Date: 22-04-2012

Time: 2:00pm – 5.30pm
Venue: Internet Club, IInd Floor, AMI Trust Building,Broadway Enclave,
Broadway, Ernakulam

2.30pm – 2.45pm

Customary Self Introduction.
People shared their experience with Free Software

2.45pm – 4.15pm – Session by G. Venkit Subramanian

Secure Shell (SSH) is a network protocol for secure data communication, remote shell services or command execution and other secure network services between two networked computers that it connects via a secure channel over an insecure network: a server and a client (running SSH server and SSH client programs, respectively).The protocol specification distinguishes two major versions that are referred to as SSH-1 and SSH-2.
The best-known application of the protocol is for access to shell accounts on Unix-like operating systems. It was designed as a replacement for Telnet and other insecure remote shell protocols such as the Berkeley rsh and rexec protocols, which send information, notably passwords, in plaintext, rendering them susceptible to interception and disclosure using packet analysis.The encryption used by SSH is intended to provide confidentiality and integrity of data over an unsecured network, such as the Internet.

4.15pm – 4.30pm

Tea break

Concluding Session

People were requested to handle small technical discussions for the next meeting.

Thanks to all the attendees for coming and they are requested to put their feedback on the mailing list so that we can improve future meetings

The next user meet is on 27 May 2012

Indian Libre User Group is spreading Free Software awareness in society through its regular monthly meetings ( 4th Sunday of every month ),conducted since 1997. ILUG Cochin (www.ilug-cochin.org) is holding its regular meeting for this month on Sunday, 22nd April 2012.

The Details are as follows

Date : 22/04/2012, 22nd April, Sunday

Time : 2pm – 5:30pm

Venue :
Internet Club, IInd Floor, AMI Trust Bldg,
Broadway Enclave, Broadway,
Kochi-682031
Location: Behind Allappat Super Shoppe,On top of SBT Treasury wing

Meeting Schedule
================
1. Introduction to Free Software and GNU Movement
2. Agenda : Securing Openssh
3. Technical Discussions
4. Q&A Session

A Map showing the venue is available at :

http://www.ilug-cochin.org/content/view/31/

Directions to reach venue.

http://www.ilug-cochin.org/meetings/directions-to-meeting-venue/

Get answers to your questions about the meeting at:

http://www.ilug-cochin.org/faq/

For further information contact :
Tel:+91 9447111771
Tel:+91 9995717112
Tel:+91 9747173432
Tel:+91 9496449969
Tel:+91 484 2374862 ( Venue )
Tel:+91 484 4025077 ( Venue )
contact at ilug-cochin.org

Details

1. Introduction to Free Software

We start of with our regular discussion on the concepts and philosophy of the Free Software Movement and related topics.

2. Agenda : Securing Openssh

The importance Remote Administration in all aspects of internet based transactions, security relating to vital areas will be discussed. We will also discuss how this will be useful for day to day use.

3. Technical Discussions

Attendees will discuss and/or present topics of interest. They will share their knowledge by handling small sessions to make up the Technical Session part of the Meeting.

4. Q&A Session

This would be used to answer doubts that users have concerning Free Software.

We look forward to your participation for this exciting meeting. Hope to meet you all on Sunday.

Thank You

Regards
Co-ordinator
Indian Libre User Group, Cochin

Date: 25-03-2012

Time: 2:00pm – 5.30pm
Venue: Internet Club, IInd Floor, AMI Trust Building,
Broadway Enclave, Broadway, Ernakulam

2.30pm – 2.45pm

Customary Self Introduction.
People shared their experience with Free Software

2.45pm – 4.15pm – Session by G. Venkit Subramanian

Server Hardening  is the process of enhancing server security through a variety of means resulting in a much more secure server operating environment which is due to the advanced security measures that are put in place during the server hardening process.

