[Announce] Next Meeting – Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

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# **Staying secure in the modern Internet**

Best practices, Common sense and even some non-obvious techniques

We'll be covering many things, including the following:

  * Password policies including generating, aging, cycling, revoking, … _(Jim McQuillan)_
  * ssh public/private keypairs instead of password auth _(Craig Maloney)_
  * vpns using IPSec, OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP  (and any other technology you might think of) _(Jim McQuillan)_
  * SSL certificates for securing your IMAP, POP, HTTP, Postgresql, …_ (Jim McQuillan)_
  * Wireless security with WPA, WEP, … _(Gib Nichols)_
  * file encryption with pgp/gpg _(Craig Maloney)_
  * file permissions (rwx--) _(Dave Satwicz)_
  * Auditing - How to survive a corporate audit_ (Gib Nichols)_
  * Home directory encryption_ **(Anyone interested in presenting this?)**_

We won't have time to cover every detail of every topic above, but we'll at least touch on the highlights and see where the conversation takes us.

This will be a collaborative discussion. We invite (and encourage) audience participation!

[Map and Directions][1]

   [1]: http://www.mug.org/map/

URL: http://www.mug.org/2011/06/next-meeting-%e2%80%93-tuesday-july-12th-2011/