{"id":123,"date":"2010-10-07T15:42:05","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T19:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mail.ale.org\/?p=123"},"modified":"2010-10-08T15:22:59","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T19:22:59","slug":"ale-central-mtg-for-thursday-oct-21-2010-730pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ale.org\/?p=123","title":{"rendered":"ALE CENTRAL MTG. for Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Featured Presentation at the ALE Central meeting
\nfor Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 at 7:30pm will be
\nPractical Server Security Management with SELinux <\/font>
\nas presented by rabid Linux fanboy and security guru,
\nJames Kinney<\/strong><\/p>\n

Synopsis:
\n— Running a Linux server with SELinux in enforcing targeted
\nmode is quite daunting for many, if not most sysadmins.
\nSELinux really needs to be a part of the toolkit used to
\naddress security issues, but a toolkit that admins will use
\nand not just turn off by default. Over the course of a 1+
\nhour seminar, we will demonstrate various tools, both gui
\nand command line, and consider the analysis process for
\nresolving SELinux “Access Denied” problems on servers
\nrunning in “Enforcing Targeted” mode. If time permits, a
\nbrief look at the concepts of higher security methods like
\nMCS and MLS will also be covered.<\/p>\n

(Full Frontal) Bio:
\n— James (Jim) Kinney became an over-zealous GNU Linux
\nfanboy the first time he saw a discarded Next Cube running
\nSlackware in 1992. Several thousand installs later his
\nenthusiasm has escalated to “rabidly over-zealous Linux
\nfanboy advocating for the total world domination process
\nto speed up!” He is actively involved in helping this process
\nby promoting that “fdisk solves all windows problems
\nuniversally” and that “apple is one byte shy of a whole fruit”.
\n— In the 18 years since his introduction to Linux goodness,
\nJames has turned an obsession into a living. First at Emory
\nUniversity where he converted a Mac lab to Linux (and
\nultimately used the same lab machines for a proto-type
\nBeowulf cluster in nice +5 mode so the students wouldn’t
\nnotice) and helped co-found LUGE (Linux Users Group of
\nEmory). Next followed a 10+ year stint as a Linux
\nconsultant (note to self: windows consultants make money
\nbecause things break all the time; Linux consultants only
\nmake money setting things up so they never hear from
\nthe client again until the next time they want a new
\nmachine) with a few notable projects like making Linux
\nsystems run thin clients in schools despite the technical
\nobstacles and political chaffing, a stint at “We’re not evil,
\nWe just archive EVERYTHING FOREVER” Google, an
\nappearance at a travel booking company, and a ride with
\n“we wanna be just like Comcast” Cox Communications,
\nwhich all led Jim to realize that he really likes craft and
\nBelgian beer and Linux security systems (and Linux
\nfanboy activities like trash-talking other OS wannabes
\nfrom Redmond and Cupertino).
\n— Currently at GTRI, Jim works with some really bright
\npeople who are actively involved in extending SELinux
\npolicy to protect all aspects of critical path communications. <\/p>\n

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\nWe will be meeting in our usual Gambrel Hall room 1C venue.
\nMeeting time frame is 7:30pm to ~9:30pm
\nDirections to Emory Law School can be found
\nHERE<\/a><\/strong> (or via the side bar link).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our Featured Presentation at the ALE Central meeting for Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 at 7:30pm will be Practical Server Security Management with SELinux as presented by rabid Linux fanboy and security guru, James Kinney Synopsis: — Running a Linux server with SELinux in enforcing targeted mode is quite daunting for many, if not most sysadmins. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ale-central","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ale.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}