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steercom:2006-09 [2006/08/25 14:56] 151.145.63.122 Updated name of 9/21 presenter. (CMB) |
steercom:2006-09 [2006/09/11 14:18] 69.155.29.246 Added Chris Byrd's last name for clarity. - stan r. |
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| ===== Date / Time ===== | ===== Date / Time ===== | ||
| - | * September ???, 2006 | + | * September 6, 2006 |
| - | * 6:30 pm - ?? pm | + | * 6:30 pm - 8:01 pm |
| ===== Attendees ===== | ===== Attendees ===== | ||
| - | * Carl Fitch? | + | * Lee Lammert |
| - | * Clarence Johnson? | + | * Barry Morrison |
| - | * Craig Buchek? | + | * Craig Buchek |
| - | * Bob Hansen? | + | * Clarence Johnson |
| - | * Stan Reichardt? | + | * Gary Meyer |
| + | * Stan Reichardt | ||
| ===== Secretary Report ===== | ===== Secretary Report ===== | ||
| + | * Have printed out all previous Steering Committee meeting minutes. | ||
| + | * Need Carl to sign August's. | ||
| * Still need to type up minutes of previous Board meeting. | * Still need to type up minutes of previous Board meeting. | ||
| ===== Treasurer Report ===== | ===== Treasurer Report ===== | ||
| - | + | * Lee did not bring the bank statement and balance info. | |
| - | OLD STUFF: | + | * Lee paid WU phone bill thru Aug 1. |
| - | + | * Asked for adjustment for 5th line. | |
| - | | ^ Amount ^ Notes ^ | + | * Wrote that we want to drop all but 1 line for Oct 1. |
| - | |Current Bank Balance | $903.68| Bank Statement| | + | |
| - | |AP Due (Wash U) | $170.00| (5 lines @ $34)| | + | |
| - | |Balance as of 7/30/06 ^$733.68 || | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | * Lee says Wash U is still billing us for 5 lines. | + | |
| - | * They supposedly terminated the 5th line in April. | + | |
| - | * Lee will look into getting refunded for having only 4 lines, but paying for 5. | + | |
| - | * Lee asked that Gary gets the termination order in to Wash U for 9/30 AHEAD OF TIME. | + | |
| ===== Book Sales ===== | ===== Book Sales ===== | ||
| - | + | * No report. | |
| - | * Books sold? | + | |
| - | * Books raffled off? | + | |
| ===== Previous Meetings ===== | ===== Previous Meetings ===== | ||
| ==== Attendance ==== | ==== Attendance ==== | ||
| - | + | * 2 Aug STEERC - 5 | |
| - | * August 27 SLUUG meeting: 26 signed in, 27 actual head-count. | + | * 9 Aug SLUUG - 26(27) |
| + | * 17 Aug STLLUG - 15(17) | ||
| + | * 22 Aug HZWLUG - 10 | ||
| + | * 24 Aug STCLUG - 14 | ||
| + | * 30 Aug SECURE - 14 | ||
| ==== Comments on Presentations ==== | ==== Comments on Presentations ==== | ||
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| === SLUUG - Aug 9 === | === SLUUG - Aug 9 === | ||
| * Base: Intro to Metasploit Security Tool by Chris Byrd | * Base: Intro to Metasploit Security Tool by Chris Byrd | ||
| + | * Very good. Excellent lead-in to Security group meeting. | ||
| * Main: We're all doomed!: A look into the present & future by Scott Granneman | * Main: We're all doomed!: A look into the present & future by Scott Granneman | ||
| + | * Fascinating. Excellent, but a bit all over the map. | ||
| === STLLUG - Aug 17 === | === STLLUG - Aug 17 === | ||
| * Main: JT Moree - Personal Accomplishments in Open Source | * Main: JT Moree - Personal Accomplishments in Open Source | ||
| + | * Good for people that know JT. Somewhat boring for the others. | ||
| + | * Some good lessons learned. Dragged on on a few topics. | ||
| === HZWLUG - Aug 22 === | === HZWLUG - Aug 22 === | ||
| - | * Newbie Topics | + | * Newbie Topics - Review of Package Managers and Comparing Distributions. |
| - | + | * Didn't have time for Wireless router. | |
| - | === Security - Aug 23 === | + | * Lots of happy attendees -- starting to participate and ask questions. |
| - | * Hands-On: Metasploit by Chris Byrd | + | |
| === STCLUG - Aug 24 === | === STCLUG - Aug 24 === | ||
| * Main: Creating a VNC repeater for your customers and relatives - and WHY? by Carl Fitch | * Main: Creating a VNC repeater for your customers and relatives - and WHY? by Carl Fitch | ||
| + | * Very interesting. | ||
| + | * Talked about how to best deploy a VNC solution for clients. | ||
| + | * Some technical issues connecting to Internet, but software worked well. | ||
| + | === Security - Aug 30 === | ||
| + | * Hands-On: Metasploit by Chris Byrd (re-scheduled from Aug 23) | ||
| + | * Excellent presentation and hands-on. Cracked Windows 2003 systems. | ||
| + | * Covered a lot more material than most were expecting. | ||
| ===== Presentation Schedule ===== | ===== Presentation Schedule ===== | ||
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| === SLUUG - Sep 13 === | === SLUUG - Sep 13 === | ||
| - | * Base: TBD | + | * Base: Bugzilla by Craig Buchek |
| - | * Main: | + | * Main: Techie Videos from the Internet |
