[ale] ALE CENTRAL MTG. for Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, at 7:30pm

[Jim Kinney]

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On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Aaron Ruscetta <arxaaron at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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 fanbuoy and security guru,
> James Kinney</strong>
>
> Synopsis:
> -- Running a Linux server with SELinux in enforcing targeted
> mode is quite daunting for many, if not most sysadmins.
> SELinux  really needs to be a part of the toolkit used to
> address security issues, but a toolkit that admins will use
> and not just turn off by default. Over the course of a 1+
> hour seminar, we will demonstrate various tools, both gui
> and command line, and consider the analysis process for
> resolving SELinux  "Access Denied" problems on servers
> running in "Enforcing Targeted" mode. If time permits, a
> brief look at the concepts of higher security methods like
> MCS and MLS will also be covered.
>
> (Full Frontal) Bio:
> -- James (Jim) Kinney became an over-zealous GNU Linux
> fanbuoy the first time he saw a discarded Next Cube running
> Slackware in 1992. Several thousand installs later his
> enthusiasm has escalated to "rabidly over-zealous Linux
> fanbuoy advocating for the total world domination process
> to speed up!"  He is actively involved in helping this process
> by promoting that "fdisk solves all windows problems
> universally" and that "apple is one byte shy of a whole fruit".
> -- In the 18 years since his introduction to Linux goodness,
> James has turned an obsession into a living. First at Emory
> University where he converted a Mac lab to Linux (and
> ultimately used the same lab machines for a proto-type
> Beowulf cluster in nice +5 mode so the students wouldn't
> notice) and helped co-found LUGE (Linux Users Group of
> Emory). Next followed a 10+ year stint as a Linux
> consultant (note to self: windows consultants make money
> because things break all the time; Linux consultants only
> make money setting things up so they never hear from
> the client again until the next time they want a new
> machine) with a few notable projects like making Linux
> systems run thin clients in schools despite the technical
> obstacles and political chaffing, a stint at "We're not evil,
> We just archive EVERYTHING FOREVER" Google, an
> appearance at a travel booking company, and a ride with
> "we wanna be just like Comcast" Cox Communications,
> which all led Jim to realize that he really likes craft and
> Belgian beer and Linux security systems (and Linux
> fanbuoy activities like trash-talking other OS wannabes
> from Redmond and Cupertino).
> -- Currently at GTRI, Jim works with some really bright
> people who are actively involved in extending SELinux
> policy to protect all aspects of critical path communications.
>
> ============================
> We will be meeting in our usual Gambrel Hall room
> 1C venue.  Meeting time frame is 7:30pm to ~9:30pm
> Directions to Emory Law School can be found at:
> <http://mail.ale.org/?page_id=2>
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James P. Kinney III
I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.
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