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UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK NOVEMBER 1998 ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. UNIGROUP'S NOVEMBER '98 GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
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When: Thursday, November 19, 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: Virtual Private Networking - VPN
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Speaker: Mike Devine
Compatible Systems
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Introduction:
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Note: Due to a speaker cancelation, our Electronic Commerce meeting had
to be postponed.
Whether working from home or just a remote site, secure remote network
access is important. One way to achieve this is through VPNs - Virtual
Private Networks. VPNs can provide secure network connections through the
use of authentication and encryption. VPNs and their implementation for
remote access will be discussed at Unigroup's November 1998 meeting. Our
speaker is Mike Devine from Metro Marketing, the regional representative
for Compatible Systems who manufactures the IntraPort Family of Remote
Access Servers.
Description of Talk:
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The general outline for our talk on VPNs is as follows:
What is a VPN?
How does a VPN work?
What about security?
Benefits over standard Remote Access.
What is needed to set up VPN?
Our speaker's presentation slides include the following titles:
Compatible Systems Corporation
Remote Access
VPN In Action
Authentication
STEP - Secure Tunnel Establishment Protocol
Authentication for Secure Connection
Encryption for Data Privacy
Standards (RFCs) for Tunneling IPX, IP-in-IP and Security
IP sec
IP sec Authentication Header
IP sec ESP Header
IP sec Tunnel Mode
IP sec IKE - Internet Key Exchange
Small Organization Priorities
VPN Case Study (Small)
Mid-Size Organization Priorities
VPN Case Study (Mid)
Large-Size Organization Priorities
VPN Case Study (Large)
VPN Access Servers and Features
Handouts will include copies of the speaker's presentation as well
as a series of technical white papers concerning the technologies
mentioned in the presentation.
Speaker Biography:
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Micheal Devine has been involved with the WAN/Networking market for over
five years. His primary areas of expertise are in: Virtual Private
Networking, Voice over IP, Corporate Internet Access, Firewalls, DSL,
and Remote Access. He has done dozens of presentations to IT
professionals all across the North East United States.
Company Biography:
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(extracted from the Compatible Web Site)
Compatible Systems designs, manufactures and markets a full line of
interconnectivity products for Internet-based Virtual Private Networks
(VPNs), Internet access, and Internet services. For more than a decade
their products have played vital roles in thousands of networks worldwide.
Their customers range from small corporations linking departments or
offices to global Internet Service Providers connecting thousands of
customers to the Net.
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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. 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 volunteer organization.
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: 11/19/98, 1/21/99, 3/18/99, 5/20/99...
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
unilist@unigroup.org
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