[Charlug] Introduction

[Lawrence Teo]

Hi Don,

Don Parris wrote:
> Welcome to CharLUG!  My claim to fame is as acting chairman for the time 
> being.  I'm also the Editor-in-Chief of LXer.com and wrote a book about 
> deploying GNU/Linux in religious organizations.  I'm probably also 
> famous for having just enough skills to write about Linux without ever 
> getting a real IT job.

Thank you for the kind welcome and it's nice to meet you. You sure have 
an interesting background!


> I'm familiar with Zenwalk, though I am supposed to be installing 
> VectorLinux soon.  I started tinkering with GNU/Linux in the Red Hat 5.1 
> days, and went full-time with SUSE 9.2.  I've played with Ubuntu and 
> Debian, with Debian being my current staple.

Great.. would be interested in your thoughts on VectorLinux. Zenwalk's 
great but they have a new release every two months, so it's a little 
hard to catch up with it. For a distro that's based on Slackware, that's 
a pretty fast release cycle. ;-)


>     Apart from Linux, I also work a lot with BSD.. specifically OpenBSD on
>     servers and gateway devices. The company I'm with, Calyptix Security,
>     makes the AccessEnforcer, an all-in-one Internet security appliance for
>     small and medium-sized businesses, and it's based on OpenBSD. We also
>     use a number of open source security software, including Snort. We're
>     located right here on Mallard Creek Rd in the University City area. 
> 
> 
> Maybe you should consider teaching a Snort - or any of the other tools - 
> class for the LUG one Saturday morning. ;-)

Hmm, let me think about this one.. ;-) Will let you or the list know if 
I have ideas. What time does a Saturday morning meeting start and how 
long does it typically run?


> We have another security guru running around here somewhere.  He might 
> just pop up and say something.  The list is fairly quiet, though there 
> are the occasional discussions.  Anyway, I hope we'll see you at a 
> meeting one day.

Yes, hope to meet everyone at a meeting one day as well..


> I'm not aware of a BSD user group here, but that doesn't mean there 
> isn't one.  I believe there are some Perlmongers and even Python folks 
> around, and the Snort rep I spoke with at the recent Angelbeat 
> conference suggested he has seen some interest in a Snort user group in 
> this area.

Thanks for the info.. great to know that there are various user groups 
around in Charlotte!

Lawrence


-- 
Lawrence Teo
Calyptix Security
8701 Mallard Creek Rd, Charlotte, NC 28262
http://www.calyptix.com/