UNIGROUP'S SEPTEMBER '98 GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
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When: Thursday, September 17, 1998
Where: The Chase Manhattan Bank
55 Water Street (enter at Old Slip)
South Tower
13th Floor, Conference Room C
Time: 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Registration
6:20 PM - 6:35 PM Ask the Wizard,
Questions, Answers and Current Events
6:35 PM - 6:45 PM Unigroup Business
6:45 PM - 9:30 PM Main Presentation
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Topic: Unix Security Tools
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Speaker: Panel Discussion:
Daniel Budne, Budne Software Consulting
Daniel Wexler, Genesis Computer Corp. (http://www.genesis.com)
Robert Weiner, Programming Plus (http://www.progplus.com)
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Introduction and Description of Talk:
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Note: Due to a series of speaker cancelations, our Electronic Commerce
meeting (http://www.unigroup.org/unigroup-9811.html) is moved to
November 1998. Our speaker is Art Tolda of HP.
The following meetings also had to be moved due to speaker unavailability
this month: Unix Telephony and Internet Connectivity/Remote Access/ISDN.
At the July Unigroup meeting, we discussed Freely Available Software Tools
(http://www.unigroup.org/unigroup-9807.html). Many of these tools were
designed for the purposes of providing Network Access Security and Network
Access Monitoring. At our September meeting, we will discuss some popular
security related tools and explain how they work and the purpose they serve.
Also, Daniel Wexler will provide excerpts from one of his formal Security
Seminars.
Here are a few security related tools we will talk about:
a) Security Tools (ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/security/index.html)
developed by Wietse Venema (http://wzv.win.tue.nl/wietse/)
which includes tcpwrappers, logdaemon, portmap and satan.
b) TIS Firewall Toolkit "FWTK" (http://www.tis.com/prodserv/fwtk)
which includes smap, netacl and http-gw.
c) Obtuse Firewall Toolkit (http://www.obtuse.com/juniper/) which
includes smtpd. Provides an alternative to the popular FWTK.
d) udprelay - Forwards UDP packets.
e) lsof and lslk - List Open Files/Locks
(ftp://vic.cc.purdue.edu/pub/tools/unix/lsof)
f) tripwire and siggen (which includes md5) - Record and Notes Changes
to files.
g) arpwatch - Collect information mapping MAC, IP and DNS names seen
in ARP requests.
h) tcpdump - Network sniffer tool.
i) cops - Security Tool
j) swatch - Syslog Log File "Distiller"
k) xinetd - Alternative inetd
l) socks - Security "Layer"
m) ssh - Encrypted Sessions and File Transfer (http://www.cs.hut.fi/ssh)
You are welcome to participate at our meeting. Bring information,
Web URLs and configuration file examples for your favorite security
tools. Audience participation will be encouraged.
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Complimentary Refreshments will be served.
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Directions:
55 Water Street is between Water Street & Front Streets at Old Slip...
about 7 blocks south of Fulton St. and the South Street Seaport.
Take 4 train to Bowling Green & Walk Due East;
Take 2/3 trains to Wall Street, Walk East to Water St.
then walk South 5 blocks;
Take M/J trains to Broad St., Walk East to Water St.;
Take N/R trains to Whitehall St., Walk North East to Water St.
There is parking on the street (after 6:30-7pm) and there is a lot
right in the building, entrance on Old Slip.
Walking from Wall St., follow William St. south which bends around
and leads you to Hanover Sq. and Old Slip is across Water Street.
Room Location Specifics:
Enter the building at Old Slip. To get to the South Tower of the
complex, you enter the building at Old Slip at the "North Tower"
doors. This entrance is is immediately to the right of the main
entrance, towards Water Street. Go past the guard's desk (mentioning
you are heading for Unigroup) to the elevator bank and go to the 13th
floor. When you get to the 13th floor, follow the signs leading you
to the meeting room.
The signs will lead you from the elevator, through a set of doors
(soda machine will be on your left), then past the cafeteria. After
the cafeteria, you see another "lobby" area. Walk past the cash
machines, make a left and look for a sign marking the meeting room.
Conference Room C will be on your left.
If you come very early, we may not have the signs in place yet, but
hopefully these directions will get you to the meeting room.
If you arrive before Unigroup Board Members, please be patient and
wait for us to arrive. The building cafeteria is open to the public.
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Fee Schedule:
Yearly Membership (includes all meetings): $ 50.00
* Non-Member Single Meeting: $ 20.00
Student Yearly Membership: $ 20.00
Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with ID): $ 5.00
==> UniForum/Unigroup Joint Yearly Membership $140.00
Cash, Check, American Express.
* Employees of Chase (with ID) can attend general meetings at no charge.
==> Unigroup is the Greater NYC Regional Area Affiliate
of UniForum - an International Unix Users Group.
Our Joint Membership Program gives you FULL membership
in both organizations for a discounted price.
UniForum membership is currently $95.00 per year.
For information about UniForum visit http://www.uniforum.org.
UniForum membership benefits include various discount programs as
well as a subscription to the "Open Systems Product Directory,"
an important resource for Unix Users. The Directory contains
information on Unix related hardware, software and services.
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Please mark this meeting on your calendar and join us!
Please tell your friends about Unigroup!
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2. Trade Show Events in NYC
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There are three trade shows at the Javits Center during the next month.
See the Unigroup News and Events Section of our Web Page for links:
http://www.unigroup.org/unigroup-news.html
- Finance Technology Expo in NYC - Sept. 15-17, 1998
- Computer Telephony Expo in NYC - Sept. 23-25, 1998
- Fall Internet World in NYC - Oct. 5-9, 1998
All three shows have online registration.
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3. UNIGROUP INFORMATION
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Unigroup is one of the oldest and largest Unix User's Groups serving the
Greater New York City Regional Area since the early 1980s. Unigroup is
not-for-profit, vendor-neutral and member funded. Unigroup holds regular
and special event meetings throughout the year on technical topics relating
to Unix and the Unix User Community. Unigroup is also the Greater NYC
Regional Area Affiliate of UniForum - an International Unix Users Group.
Thanks to Chase, Unigroup holds regular meetings planned for the Third
THURSDAY of Odd Months at The Chase Manhattan Bank, 55 Water Street, NYC.
Planned meeting dates are: 9/17/98, 11/19/98, 1/21/99...
Watch for our Special Event meetings at the various trade shows in NYC.
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I hope to see you all at our next meeting!
-Rob Weiner
Unigroup Executive Director
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