PLUG Meeting November 10th ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ****We have 2 presentations this month from Kaia Taylor and Aaron Jones. **** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Kaia* *Taylor*: _What I've learned setting up a VM environment for pen test practice_ *Description*: Goals of this talk Why I'd like lots of questions and comments Goals of pen testing Why everyone should be interested in pen testing Overview of security related jobs Overview of certifications Hosts What I looked at, pros, cons What I ignored, pros, cons VMs Different Unixes I tested Attempts to use DSL for DDOS simulation If I could do it again... What next *Bio*: Kaia has been working with Unix for about 25 years and is now focused on Unix security patching. Kaia has taught evening Unix classes at South Mountain Community College, and worked at three large companies plus a few smaller ones as a day job. Kaia's certifications include a Masters in Information Science, RHCE, Security+, CISSP. Currently working on GPEN. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Aaron* *Jones*: _Managing Your Money - The Linux Way_ *Description*: Do you want to learn how to manage your finances using Linux? This talk will cover several command line tools you can use to keep track of your finances as well as introduce a few companies that tout Linux support for their financial products. *Bio*: Aaron is a frequent flyer at PLUG meetings. He regularly evangelizes the command line interface, loves Linux, and likes FOS-Software. His distributions of choice are Ubuntu and Arch and he uses the I3 WM. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The meeting will start at 7pm at The Desert Breeze Substation. People start arriving as early as 6pm, so if you would like to help setup and/or chat for a while, arrive a little early. *Meeting Location*: Desert Breeze Substation 251 North Desert Breeze Blvd Chandler, AZ 85226 The Desert Breeze Substation is on Chandler Blvd and Desert Breeze Blvd, which is half way between McClintock and Rural. It is very close to both the south 202 and 101 freeways. Public transportation is available into the late hours. We will go for food to BJs at the Chandler Fashion Center Mall after the meeting so we can chat with each other comfortably. Please feel free to join us. Please come even if you aren't hungry, the food is not mandatory. See the meeting information on our web site for more information. See you there, Brian Cluff