| + | * Possibilities: Revolution OS, DLTV, etc. | ||
| === STLLUG - Sep 21 === | === STLLUG - Sep 21 === | ||
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| === Security - Sep 27 === | === Security - Sep 27 === | ||
| - | * TBD | + | * Will PROBABLY BE CANCELED because C. Johnson has another training class. Nearly impossible to get another UMSL employee to chaperone the computer training room during our sessions. |
| === STCLUG - Sep 28 === | === STCLUG - Sep 28 === | ||
| - | * TBD | + | * TBD - Exciting stuff from Stan and Fred |
| ==== October 2006 ==== | ==== October 2006 ==== | ||
| === SLUUG - Oct 11 === | === SLUUG - Oct 11 === | ||
| - | * Base: TBD | + | * Base: Firebug (Firefox plugin - JavaScript debugger) by Ed Howland |
| - | * Main: TBD | + | * Main: AppArmor by Matt Skiption of Novell |
| === STLLUG - Oct 19 === | === STLLUG - Oct 19 === | ||
| - | * Base: TBD | ||
| * Main: Zimbra Collaboration Suite (Exchange "replacement") by Matthew Porter (TENTATIVE) | * Main: Zimbra Collaboration Suite (Exchange "replacement") by Matthew Porter (TENTATIVE) | ||
| ==== Potential Presentations ==== | ==== Potential Presentations ==== | ||
| + | * Certified Ethical Hacking by Mark Russell of Premier Knowledge (via Lee) | ||
| + | * XGL by Matt Skipton of Novell (via Lee) | ||
| + | * SELinux by Stan Reichardt (Not Earlier Than October, If Then) | ||
| * Main: InkScape - Mark Jarnowski (via Craig) | * Main: InkScape - Mark Jarnowski (via Craig) | ||
| - | * Certified Ethical Hacking by Mark Russell of Premier Knowledge (via Tim Cross) | ||
| * Perl Scripts to do DNA Genetic Research by Bryce Meyer from Wiltel/Level 3 (via Gary) | * Perl Scripts to do DNA Genetic Research by Bryce Meyer from Wiltel/Level 3 (via Gary) | ||
| * OpenVPN by Robert Citek (via ???) | * OpenVPN by Robert Citek (via ???) | ||
| - | * SELinux by Stan Reichardt (Not Earlier Than October, If Then) | ||
| * MythTV / Freevo / TiVo - (STLLUG?) - (via Sarah on the Perl list) | * MythTV / Freevo / TiVo - (STLLUG?) - (via Sarah on the Perl list) | ||
| * WiFi - Jerry @ OCI (via Gary) | * WiFi - Jerry @ OCI (via Gary) | ||
| * CVS/Subversion - Sanjiv, Ed Howland (via ???) | * CVS/Subversion - Sanjiv, Ed Howland (via ???) | ||
| + | * Tech Futures - Railroad guy (via Rich Seibel) | ||
| * Requests: | * Requests: | ||
| * VPN (hands-on preferred, good for a Security meeting) | * VPN (hands-on preferred, good for a Security meeting) | ||
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| * TrueCrypt - file-level encryption for Windows/Linux | * TrueCrypt - file-level encryption for Windows/Linux | ||
| * One-Time Passwords | * One-Time Passwords | ||
| + | * Video cards in Linux (Heuris) | ||
| + | * IBM vs. Sun vs. HP on UNIX | ||
| ===== Weekly Announcements ===== | ===== Weekly Announcements ===== | ||
| + | * Going strong. | ||
| + | * Some issues getting good info from other groups about their meetings. | ||
| + | ===== Library Room Reservations ===== | ||
| + | * First Saturday in October. | ||
| + | * Stan will fill out paperwork. | ||
| + | * Phil Bunch will reserve Indian Trails for STLLUG. | ||
| + | * Stan will reserve Hazelwood for HZLUG. | ||
| ===== Sponsorships ===== | ===== Sponsorships ===== | ||
| - | |||
| - | * Lee working to send out invoices to previous sponsors. ($200) | ||
| * Clarence and Stan R. will start working to gather information about previous sponsors. | * Clarence and Stan R. will start working to gather information about previous sponsors. | ||
| * Starting with information from the web site. | * Starting with information from the web site. | ||
| + | * Lee working to send out invoices to previous sponsors. ($200) | ||
| + | * Stan noted that [[http://www.primary.net | Primary Networks]] is asking us to put a different logo (and link) on our web site. | ||
| + | * As part of their hosting us, we agreed to put their link/logo on our site. | ||
| ===== Website Librarian ===== | ===== Website Librarian ===== | ||
| - | |||
| * Presentation topics as far back as 1996 have now been listed. | * Presentation topics as far back as 1996 have now been listed. | ||
| * Stan R. indicated that accuracy is not high, but will search additional notes. | * Stan R. indicated that accuracy is not high, but will search additional notes. | ||
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| ===== System Administration ===== | ===== System Administration ===== | ||
| - | * No news is good news? | + | * Dark is getting hardware issues about once a month. |
| + | * Reboots, but comes back up. | ||
| ===== PROJECT: New servers ===== | ===== PROJECT: New servers ===== | ||
| * Someone (Mike Knight?) added a lot of good discussion on the wiki about user accounts. | * Someone (Mike Knight?) added a lot of good discussion on the wiki about user accounts. | ||
