{"id":64,"date":"2007-12-03T22:50:34","date_gmt":"2007-12-04T02:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ale.org\/new\/2007\/12\/03\/ale-central-mtg-for-thursday-december-6th\/"},"modified":"2007-12-03T22:53:14","modified_gmt":"2007-12-04T02:53:14","slug":"ale-central-mtg-for-thursday-december-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ale.org\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"ALE Central Mtg. for Thursday, DECEMBER 6TH"},"content":{"rendered":"

To accommodate Emory Law School’s room scheduling at
\nour donated venue we have moved our December 2007
\nCentral meeting date up by 1 week. Instead of the second
\nThursday, this month’s ALE Central meeting will be held
\n THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 at 7:30 pm.,
\nand our feature presentation for the evening will be
\n
\nUsing Snort To Sniff Out Content-Based Network Attacks
\n<\/font>
\npresented by Bob Toxen
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Synopsis:
\n— Snort is the free Open Source tool of choice for spotting and blocking
\nattacks hiding in normal network traffic (IDS and Intrusion Prevention).
\nIt is good at recognizing content-based attacks aimed at allowed services
\nand hiding in browser and mail traffic to your client systems as well
\nas simpler port-based attacks. This presentation will cover basic
\ninstallation and use so that you can take advantage of this excellent
\ntool.<\/p>\n

Bio:
\n— Mr. Bob Toxen, one ALE’s founding members, is the author of Real World
\nLinux Security [Second Edition, 848pp published by Prentice Hall PTR].
\nHe is a world-class expert on Linux and UNIX security and mixed-OS network
\nsecurity using Linux. His 30+years of UNIX\/Linux experience includes being
\none of the 162 developers of Berkeley UNIX and being one of the four creators
\nof Silicon Graphics’ UNIX.
\n— Mr. Toxen’s consulting focuses on network and computer security using
\nlow cost Linux solutions for virus and spam filters, hardening Linux servers,
\nfirewalls, VPNs, and more.<\/p>\n

============================
\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":"

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