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UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK NOVEMBER 2001 ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. UNIGROUP'S NOVEMBER 2001 GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
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When: Thursday, November 15, 2001
Where: The Chase Manhattan Bank
55 Water Street (enter at Old Slip)
South Tower
13th Floor, Conference Room C
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YOU MUST RSVP TO GET PAST SECURITY, SEE BELOW!
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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: Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS),
A "Best Practices" Approach to Network Security.
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Speaker: James Licata
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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* IN ORDER TO PASS THROUGH SECURITY AT CHASE, WE NEED YOU TO RSVP
* PRIOR TO THURSDAY, SO WE CAN GET YOUR NAME ON THE ATTENDEE LIST.
* ADVANCE REGISTRATION AND PHOTO ID ARE REQUIRED!
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 15-NOV-2001, 8:00AM
Please RSVP if you know you are attending or if you think you may
be attending (let us know which too). This will help us arrange
for a letter to security for all of Unigroup. It will also help
us to determine the correct amount of food and refreshments.
To REGISTER for this event, please RSVP by sending an EMail
containing the FIRST and LAST NAMEs of the persons attending to
the Unigroup RSVP address:
unigroup-rsvp@unigroup.org
The Email subject should start with "RSVP".
You may optionally include your contact phone number (that day)
or other current information. Please continue to check the
Unigroup web site:
http://www.unigroup.org
for any last minute updates concerning this meeting. Please
check your email for any last minute announcements prior to the
meeting. Note that only the Attendee First and Last Names will
be provided to Chase Security.
Also note that the driving and parking situation downtown is
TOTALLY UNKNOWN. The recommended transportation method is
therefore mass transit. We believe that the parking lot inside
Chase may be OFF LIMITS.
Meeting Introduction:
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Once again, Unigroup has re-scheduled our presentation on IDS.
Please note that we may adjust our meeting topic as the week
progresses. Keep an eye out for updates on our web site or
via email.
For further information about commercial IDS or the
freely available Snort IDS visit the web sites listed below.
Web Resources:
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1. Dragon IDS http://www.enterasys.com/ids
2. Snort Open Source IDS http://www.snort.org
3. NFR IDS http://www.nfr.com
Description of Talk:
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This meeting will be a technology briefing, discussion and an
introduction to Intrusion Detection Systems and how they fit into a
"best practices" approach to network security.
Security is a process, not a product, and requires a best practices
approach. A survey last November found that 81% of all security IT
breaches were from Internal sources (FBI/CIA survey November 2000).
This trend is set to continue worldwide. In February'00, there were
two security breaches a day reported via Internet hacking.
February'01 has seen an increase to 15 breaches per day (daily
figures can be obtained from attrition.org).
For many people, deploying Firewalls is sufficient to form a security
"gate", but understanding how to defend in depth can reduce the
incidence of security breaches.
Firewalls are complex devices that produce multiple log files,
Intrusion detection systems go one stage further than firewalls and
can reduce the log files and produce more tailored reports suitable
to your individual needs.
Speaker Biography:
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James has over 17 years in the information technology field. His wealth of
computer and networking experience spans mainframe system programming to
pre-sales system engineering.
James obtained a B.S in Information System Management from Buffalo State
University College before working for Xerox, Colgate-Palmolive, and Digital
Equipment Corporation. At Cabletron, James developed his skills in channel
sales. He had transitioned to Enterasys Networks as the Channel Account
Executive for the New York Metro region. Deeply involved with Network
Security for two years, James had applied his system, network and business
skills to solving customers security availability and mobility problems
while working with Enterasys' partner base. James is currently an
independent and will present IDS to Unigroup as a 3rd party.
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Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served. This now includes
salads and sandwiches (eg. turkey, roast beef, chicken, tuna, grilled
eggplant, pasta salad, Caesar salad)!
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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.
Walking from Wall St., follow William St. south which bends around
and leads you to Hanover Sq. and Old Slip is across Water Street.
** Keep an eye out for WTC related closures and changes as listed
on the New York City Web Site:
http://www.nyc.gov
http://www.nyc.gov/html/em/transport.html
** Note the parking situation is TOTALLY UNKNOWN. The
recommended transportation method is therefore mass transit.
We believe that the parking lot inside Chase will be OFF LIMITS.
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... ie. Use the right-most side doors
rather than walking straight ahead at the Old Slip entrance.
Go past the guard's desk (mentioning you are heading for Unigroup,
sometimes there is a sign-in) 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
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 with UniForum is currently
on hold due to circumstances at UniForum.
For information about UniForum visit http://www.uniforum.org.
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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 MEETINGS
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We have a series of meetings in the works:
- Intrusion Detection
- Unix 30th Birthday Celebration
- IPsec and IPv6
- Linux Clustering Part 3: Beowulf version 2
- Building a Firewall using FreeBSD and Linux
- Unix Office Tools: Word Processors, Spreadsheets, Accounting Packages.
- Emacs
- PKI
- GNU Development Environments
- Meetings on a variety of Sun/Solaris/Java topics
Please let us know about any other meeting topics that you may be
interested in. Potential speakers on Unix related technology topics
should contact the Unigroup board at uniboard@unigroup.org.
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3. TRADE SHOWS
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The following Trade Shows will be in NYC shortly (some had moved their
dates given the WTC Disaster). Visit their respective web sites for
further information and free online registration:
InfoSecurity Conference & Expo December 4-6, 2001
http://www.infosecurityevent.com
Fall Internet World December 11-13, 2001
http://www.internetworld.com/events/fall2001
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4. 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.
Chase has been a long time sponsor of Unigroup, allowing us the use of a
meeting room and presentation equipment.
Planned meeting dates are: 11/15/01, 1/17/2002, 3/21/2002...
Watch for our Special Event meetings at the various trade shows in NYC
as well as "field trips" to the facilities of local hardware and
software vendors.
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If you have recently attended a meeting and you are not receiving
Email announcements, please send us an Email and we will 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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