| * Need to complete migration to new servers. | * Need to complete migration to new servers. | ||
| - | * Chris volunteered to help. | + | * Chris Byrd volunteered to help. |
| * Has good Drupal experience. | * Has good Drupal experience. | ||
| * Has done Linux administration. | * Has done Linux administration. | ||
| * Craig has a 1U UltraSparc with Solaris 10 to donate and install at Primary. | * Craig has a 1U UltraSparc with Solaris 10 to donate and install at Primary. | ||
| + | * Clarence showed us Chris Byrd's Drupal mock-up of the Security SIG's web group. | ||
| + | * We agreed that it looked good. | ||
| + | * We'd like to move the site to our new boxes. | ||
| + | * Craig will work with him. | ||
| ===== Old Business ===== | ===== Old Business ===== | ||
| - | * Annual report was submitted to the state. | ||
| - | * 1 month early -- saves us $5. | ||
| - | |||
| * Craig needs to work to write up new membership info. | * Craig needs to work to write up new membership info. | ||
| * See previous minutes for full details. | * See previous minutes for full details. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===== New Business ===== | ||
| * Christine Wanta emailed the list, saying she would have to resign her Board seat. | * Christine Wanta emailed the list, saying she would have to resign her Board seat. | ||
| * Unable to attend enough meetings. | * Unable to attend enough meetings. | ||
| - | * The 3 attending Board members agreed to wait until Lee was here to choose a replacement. | ||
| * Christine has not submitted a written resignation letter as of yet. | * Christine has not submitted a written resignation letter as of yet. | ||
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| * Carl emailed all our users, telling them dial-up would be going away. | * Carl emailed all our users, telling them dial-up would be going away. | ||
| * Stan suggested keeping 1 dial-up line for emergency access to Wash U systems. | * Stan suggested keeping 1 dial-up line for emergency access to Wash U systems. | ||
| - | * Those in attendance agreed that this was a good idea. | + | * Lee has notified Wash U in writing, to drop all but 1 line on October 1. |
| - | * Unanimous agreement to keep the 1 line. | + | |
| - | * EPC - big sale this Saturday. | + | * EPC - big sale last month. |
| - | * EPC is now installing Ubuntu Linux on their systems by default. | + | * We were there. Some of us. |
| - | * We will be there to answer Linux questions. | + | * Was nice, because we only had to answer questions, not do installs. |
| - | * Sort of like a Hazelwood LUG meeting. | + | |
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| - | * Clarence showed us Chris Byrd's Drupal mock-up of the Security SIG's web group. | + | |
| - | * We agreed that it looked good. | + | |
| - | * We'd like to move the site to our new boxes. | + | |
| - | * Craig will work with him. | + | |
| * We discussed membership dues in relation to shell accounts. | * We discussed membership dues in relation to shell accounts. | ||
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| * User pays voluntary membership dues, | * User pays voluntary membership dues, | ||
| * OR user attended 2 meetings in the previous calendar year, and pays $10. | * OR user attended 2 meetings in the previous calendar year, and pays $10. | ||
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| + | ===== New Business ===== | ||
| + | * No new business. | ||
| ===== Blue Sky ===== | ===== Blue Sky ===== | ||
| + | * The sky is still blue. | ||
| ===== Follow-up and Action Items ===== | ===== Follow-up and Action Items ===== | ||
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| * Craig - Write up info on membership levels for web site and hand-outs. | * Craig - Write up info on membership levels for web site and hand-outs. | ||
| * Lee - Submit treasurer reports for inclusion in secretary folder. | * Lee - Submit treasurer reports for inclusion in secretary folder. | ||
| - | * Lee - Finish QuickBooks transfer & financials. | + | * Barry - Look into Webmin and Majordomo/Mailman for new servers. |
| - | * Barry - Look into Webmin and Majordomo/Mailmain for new servers. | + | |
| * Need to be able to preserve the archives. | * Need to be able to preserve the archives. | ||
| * Tim - Contact Mark Russell about presenting at Security group. | * Tim - Contact Mark Russell about presenting at Security group. | ||
| * Stan - Update web sites. | * Stan - Update web sites. | ||
| * Ted and Stan - Upload presentations to web archive. | * Ted and Stan - Upload presentations to web archive. | ||
| - | * Gary - work with Wash U on dial-up lines. | + | * Clarence and Stan - Get working on collecting sponsor contact info. |
| - | * Terminating all but 1 on 9/30. | + | |
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