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UNIGROUP OF NEW YORK JULY 2003 ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. UNIGROUP'S JULY 2003 GENERAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
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When: Thursday, July 17th, 2003
Where: The Chase Manhattan Bank
One Chase Manhattan Plaza (1CMP) <==(Our New Location!)
Conference Center, 28th Floor
Downtown, NYC
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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: INTERNET SECURITY: Firewall Intelligence
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Speakers: Arpan Lakra, Security Engineer,
Larry Reed, Territory Manager,
CheckPoint Software Technologies
Introduction:
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Many in the industry claim that the only way to adequately
safeguard the integrity of your network is by combining
Firewall and IDS-based technology. But managing these
technologies comes with a heavy price tag. More hardware,
more software, additional management platforms, more log
collection/analysis, and having trained staff who can
collect/decipher/filter the reams of logging information in
order to re-configure the firewall as threats are discovered.
With that said, firewall vendors and IDS vendors are now
incorporating each other's technology into their platforms.
Who will win? And what is the most cost effective way to
ensure your network is leveraging the best of both technologies?
SANs and the FBI cite the most common vulnerabilities which
exist today are Application-Based. Many firewalls are not
designed to block these threats. How are you safeguarding
your network today?
At Unigroup's July 2003 meeting, our speakers from CheckPoint
Software Technologies will address these concerns, talk about
current and past security threats, and compare the security
technologies that are currently in use today.
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SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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* IN ORDER TO PASS THROUGH SECURITY AT CHASE, WE NEED YOU TO RSVP
* PRIOR TO THE MEETING DAY, SO WE CAN GET YOUR NAME ON THE ATTENDEE
* LIST. ADVANCE REGISTRATION AND PHOTO ID ARE REQUIRED!
* RSVP DEADLINE 16-JUL-2003 16:00. <<<< PAY ATTENTION, DEADLINE!
* Keep an eye out on the deadline date and time, as it may change.
Please RSVP if you know you are attending or if you think you may
be attending. 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:
a) If at all possible, please use the Unigroup Registration Page:
http://www.unigroup.org/unigroup-rsvp.html
This will allow us to have some automation in the RSVP process.
b) If you must Email us, send 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.
DO NOT simply reply to this Email, sending us back the entire
announcement (we already have it); leaving the subject as it
was, and NOT containing the phrase "RSVP" as requested. In
that case, your message just looks like failed mail and it
makes it impossible to automate the RSVP process and get
you registered for our event.
ALSO: Do NOT give us an Email address which is over quota
and cannot receive any new Email. This causes us to receive
bounces from your address when we send out the RSVP-ACKs.
You must have a working and valid Email address in order
to get on the Unigroup Meeting Attendee List which will
grant you access to our meetings. Be sure to proof-read
your Email address before submitting the RSVP request.
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.
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Description of Talk:
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In summary, we hope to cover some or all of the following topics:
- Current Internet/Network Security Threats
- Evolution and Comparison of Firewall Technologies
- Considerations for Firewall Deployment
- Firewall Implementations / Case Studies
- Fault Tolerant Firewall Configurations
- Firewall Management
More specifically, our speakers will will be addressing the
business requirements, technical requirements and competitive
posture regarding the following topics:
- Technology History
- Discuss the technology in general that was developed to
address specific end user requirements at various points
in time (80s, 90s, today).
- Core Technology
- Brief review why CheckPoint entered the firewall market.
- Need for easy central management beyond the command line.
- Security Architecture
- Review of Open technology vs. closed or ASICs design.
- Secure Virtual Network Solutions:
- Protect
Overview of firewall technology, competition, integration
of IDS, etc.
- Connect
VPN, business trends towards remote connectivity, associated
risk of remote users on broadband, wireless, etc.
- Manage
Need for one consistent management platform which is modular
by design.
- Accelerate
How to improve throughput, improve availability, reducing
downtime, etc.
- Next Generation
- Need to make software modular, allowing customer options.
- Next Generation with Application Intelligence
- SANs/FBI Top Vulnerabilities not being addressed by today's
firewalls
- Firewall vs IDS - Who will win?
Checkpoint will be sponsoring the food service for this meeting.
(Thanks Checkpoint!)
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Web Resources:
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Checkpoint Software
http://www.checkpoint.com
Checkpoint Application Intelligence
http://www.checkpoint.com/products/downloads/applicationintelligence_whitepaper.pdf
Linux Firewall HOWTO
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Firewall-HOWTO.html
FreeBSD Handbook / Firewalls
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls.html
IP Filter
http://www.ipfilter.org
NetBSD Configuring IPFILTER
http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/nsps/config_ipf.html
OpenBSD PF
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf
IP Filter and PF Resources
http://www.obfuscation.org/ipf
CERT
http://www.cert.org
SANS Security Resources
http://www.sans.org/resources
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Giveaways:
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O'Reilly has been kind enough to provide us with some of their
books, which we will continue to raffle off as giveaways at our
meetings.