Methods for Server Hardening

1. Encrypt Data Communication
2. Avoid Using FTP, Telnet, And Rlogin / Rsh
3. Minimize Software to Minimize Vulnerability
4. One Network Service Per System or VM Instance
5. Keep Linux Kernel and Software Up to Date
6. Use Linux Security Extensions
7. User Accounts and Strong Password Policy
8. Password Aging
9. Restricting Use of Previous Passwords
10. Locking User Accounts After Login Failures
11. Make Sure No Non-Root Accounts Have UID Set To 0
12. Disable root Login
13. Physical Server Security
14. Disable Unwanted Services
15. Delete X Windows
16. Configure Iptables and TCPWrappers
17. Linux Kernel /etc/sysctl.conf Hardening
18. Disk Quotas

4.15pm – 4.30pm

Tea break

4.30pm – 5.30pm – Continuation of Server Hardening

Methods for Server Hardening

19. Turn Off IPv6
20. Disable Unwanted SUID and SGID Binaries
21. Logging and Auditing
22. Monitor Suspicious Log Messages With Logwatch / Logcheck
23. System Accounting with audit
24. Secure OpenSSH Server
25. Install And Use Intrusion Detection System

Concluding Session

People were requested to handle small technical discussions for the next meeting.

Thanks to all the attendees for coming and they are requested to put their feedback on the mailing list so that we can improve future meetings

The next user meet is on 22nd April 2012

Indian Libre User Group is spreading Free Software awareness in society through its regular monthly meetings ( 4th Sunday of every month ),conducted since 1997. ILUG Cochin (www.ilug-cochin.org) is holding its regular meeting for this month on Sunday, 25th March 2012.

The Details are as follows

Date : 25/03/2012, 25th March, Sunday

Time : 2pm – 5:30pm

Venue :
Internet Club
IInd Floor, AMI Trust Bldg,
Broadway Enclave, Broadway,
Kochi-682031
Location: Behind Allappat Super Shoppe,On top of SBT Treasury wing

Meeting Schedule
================
1. Introduction to Free Software and GNU Movement
2. Agenda : GNU/Linux hardening & security
3. Technical Discussions
4. Q&A Session

A Map showing the venue is available at :

http://www.ilug-cochin.org/activities/ilug_cochin_map/

Directions to reach venue.

http://www.ilug-cochin.org/meetings/directions-to-meeting-venue/

Get answers to your questions about the meeting at:

http://www.ilug-cochin.org/faq/

For further information contact :
Tel:+91 9447111771
Tel:+91 9995717112
Tel:+91 9747173432
Tel:+91 9496449969
Tel:+91 484 2374862 ( Venue )
Tel:+91 484 4025077 ( Venue )
contact at ilug-cochin.org

Details

1. Introduction to Free Software

We start of with our regular discussion on the concepts and philosophy of the Free Software Movement and related topics.

2. Agenda : GNU/Linux hardening & security

We will have a discussion about the safety aspects of GNU/Linux hardening & security. We will also discuss how this step is the first step that helps system/network administrators.

3. Technical Discussions

Attendees will discuss and/or present topics of interest. They will share their knowledge by handling small sessions to make up the Technical Session part of the Meeting.

4. Q&A Session

This would be used to answer doubts that users have concerning Free Software.

We look forward to your participation for this exciting meeting. Hope to meet you all on Sunday.

Thank You

Regards
Co-ordinator
Indian Libre User Group, Cochin

Date: 26-02-2012

Time: 2:00pm – 5.30pm
Venue: Internet Club, IInd Floor, AMI Trust Building,
Broadway Enclave, Broadway, Ernakulam

2.30pm – 2.45pm

Customary Self Introduction.
People shared their experience with Free Software

2.45pm – 4.15pm – Session by G. Venkit Subramanian

Continued discussion about NMAP(2nd Session).

4.15pm – 4.30pm

Tea break

4.30pm – 5.30pm

Introduction to GNU/Linux freelancing.

It was an excellent session, where the attendees shared their experience about freelance jobs related to GNU/Linux. The goal of the discussion was how to make an income using Free Software by keeping the Free Software Philosophy.

Concluding Session

People were requested to handle small technical discussions for the next meeting.

Thanks to all the attendees for coming and they are requested to put their feedback on the mailing list so that we can improve future meetings

The next user meet is on 25 March 2012

Indian Libre User Group is spreading Free Software awareness in society
through its regular monthly meetings ( 4th Sunday of every month ),
conducted since 1997. ILUG Cochin is holding its regular meeting for this month on Sunday, 26th February 2012.

