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