Linux is a solid operating system. It is easy to use and install, has very powerful capabilities, runs fast on almost any hardware, and rarely crashes. It has few bugs and its widespread support from a cast of thousands ensures that any remaining bugs get fixed as soon as they are discovered. It is highly versatile and can be made as secure as any UNIX system.
  Unfortunately, UNIX and Linux machines are broken into every day, not because they are inherently insecure, but because the steps required to expose a system to the real world safely-the modern Internet-are not always so obvious.

In his technical presentation, Bob Toxen will show you some of the vital steps required to secure network systems, keep them secure, and feel confident that all necessary steps have been taken.

In his talk, Bob will discuss many different aspects of network and server security, including:
  • Vulnerabilities of Windows

  • 7 "Deadly Sins" of Linux Security

  • Building Linux Firewalls

  • Using Linux to protect Windows Server Networks and Databases

  • Case studies on break-ins and and their successes and failures

  • How to recover quickly and completely from break-ins
 
The Meeting
 
Date:

 Thursday, April 25, 2002
Place:

 Broadcom Corporation
4385 River Green Parkway
Duluth, GA
Host: Mike Freeman
Cost:

 FREE!
Agenda:

 6:30 - 7:00 PM - Dinner & Refreshments
7:00 - 8:00 PM - Technical Presentation
Directions:

 Directions (Microsoft Word document)
   
  Need a map?
   
  Map 1

 
  Background
 
 

Bob Toxen is a noted security expert with 26 years of combined Unix and Linux experience and founder of Fly-By-Day Consulting. The company specializes in inexpensive Linux-based firewalls, mixed-OS network security, hardening Linux and Unix systems, conducting network and system security audits, and doing system administration of Linux and Unix systems around the world.

He is also the author of the book Real World Linux Security: Intrusion Prevention, Detection, and Recovery, published by Prentice Hall November 2000. The text is a hands-on guide to protecting Linux data from security risks. Introduces readers to the seven deadly sins of Linux security, showing how to set up firewalls, break in case studies, block spam, develop internal security policies, and recover from an intrusion quickly.

Bob was one of the 168 official developers of Berkeley Unix and he was one of the 4 people who ported Unix to the Silicon Graphics workstation for SGI. He also designed the client/server system that NASA uses for keeping track of Shuttle payloads and created Netgear's Linux-based Network Disk Devices, the ND508 and ND520.

Bob's 26 years of Unix and Linux experience includes security, network programming, and porting and a has knowledgeable staff capable of handling even your routine Linux and Unix system administration needs in a cost-effective manner.

   
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