The Details are as follows

Date : 26/02/2012, 26th February, Sunday

Time : 2pm – 5:30pm

Venue :

Internet Club
IInd Floor, AMI Trust Bldg,
Broadway Enclave
Broadway,
Kochi-682031
Location: Behind Allappat Super Shoppe,On top of SBT Treasury wing

Meeting Schedule
================
1. Introduction to Free Software and GNU Movement
2. Agenda : NMAP (2nd Session)
3. Introduction to GNU/Linux freelancing
4. Q&A Session

A Map showing the venue is available at :

http://www.ilug-cochin.org/content/view/31/

Directions to reach venue.

http://www.ilug-cochin.org/meetings/directions-to-meeting-venue/

Get answers to your questions about the meeting at:

http://www.ilug-cochin.org/faq/

For further information contact :
Tel:+91 9447111771
Tel:+91 9995717112
Tel:+91 9747173432
Tel:+91 9496449969
Tel:+91 484 2374862 ( Venue )
Tel:+91 484 4025077 ( Venue )
contact at ilug-cochin.org

Details

1. Introduction to Free Software

We start of with our regular discussion on the concepts and philosophy of
the Free Software Movement and related topics.

2. Agenda : NMAP (2nd Session)

We will have a continued discussion about NMAP(2nd Session). We will also
have a detailed discussion on how this will help system/network
administrators.

3. Introduction to GNU/Linux freelancing

Attendees will discuss or present topics of interest. They will share
their knowledge by handling small sessions to make up the freelancing
Session part of the Meeting.

4. Q&A Session

This would be used to answer doubts that users have concerning Free Software.

We look forward to your participation for this exciting meeting. Hope to
meet you all on Sunday.

Thank You

Regards
Co-ordinator
Indian Libre User Group, Cochin

Date: 22-01-2012

Time: 2:00pm – 5.30pm
Venue: Internet Club, IInd Floor, AMI Trust Building,
Broadway Enclave, Broadway, Ernakulam

2.30pm – 2.45pm

Customary Self Introduction.
People shared their experience with Free Software

2.45pm – 4.30pm – Session by G. Venkit Subramanian

The main session started with the introduction to Nmap.Nmap (Network Mapper) is a security scanner originally written by Gordon Lyon (also known by his pseudonym Fyodor Vaskovich) used to discover hosts and services on a computer network, thus creating a “map” of the network. To accomplish its goal, Nmap sends specially crafted packets to the target host and then analyzes the responses. Unlike many simple port scanners that just send packets at some predefined constant rate, Nmap accounts for the network conditions (latency fluctuations, network congestion, the target interference with the scan) during the run.

4.30pm – 5.30pm

Tea break

Concluding Session

People were requested to handle small technical discussions for the next meeting.

Thanks to all the attendees for coming and they are requested to put their feedback on the mailing list so that we can improve future meetings.

Special Session with Richard Stallman from 5:30-7.30pm

Richard Stallman, the guru of the world-wide free software movement, reiterated here on Sunday that proprietary software inherently took away the people’s freedom and free software was not only efficient but also moral as it did not eat into people’s freedom. He was interacting with members of ILUG-Cochin as part of the 15th anniversary of Indian Libre User Group, established in 1997.

Dr. Stallman said that when he set himself on his mission in 1983 he was not so articulate in his comprehension of proprietary software. Any non-free software is evil, he said as he appealed to all to avoid using proprietary software.Use proprietary software only to help the cause of free software, he said. He also cautioned about the privacy threat, the facebook users are exposed to.He was also of the opinion that the mobile phones are on proprietary software and then they are used as listening devices by their creators.He was also very concerned about the censorship brought in to control freedom of expression and speech in America (SOPA & PIPA) and India (Social Networking Sites).

Next meeting : 26 February 2012

Indian Libre User Group is spreading Free Software awareness in society
through its regular monthly meetings ( 4th Sunday of every month ),
conducted since 1997. ILUG Cochin (www.ilug-cochin.org) is holding its
regular meeting along with a special session for this month on
Sunday, 22nd January 2012.

