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

[Jim Kinney]

Hmm. Fanbouy. A floating, tethered wind machine. Wind machine part is likely
accurate.
On Oct 7, 2010 5:31 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> fanbouy?
>
> I float tethered?
>
> sed 's/fanbouy/fanboy/g'
>
> 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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