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UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK SEPTEMBER 1999 ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. UNIGROUP'S SEPTEMBER 1999 GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
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When: Thursday, September 16, 1999
Where: The Chase Manhattan Bank
55 Water Street (enter at Old Slip)
South Tower
13th Floor, Conference Room C
Time: 6:15 PM - 6:30 PM Registration
6:30 PM - 6:40 PM Ask the Wizard,
Questions, Answers and Current Events
6:40 PM - 6:50 PM Unigroup Business
6:50 PM - 9:30 PM Main Presentation
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Topic: Cross-Platform Connectivity: SAMBA
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Speakers: Ed Weinberg,
Dtel, Inc.
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** Sorry, we were forced to postpone our Linux meeting
due to a speaker cancelation. We intend to reschedule that meeting!
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** Since we were planning a Linux meeting, we were able to acquire some
giveaways. Red Hat and Caldera were kind enough to send us Linux
CD-ROMs and a handful of T-Shirts. We plan on giving some of them
out (or raffle some of them off) depending on the number of
attendees at our meeting. We may save the bulk of what we
received to give out at our rescheduled Linux meeting.
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Introduction:
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If you just don't ever feel like touching an NT server, or if you think
your NT file server is somewhat unreliable, you can replace much of
the functionality of that server with Samba
running on your favorite Unix machine. Using SAMBA, your Unix machine
can act as both a client and a server for what is typically called
Microsoft Networking.
SAMBA is a free SMB and CIFS client and server for Unix and other
operating systems. It can be run on just about any Unix variant.
It is an "open" standard and defined in IETF RFC1001 and RFC1002.
Samba was originally developed by IBM and called "Lan Manager"; was
"adopted" and "extended" by Microsoft; contains clients to allow your
Unix machine to browse shares on other WinX machines on the network;
allows your Unix machine be part of a peer-to-peer network, workgroup
or NT domain; and allows your Unix machine to be a PDC.
Commercial products exist which perform similar functions as Samba.
Some are:
- SCO's VisionFS provides an SMB Server
and Client and currently ships with SCO's OpenServer 5.0.5
and UnixWare 7.1
products and is automatically licensed
for the same number of users as the Unix box is.
- SCO's Advanced File and Print Server (AFPS) provides true Windows
NT 3.51 functionality. SCO recommends this add-on product if you
have other NT machines on the network.
- Syntax TotalNet
is supposedly bundled with Solaris and AIX.
- Network Appliance "Filer" Product
- AT&T Advanced Server for Unix (ASU)
SCO's AFPS was derived from ASU a number of years ago.
- FacetCorp's FacetWin
has been reported on the SCO Newsgroups as a solid CIFS/SMB product.
Description of Talk:
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** Please check the meeting web page for any updates to this description.
Our speaker will discuss the following:
- Samba Overview
- File & Printer Sharing
- Connectivity with Non-Unix machines
- Configuring Samba
- ** Live ** Demonstrations
Check out Ed Weinberg's Samba Page
and the Samba Home Page for more information
about Samba.
Speaker Biography:
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Ed Weinberg gave a talk on "How to Configure Samba" at one of
NYC's Linux Groups a few months ago.
See his LinuxGuy Web Page for details.
Company Biography:
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Detel, Inc. offers services such as Web Page Hosting, Secure Credit
Card Orders, Custom CGI Programming and Animation.
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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.
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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. UPCOMING UNIGROUP MEETINGS
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Upcoming Meetings:
November 18, 1999 -
Tentative Topic: Open Source / Open Source Development Tools
(speaker unconfirmed [Cygnus Software])
Alternate Topic: Linux
Speaker: Jim Gleason of VA Linux Systems
January 20, 2000 - Sendmail and Anti-SPAM Techniques
Speaker: Sendmail, Inc.
If you have other suggestions or can arrange a speaker for the group,
please contact us immediately. We need your help!
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3. PRIOR MEETING
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Jack Cate of Edmunds.com gave an excellent
presentation on "Building and Running a High Traffic Unix Web Site".
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4. UPDATED TO MEMBERSHIP DATABASE
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We are updating and reworking our membership database. If you will be
attending our next meeting please look up the last time you paid for
membership, paid the single meeting fee or simply the last time you
attended a meeting and bring that information with you to the meeting.
We need to make sure that we have the correct renewal dates on file
for your yearly membership. For the most part, any joint UniForum
memberships should be expired by now as well. UniForum had stopped
collecting joint memberships a while ago.
For those who cannot attend our next meeting, we will be sending out
a notice and preparing a web page on which your mailing address and
Email addresses can be updated.
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5. LOCAL EVENTS
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NYLUG - The New York Linux Users Group
September Meeting Topic: Brookhaven National Labs' Linux Supercluster
Wednesday 15 September 1999, 6:30-8pm, IBM Bldg., 57th & Madison
CT EXPO - Computer Telephony Expo Fall 99
EXHIBIT HALL HOURS:
Tuesday, September 14 -- 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Wednesday, September 15 -- 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Thursday, September,16 -- 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Look for online registration!
FALL INTERNET WORLD
Register for free admission to Fall Internet World Exhibit Hall!
October 6-8 - Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York
Online registration: http://iwshows.iw.com/X?/6247-29817699/Register
For more information about Fall Internet World visit
http://iwshows.iw.com/X?/6247-29817699/Fall99
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6. SECURITY ADVISORIES
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There has been a flurry of security advisories during the past weeks.
Here are some of the most recent (and most interesting):
Microsoft: Windows 95/98 Telnet Client executes arbitrary code.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/MS99-033faq.asp
Microsoft: Windows NT/95/98 Fragmented IGMP Packet causes machine to crash.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/MS99-034faq.asp
Microsoft: "Scriptlet.typlib/Eyedog" Vulnerability
ActiveX allows a remote web page "to do anything on the
computer that the user could do". Yikes!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/MS99-032faq.asp
AUSCERT: DNS Denial of Service Attack
ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AL-1999.004.dns_dos
ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AL-1999.004.patch
CIAC: http://www.ciac.org
LAST 10 CIAC BULLETINS ISSUED (Previous bulletins available from CIAC)
J-053: HP Current Directory Vulnerability
J-054: Unauthorized Access to IIS Servers via ODBC Data Access with RDS
J-055: IBM AIX Vulnerability in ptrace() system call
J-056: Microsoft "Encapsulated SMTP Address" Vulnerability
J-057: Windows NT(r) Terminal Servers DOS Vulnerability
J-058: Microsoft "Malformed HTTP Request Header" Vulnerability
J-059: IBM AIX (pdnsd) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
J-060: Microsoft Office ODBC Vulnerabilities
J-061: Lotus Notes Domino Server Denial of Service Attacks
J-062: Netscape Enterprise and FastTrack Web Servers Buffer Overflow
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7. 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 a
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: 9/16/99, 11/18/99, 1/20/2000, 3/16/2000,...
Watch for our Special Event meetings at the various trade shows in NYC.
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If you have recently attended a meeting and you are not receiving
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make corrections to our lists.
Please Email the Board with any suggestions, especially potential meeting
topics and speakers. Unigroup welcomes contributions and content
suggestions for our newsletter. Unigroup is a volunteer organization and
we need your assistance! Please let us know if you can help!
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I hope to see you all at our next meeting!
-Rob Weiner
Unigroup Executive Director
unilist@unigroup.org
http://www.unigroup.org
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