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Re: LUG Blr Minutes July



Hi

I belive Atul's presentation is up at http://www.exocore.com/ilug-blr

Look for a link labelled 28 August 2000 meet (yep... the july meet is
labelled August :) ) 

Biju

--- Ultimedia <raj@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am writing from Bombay. Is it possible to put the presentations on
> the
> net?
> 
> raj
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gandalf Mithrandir" <gandalf@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <linux-india-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <ilug-bangalore@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 0:22 AM
> Subject: [LIG] LUG Blr Minutes July
> 
> 
> Ahem Folks,
> 
> These minutes are late. Very Late. First they got kinda stuck, then
> the
> mailing lists crashed, and then I plain forgot. Oops. Well, here
> goes....
> 
> Anticlimax. That would be the simplest way to describe the 22nd July
> Meeting
> of the ILUG Bangalore. There had been heated discussion and flame
> wars
> galore on the mailing list prior to this meeting regarding the
> formalization
> and organization of the ILUG Bangalore. This meeting was specifically
> not
> sponsored in order to ensure a more realistic picture of the response
> of the
> folks from Bangalore.
> 
> The meeting began with Atul in his ramble mode, who apart from other
> things
> noted that our strength had dropped from the century (yes, ONE
> hundred +
> )last time to about 75 this time. Not good! The registration issue
> fizzled
> out, and even the excitement went out as not one person disagreed or
> raised
> a point... nevermind! In any case, registration has become completely
> voluntary, so that solution solves that problem. Well, he soon handed
> the
> stage to Prof. Gurunandan Bhat, who is no stranger to the ILUG
> Bangalore.
> 
> Prof. Bhat first conveyed greetings from the GLUG (Goa LUG !.. : - )
> ) to
> the ILUG Bangalore and then started an in-depth and extensive
> presentation
> of PHP.  In his inimitable style, he conveyed a fantastic
> presentation that
> was replete with his accurate observations and his humorous
> observations. To
> quote just one ". which experienced and professional CGI programmers
> will
> have no problem in doing. Will all the experienced and professional
> CGI
> programmers please stand up?...". His presentation covered what PHP
> is, what
> is it capable of doing, and how it compares with various techniques
> such as
> 
> Perl/CGI, JavaScript and ASP. His presentation was complete along
> with code
> that worked, unlike last time!) and a full demonstration. He finally
> covered
> session management (with a cookie less demo !) and other features of
> PHP4,
> including Zend, the optimizer for PHP.
> 
> Dr. Soundarajan then took the stage to complete and round up the
> firewall
> series that had been initiated by Gopi Garge. In another fine and
> extensive
> presentation, Dr. Soundarajan covered all aspects of firewall design
> right
> from hardware to software requirements, including a extensive
> coverage of
> one such system which he had been involved with. This was serious
> hand on
> stuff, with configuration files and other details specific to setting
> up a
> firewall. It is interesting to note that a port scan of a machine at
> CMACCS
> Bangalore(home to NAL, apart from other things) revealed serious
> security
> issues, and a complete lack of fire walling! He finally wound up his
> very
> interesting and extremely complete presentation with a set of links
> that
> could be of more use.
> 
> Atul finally completed the ongoing series on security by outlining
> some
> policy issues and management factors that are typically concerned
> with
> network security. This broad and general talk included various
> elements
> including the effect of adding services to a network, planning for
> the
> network and it's future, dealing with various scenarios that a
> network
> administrator is likely to face when trying to run a large network
> and how
> to ensure that the network is both secure and effective.
> 
> The meeting closed with very excellent food (don't ask me, I just ate
> and
> ate- perhaps Hotel Ashraya realizes that the LUG Bangalore can't be
> taken
> for granted!) and some more general conversation. Some informal Q&A
> took
> place while the food was being consumed. On the whole, this meeting
> was a
> very focussed and well attended (quality, not quantity is
> important!). The
> presentations were of top quality, setting very high standards for
> the folks
> to follow. Prof. Bhat remarked later that he had rarely seen such
> focus and
> attention from a crowd as he had enjoyed during his presentation.
> Well,
> thanks Prof. Bhat for making it here and being with us!
> 
> ReSourcefully,
> M
> 
>   Gandalf Mithrandir  /* Mobilis in mobile  */ Final Year CS&E, UVCE,
> Blr
> /*Any Sufficiently Advanced Operating System is indistinguishable
> from
> Linux*/
> file://Don't meddle with SysAds for they are quick to anger and
> subtle in
> their ways
> 
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Biju "Botsie" Chacko 
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