moin, moin,

The topic of this month's general meetings will be Nessus.

Last month's west side meeting netted 3 new volunteers to help build out
PLUG's west side presence. A big round of applause for Alex, Phil and
Terry. Thanks also to David from DeLUG for being there and volunteering
to help us coordinate with DeLUG. Thanks also, of course, to Steve for
continueing to arrange for our meeting room at GCC.

Starting in February the developer meetings will be once a month, the first
Thursday of the month. This month's presentation will be on Eclipse.

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Event: Devel Meeting
Topic: Eclipse
Presenter: Randy Faust
Location: Adtron Corporation, 3710 E. University Dr., Ste. 5, Phoenix, AZ 8=
5034
Time: 19:00 on Thursday, the 5th of February

Abstract: Eclipse (www.eclipse.org) is an open source platform for building
tools for developers. The platform was designed from the ground-up with
extensibility in mind. A scalable plug-in mechanism and a rich set of APIs
enable developers to explore new tools quickly without having to reinvent
the wheel. This presentation will focus on:

* The design goals of Eclipse
* Who contributes to Eclipse and how they do it
* How to work in and extend Eclipse (demonstration)

Bio: Randy Faust is an Embedded Java Activist at the IBM Phoenix OTI Lab. H=
e
spent 2003 working in Zurich, Switzerland on the Eclipse JDT UI team, under
the direction of Erich Gamma. He has an extensive background with the J9
virtual machine, J2ME and integrated development environments.


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Event: PLUG East Side Meeting
Topic: Nessus
Presenter: Jay Jacobson
Location: Sequoia Charter School, 1460 S. Horne, Mesa, AZ 85204-5760
Time: 19:00 on Thursday, the 12th of February

Abstract: Installing, configuring, and using Nessus to perform security
scanning and vulnerability assessments on your network.

Bio: Jay is an innovator and seasoned technology business executive
with extensive experience in the information security, software, and
telecommunications industries. Presently, Jay is the CEO of Edgeos,
Inc., a managed information security and vulnerability assessment
services company. Jay's current work focuses on the design, creation, and
implementation of information security technologies and systems. Some caree=
r
highlights include:

* Founded and led three companies, focused on information security, telecom
software, and telecom services.
* Invented information security technologies that completely automate the
process of hacker vulnerability assessment for businesses. Results are 10X
decreased costs and 80% productivity gains.
* Founded and led information security company, which has served over 750
customers across six continents.
* Invented Internet routing intelligence technologies (patents pending) to
optimize telecom backbone networks. Results are 30% decreased costs and 400=
%
performance improvement.
* Secured over $10 million cash in private equity financing, mainly via
venture capital.
* Instrumental to telecom carrier's growth from startup to the largest ISP
in Arizona and sixth largest national Internet backbone carrier. Revenues
grew from $0 to over $120 million.
* Invented the first portable MP3 player for a college senior project.
* Led acquisition of Internet Traffic Report, on online portal that serves
over five million people every month.
* "40 under 40" =AD elected one of the top executives and entrepreneurs in
Arizona by the Business Journal.
* Director or Advisor to various organizations, companies, and universities=
=2E


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Event: DeLUG meeting
Location: DeVry, 2149 W. Dunlap Ave.
Topic: SAMBA
Time: 19:00 on Thursday, the 12th of February


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Event: GNU/Linux Stammtisch
Location: The Muse Cafe/Artspace, 1032 S. Terrace Rd., Tempe, AZ 85281
Time: 19:00 to 23:00 on Tuesday, the 17th of February

The Muse has worked well for us the last couple of months.

Lemon and Terrace, just East of ASU's main campus.


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Event: PLUG West Side meeting
Topic: Nessus
Presenter: Jay Jacobson
Location: Glendale Community College, 6000 W. Olive Ave., Glendale, AZ 8530=
2
Time: 19:00 on Tuesday, the 24th of February

Olive (Dunlap) and 59th Avenue in the High Tech 1 Teleconference Room.


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Event: AzPHP, http://www.AzPHP.org/
Topic: TBD
Location: Walt's TV & Home Theater, 55 W Southern Ave., Tempe, AZ 85282-496=
2
Time: 19:00 on Tuesday, the 24th of February

ciao,

der.hans
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