[r.ibbotson [at] zetnet.co.uk: ]Manchester Linux User Group: Meeting 21 August 14:00

[Dr A V Le Blanc <nospam [at] mcc.ac.uk>]

Richard <r.ibbotson [at] zetnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Would you like to forward this to the Sheflug list as well ? You
> might be able to include something about coming over from Sheffield
> to the session ?

So, here it is folks. People from Sheffield are very welcome; Richard
usually comes over on the train, and we will probably have a meal
afterwards, if you'd like to stay for that.

-- Owen

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The Manchester Linux User Group (ManLUG) will meet on Saturday
21 August at 14:00 in the Lascelles Williams room on the ground
floor of the Computer Building, Manchester Computing, in the
University of Manchester on Oxford Road, between Booth Street
and Brunswick Street. We are building 38 in the map at
http://www.man.ac.uk/welcome/campus1.html.

Network Security and Firewalling with Linux

Attacks on computer networks and on individual computers are becoming
more frequent, more advanced and harder to detect. Many Linux
distributions contain documented security flaws which can expose the
system to attack. Simple preventive measures can protect against many
of these attacks. Linux also includes features that allow it to be
used as a 'cheap and cheerful' firewalling solution. While not as
complete or as configurable as a dedicated firewall, these features
are often adequate in small installations.

Pete Crowther builds and manages Linux firewalls for an international
training company. His talk will demonstrate securing a stock RedHat
system, andturning that system into a packet-filtering, proxying,
logging firewall with FreeSWAN providing secure access to other
sites in a Virtual Private Network. Then he will cover some of the
practicalities of maintaining such a firewall after it is built.

After a break, with possible general discussion, Pete will give
a demonstration of some of the software involved. For more
information about this meeting, or about ManLUG in general, see
http://www.manlug.mcc.ac.uk/

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