[ale] [ale :: OFF LIST] August meeting presentation

[arxaaron]

On 2011/08/11, at 23:33 , Jim Kinney wrote:

> OK!  Bob hasn't done a presentation in a while and system security  
> is always an important topic.
> Thanks Bob!
>

I'm back home now.  I concur with taking Bob up on his offer.
Would be good to review the security basics.

peace
aaron



> On Aug 11, 2011 9:05 PM, "Bob Toxen" <transam at verysecurelinux.com>  
> wrote:
> > I could give "Seven Deadly Sins of Linux Security".
> >
> > It would be a "rerun" but people's systems are still getting  
> broken into
> > for the same reasons. I see more break-ins due to PHP these days and
> > much less due to bugs elsewhere in the installed Linux system  
> software
> > itself, e.g. buffer overflows and the like.
> >
> > Perhaps we could have an extended question & answer session about
> > issues. Perhaps Mike Warfield would want to join in on the  
> answering.
> >
> > Bob Toxen
> > bob at verysecurelinux.com [Please use for email to me]
> > http://www.verysecurelinux.com [Network&Linux security consulting]
> > http://www.realworldlinuxsecurity.com [My book:"Real World Linux  
> Security 2/e"]
> > Quality Linux & UNIX security and SysAdmin & software consulting  
> since 1990.
> > Quality spam and virus filters.
> >
> > "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
> > them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond  
> where
> > the shadows lie...and the Eye is everwatching"
> > -- The Silicon Valley Tarot Henrique Holschuh with ... by Bob
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