[PLUG] UnPLUG: Linux Tutorial and Install-a-Thon

[Vik Bajaj <vbajaj@sas.upenn.edu>]

Please see http://www.unplug.org for a full announcement with links.

--Vik
   
   August 10, 2000: Linux Install-a-Thon
   
   The University of Pennsylvania Linux Users' Group will be conducting
   it's fourth _informal_ Linux install-a-thon and tutorial on Thursday,
   August 10, at 3:00 PM in the basement of the Chemistry Building (33rd
   and Spruce), subject to change.
   
   Linux is a free, POSIX-compliant unix-like operating system
   cooperatively developed by thousands of programmers over the internet.
   Popular for many years as a robust, reliable, and cost-effective
   internet server platform, Linux is now being increasingly deployed on
   the desktop. Linux can completely co-exist with other operating
   systems such as Microsoft Windows, and can deliver beneficial services
   (such as filesharing) in a Microsoft environment. Linux is also a
   robust internet routing and firewalling platform with
   production-strength functionality, reliability, and performance.
   
   The goal of the install-a-thon is to introduce new users to Linux and
   rapidly develop skills required to run a Linux system. To that end, we
   will install and configure Linux on any system or any number of
   systems, including Intel, Alpha, and PPC platforms. You can bring your
   personal machine, machines from your Department, company, or
   enterprise; we don't mind. We can also install dual-boot
   configurations with other operating systems if desired, or install
   Linux as a guest operating system in a virtual machine environment
   (see www.vmware.com).
   
   After and during Linux installations, we will be conducting a series
   of hands-on tutorials and question and answer sessions. They will
   include:

   Basic Linux Administration. Use of common Linux software (emacs,
   LaTeX, office and groupware suites, Helix GNOME Desktop environment).
   System architecture and file system layout. Common system and resource
   administration tasks.  Filesharing tools.

   Linux and Windows Interoperability. Use of VMWare for a dual-OS
   environment. Installation of samba as a filesharing solution and as a
   primary domain controller (PDC).

   Linux web and internet service delivery. Installation and
   configuration of apache with mod_perl and mod_php. Configuration of
   PostgreSQL and mySQL database backends.

   Host-level security and access control. Patching and updating the
   running linux system. Password and account management. Access control.
   Forensics and host level intrusion detection.
       
   Network security: firewalling and virtual private networking. Tools
   for penetration testing of secure networks (nmap, nessus, saint).
       
   If you wish to suggest other topics, please do so and we will attempt
   to prepare something if there is interest.
   
   The install-a-thon is open to everyone. We request that you email Vik
   Bajaj <vbajaj@sas.upenn.edu> to register so that we can have an idea
   of the number of people and machines coming.
   
   About UnPLUG
   
   The University of Pennsylvania Linux Users' Group was started by Roman
   Gollent, John Parker, and Vik Bajaj in 1996.
   
   About the Instructors
   
   Robert Spier
   
   Robert Spier is an undergraduate CSE major and President of the Dining
   Philosophers, Penn's Undergraduate Computer Science Society and
   Chapter of Association for Computing Machinery. He has been
   administering and using Linux machines for over five years. He is
   currently employed by the Penn Video Network and does contract
   programming and consulting for several other companies. In his spare
   time, Robert participates in Perl development, among many other
   things.
   
   John Parker
   
   John Parker graduated from UPenn with a degree in Physics. He is
   currently employed by the School of Engineering and Applied Science as
   a systems administrator, where his duties include the care and feeding
   of Solaris, Linux, and AIX boxes and clusters supporting over 5,000
   users. He has been administering multiuser Linux systems for over five
   years, was the systems administrator for the Science and Technology
   Wing, and worked on the National Scaleable Cluster Project.
   
   Vik Bajaj
   
   Vik Bajaj graduated from UPenn with a degree in biochemistry, and is
   currently a graduate student at MIT. His professional computing
   interests lie in network security (in particular, traffic analysis),
   network protocol internals, and forensic investigation. He has served
   as an intrusion incident handler for the Global Incident Analysis
   Center and worked as a network security & PKI consultant for
   industrial, law enforcement, and academic clients. He has been using
   and administering Linux systems for over five years.
   
   Thanks for Equipment & Space.
   
   Andrew M. Rappe. Max Mintz. Martin McCormick. Gail E. Fanucci. Rohan
   Amin.

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