The Details are as follows

Date : 22/01/2012, 22nd January, Sunday

Time : 2pm-5:30pm (main meeting schedule 1-4)
5:30pm-8:30pm (special session schedule 5)

Venue :

Internet Club
IInd Floor, AMI Trust Bldg,
Broadway Enclave
Broadway,
Kochi-682031
Location: Behind Allappat Super Shoppe,On top of SBT Treasury wing

Meeting Schedule
================
1. Introduction to Free Software and GNU Movement
2. Agenda : Introduction to NMAP
3. Technical Discussions
4. Q&A Session
5. Special Session with Richard Stallman from 5:30-8:30pm

A Map showing the venue is available at :

http://www.ilug-cochin.org/content/view/31/

Directions to reach venue.

http://www.ilug-cochin.org/meetings/directions-to-meeting-venue/

Get answers to your questions about the meeting at:

http://www.ilug-cochin.org/faq/

For further information contact :
Tel:+91 9447111771
Tel:+91 9995717112
Tel:+91 9747173432
Tel:+91 9496449969
Tel:+91 484 2374862 ( Venue )
Tel:+91 484 4025077 ( Venue )
contact at ilug-cochin.org

Details

1. Introduction to Free Software

We start of with our regular discussion on the concepts and philosophy of
the Free Software Movement and related topics.

2. Agenda : Introduction to NMAP

We will have an introduction discussion about the features of
NMAP & specifics of port scanning. We will also discuss the relevance in
the world of cyberspace.

3. Technical Discussions

Attendees will discuss and/or present topics of interest. They will share
their knowledge by handling small sessions to make up the Technical
Session part of the Meeting.

4. Q&A Session

This would be used to answer doubts that users have concerning Free Software.

5. Special Session with Richard Stallman from 5:30-8.30pm

There is a special session at 5:30pm till 8:30pm, at which time we expect
to have prescence of Richard Stallman and we hope hear about his success
on Free Software.

Please confirm your ability to attend, as there is limited space for
seating, therefore please send a confirmation about your ability to attend
both the main meeting(schedule 1-4) and special session(schedule 5)
separately to ilugcoordinator@gmail.com. We will be able to accomodate
only as many seats are available at ILUG-COCHIN. We hope to give a reply
confirmation to all those who wish to attend as soon as we able to do
so(Total seating capacity at ILUG-COCHIN aprox 50+).

We look forward to your participation for this exciting meeting. Hope to
meet you all on Sunday.

Thank You

Regards
Co-ordinator
Indian Libre User Group, Cochin

Date: 25-12-2011

Time: 2:00pm – 5.30pm
Venue: Internet Club, IInd Floor, AMI Trust Building,
Broadway Enclave, Broadway, Ernakulam
Attendance : 8

2.30pm – 2.45pm

Customary Self Introduction.
People shared their experience with Free Software.

2.45pm – 4.30pm

The main session started with the introduction to Intrusion Detection, the way in which it is approached by System / Network Administrators, the advantages and disadvantages of Intusion Detection, how it can be coupled with a firewall and made more effective. The methodology used are usually anomaly and signature detection, but still it may be difficult ot pinpoint the latest methods of attack.

We can have both a host based and Network based Intrusion detection system, as well as a combination of both, that is hybrid, normally there are limitations to both Host based and Network based systems and most administrators opt for the hybrid system, but it requires a lot high end systems, with various types of detection tools.

We can minimise losses through the use of intrusion detection systems, though it can not be a called a panacea for intrusion security, most companies spend a neglible amount of their finances on Intrusion Detection and end up losing valuable data and business, even without realising what has happened.

4.30pm – 4.50pm

Tea break

4.50pm – 5.30pm

Concluding Session

People were requested to handle small technical discussions for the next meeting.

Thanks to all the attendees for coming and they are requested to put their feedback on the mailing list so that we can improve future meetings.

The list of attendees are

Jay Jacob
Aravind Vijayan
Gibin George
Nibas P K
Jos Collin
S. Ananthanarayanan
G. Venkit Subramanian
Sreenadh H

Next meeting : 22 January 2012