RE: [SLUG] Meeting Suggestion.

2001-02-03 Thread Scott Ragen
PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jon Biddell Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 5:50 PM To: Terry Collins; Slug Subject: Re: [SLUG] Meeting Suggestion. At 11:01 AM 3/02/01 +1100, Terry Collins wrote: Jon Biddell wrote: At 10:27 AM 2/02/01 +1100, Alister Waller wrote: How about a Newbies/Basic training

Re: [SLUG] Meeting Suggestion.

2001-02-02 Thread Jon Biddell
At 10:27 AM 2/02/01 +1100, Alister Waller wrote: How about a Newbies/Basic training/help/install day?? Things like security, routing, networking, installations, blah blah blah Could maybe wrap it around a BBQ and make it nice and informal. We have a room here at work (west ryde, close to

Re: [SLUG] Meeting Suggestion.

2001-02-02 Thread Terry Collins
Jon Biddell wrote: At 10:27 AM 2/02/01 +1100, Alister Waller wrote: How about a Newbies/Basic training/help/install day?? An Installfest is well overdue (I was having my ear bent this morning about "why isn't Slug having one in March - Linux Expo, Pc Show, Uni returns, etc.). And West

Re: [SLUG] Meeting Suggestion.

2001-02-02 Thread Jon Biddell
At 11:01 AM 3/02/01 +1100, Terry Collins wrote: Jon Biddell wrote: At 10:27 AM 2/02/01 +1100, Alister Waller wrote: How about a Newbies/Basic training/help/install day?? An Installfest is well overdue (I was having my ear bent this morning about "why isn't Slug having one in March - Linux

[SLUG] Meeting Suggestion.

2001-02-01 Thread Alister Waller
How about a Newbies/Basic training/help/install day?? Things like security, routing, networking, installations, blah blah blah Could maybe wrap it around a BBQ and make it nice and informal. We have a room here at work (west ryde, close to train), classroom size, air-conditioned that

Re: [SLUG] Meeting Suggestion.

2001-02-01 Thread Crossfire
Alister Waller was once rumoured to have said: How about a Newbies/Basic training/help/install day?? Things like security, routing, networking, installations, blah blah blah On a similar note, once I've got netfilter worked out, I'd happily run a weekend 'introduction to firewalling' -

Re: [SLUG] Meeting Suggestion.

2001-02-01 Thread Marty
On a similar note, once I've got netfilter worked out, I'd happily run a weekend 'introduction to firewalling' - I just haven't had the time lately to look at netfilter. i had a read of rusty's docs on it the other night (http://netfilter.kernelnotes.org/unreliable-guides/) and he is very

Re: [SLUG] Meeting Suggestion.

2001-02-01 Thread Crossfire
Marty was once rumoured to have said: On a similar note, once I've got netfilter worked out, I'd happily run a weekend 'introduction to firewalling' - I just haven't had the time lately to look at netfilter. i had a read of rusty's docs on it the other night

Re: [SLUG] Meeting Suggestion.

2001-02-01 Thread Marty
Migrating like that is a bit insane IMO [you wouldn't want to do a straight 1 to 1 migration, otherwise you don't gain any of netfilter's real benefits] - and that really wouldn't be the point of me giving such a talk - there is theory behind all this madness, as well as some general

Re: [SLUG] Meeting Suggestion.

2001-02-01 Thread Crossfire
Marty was once rumoured to have said: your right though. you definately need to adjust the way you approach filtering when migrating from ipchains - netfilter. BTW: for those that care, the most important point is the way the chains work. my understanding of the situation is thus: Yes.

Re: [SLUG] Meeting Suggestion.

2001-02-01 Thread Marty
Uh, no. [Not sure about the diagram, but you've missed the important change]. i think that the way the chains work is an important change... but stateful filtering is a pretty big step (pity that is playing catch up with IP filter and most commercial firewalls) That skript kiddie can no