One of our sponsors from years past:
Addison-Wesley Professional/Prentice Hall PTR
has once again started providing us with review copies of their
books, which we will raffle off as giveaways at our meetings.
Unigroup would like to thank both companies for the support
provided by their User Group programs.
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Speaker Biographies:
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Arpan Lakra is a Security Engineer for Check Point Software's New
York City office. He holds a CCSE+ and has worked with the firm
for over two years helping customers and channel partners
understand and deploy Check Point security and connectivity
solutions. Prior experience has included project management for
the Global Technology Services group of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Larry Reed has worked directly for Check Point Software as a
Territory Manager. He works with both endusers and resellers,
both of which have specific business and technical requirements.
Prior to Check Point, he worked with Logging collection/analysis
developers, and security developers including Computer Associates,
Symantec, Network Associates and Netscreen. He has also worked
along side the NSA (National Security Agency), and has provided
consulting to AIG, the FBI, AT&T and Compaq Computer. Mr. Reed
has a BA from SUNY Stony Brook, and is currently completing
graduate studies at Hofstra University, while earning an MBA in
Business Computer Info Systems.
Company Biography:
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Check Point Software Technologies is the worldwide leader in
securing the Internet. It is the confirmed market leader of
both the worldwide VPN and firewall markets. The company's
Secure Virtual Network (SVN) architecture provides the VPN and
security infrastructure that uniquely enables secure and
reliable Internet communications. SVN solutions, as delivered
in the company's Next Generation product family, secure business
communications and resources for corporate networks, remote
employees, branch offices and partner extranets. Extending
the power of SVN is Check Point's Open Platform for Security
(OPSEC), the industry's framework and alliance for integration
and interoperability with "best-of-breed" solutions from over
350 leading companies. Check Point solutions are sold,
integrated and serviced by a network of 2,500 Check Point
partners in 149 countries. For more information, visit us on
the Web at http://www.checkpoint.com or at http://www.opsec.com.
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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
Payment Methods: Cash, Check, American Express.
* Employees of JPM/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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Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served. This includes
sandwiches such as turkey, roast beef, chicken, tuna and grilled
eggplant as well as brownies, cookies, bottled water and assorted
beverages.
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Directions:
The 1CMP building is situated: South of Liberty Street, North
of Pine Street, East of Broad/Nassau Street and West of William
Street. The building is one block east of Broadway, right
behind 140 Broadway.
The closest entrance to the conference center is from Nassau
Street, first elevator bank from the Nassau Street entrance.
The building is on a raised platform. Walk up the outside
stairs at Nassau Street and head for the guard's station at the
south-west corner of the building. Tell the guards you are
heading for Unigroup. Note: at times, you may need to enter
the building on its lower level, on the east side of the block.
They will inspect your ID and carry-ins and direct you to the
meeting facility assuming you are on the Unigroup RSVP list.
Once you get upstairs, enter the conference facility through
its main doors. There is a bank of large monitors to the left
of the entrance which should direct you to the Unigroup meeting
room (the room may vary from month to month). To the right of
the main entrance is the concierge's desk, ask for help there
if you need anything. The conference facility has two levels,
keep in mind that the Unigroup meeting may be up the staircase
on its upper level. Thus far, our meeting room has been
upstairs, on the south side of the building.
As always, also look out for Unigroup signs marking the path
to the meeting room. Also note, if you come early, we may not
have our own signs in place yet (we have to commute there too).
Transit By Train: Take the J/M/Z to Broad Street and walk one
block North to Pine St. Take the 4/5 to Wall Street and walk
North to Pine St., then East to Broad St. Take the 2/3 to Wall
Street, the North West exit is inside the Chase complex, else
you will need to walk a block North and West. See the MTA
Downtown NYC Map (pdf) for detailed mass transit information:
http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/maps/mapdown.pdf
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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:
- SNMP (scheduled)
- IPv6 (scheduled)
- DNS (tentative)
- iSCSI, Serial ATA, and other new peripheral technologies
- IPsec
- Zope (Web Page Development)
- Unix Clusters and Clustered Databases
- High Performance Internet Servers / Web Acceleration
- Unix 30th Birthday Celebration
- Linux Clustering Part 3: Beowulf version 2
- Building a Firewall using FreeBSD and Linux
- Unix Office Tools: Word Processors, Spreadsheets, Accounting Packages.
- Emacs
- Tex
- 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. PRIOR MEETINGS
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- Security: Log Collection, Auditing and Preservation
Unigroup would like to thank Manos Megagiannis from Totally
Secure Inc. for his presentation on security log/data
collection and analysis at our May 2003 meeting.
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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, 1CMP, 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: 7/17/2003, 9/18/2003, 11/20/2003...
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
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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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