From announce at lists.nycbug.org Mon Sep 4 17:57:05 2006 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcement) Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:57:05 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYC*BUG Wed Sept 6th Message-ID: <44FCA131.2000403@sddi.net> Isaac `Ike` Levy on m0n0wall and PFSense Back to the Soho Apple Store! 6:30 pm, Soho Apple Store at 103 Prince Street UNIX professionals are busy these days. Setting up routers and firewalls are fundamental to any network, but in environments where the focus is on various applications, (servers, workstations, and the software that runs on them), it`s difficult for a business not to choose to simply buy off the shelf SOHO routers and networking gear.The web management gui`s are understandable by everyone, (even techs without UNIX knowledge), and the gear is cheap- this saves time and money. In the meantime, the features of your average Linksys or Netgear router often leave MUCH to be desired, (https auth management, for one simple example). Enter m0n0wall and PFSense, 2 BSD based packaged router/firewall solutions that are as solid and full featured as you`d expect from any BSD system- PLUS THEY HAVE HTML WEB INTERFACES FOR MANAGEMENT! m0n0wall and PFSense become an easy sell in any small professional enviornment, any compitent tech can manage the network within minutes... At home, in every hackers home network, they free the hacker to have trusted tools available, but are as time-saving as using any linksys router. m0n0wall and PFSense are both light and clean, designed to run on embedded systems- (Soekris, WRAP), but are monsters when unleashed on even legacy PC`s around the office. If you manage UNIX networks and systems all day, do you really want to manage the router for your DSL when you get home? But then doesn`t it bug you to use a chincey Linksys box? Ike has been a member of NYC*BUG since we first launched in January 2004. He is a long-time member of the Lower East Side Mac Unix User Group. He has spoken frequently on a number of topics at various venues, particulary on the issue of FreeBSD`s jail (8). From announce at lists.nycbug.org Wed Sep 13 10:07:02 2006 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcement) Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:07:02 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYCBSDCon registration OPEN Message-ID: <45081086.2060308@sddi.net> We are proud the announce the opening of registration for NYCBSDCon 2006, in addition to the list of confirmed speakers. NYCBSDCon 2006 will be held October 28 and 29 at Columbia University in New York City. Last year's NYCBSDCon 2005 was the first, but this year's has been extended to include more speakers, activities and the opportunity for more networking with the best and the brightest of the BSD community. To register, please go to http://nycbsdcon.org/registration. For those registering before October 21, registration is only $95, which includes continental breakfast and lunch on both Saturday and Sunday, plus beverages throughoutthe event. From October 22 through October 27, the registration cost increases to $145, and walk-ins during the conference will pay $195. So register early to take advantage of the reasonable early-bird pricing. Columbia University students, staff and faculty, with valid identification, may register in person for only $50 onsite at the conference. While the schedule will be worked out during the next week, the confirmed speakers are listed at http://nycbsdcon.org/speakers. NYCBSDCon is sponsored by the New York City *BSD User Group. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Thu Sep 21 08:26:02 2006 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcement) Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:26:02 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYCBSDCon 2006 Registration Message-ID: <451284DA.507@sddi.net> Registration is Open! Continuing on the success of last year, The New York City *BSD User Group (nycbug.org) is proud to bring you NYCBSDCon 2006. This is the main conference on the East Coast for the BSD community to get together to share and gain knowledge, to network with like minded people, and have fun. This year we are offering double the trouble of last year with 2 days of speakers, filling the weekend with lectures and presentations on a variety of BSD related topics under the theme BSD in production. By the way.. continental breakfast and catered lunch is on us! Until October 21st, registration is $95. The next NYC*BUG meeting on October 4th will focus organizing and building the conference. . . and we encourage all interested in having a role to attend. From announce at lists.nycbug.org Sun Sep 24 19:34:55 2006 From: announce at lists.nycbug.org (NYC*BUG Announcement) Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:34:55 -0400 Subject: [announce] NYCBSCon 2006 Schedule released Message-ID: <4517161F.8070707@sddi.net> The schedule for NYCBSDCon 2006 has been released at: http://nycbsdcon.org/schedule We are proud to have a number of well-known names from the BSD community, not to mention a good number of excellent talks on relevant topics. This year's lineup includes: Wietse Venema on "Postfix as a Secure Programming Example" Bob Beck on "PF, it is not just for firewalls anymore" Murray Stokely on "Challenges that we face at Google" Not to mention a special keynote this year from Jason Dixon on "BSD Is Dying - A cautionary tale of sex and greed." We are also excited to have Kristaps Johnson, a researcher at the University of Latvia in to speak on "BSD Virtualisation with sysjail." There are many other great speakers and topics, covering all the BSDs. We packed in brilliant speakers and topics last year, did you expect anything less this year? We encourage everyone to register BEFORE October 21, for the price is a mere $95 including a continental breakfast and lunch on both days. After that, the prices increase substantially. For more questions not answered on www.nycbsdcon.org, please email the organizers at info AT nycbsdcon DOT org.