Reminder that the meeting is tomorrow (Tuesday) 7pm at our new venue of the Manchester Technology Centre.
On 11/01/2019 09:29, Michael Dorrington wrote: > NOTE: This meeting will be the first meeting at our new location of the > Manchester Technology Centre. > > Please forward this notice to those that would welcome it. > > You can subscribe to the Manchester Free Software mailing list at: > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester > > * Event: Manchester Free Software's January Meeting > > * 45 minute slot: StrongSWAN IPsec VPN > * 15 minute slot 1: Securing user setup > * 15 minute slot 2: Securing file systems > * 15 minute slot 3: Automatic updates > > * Date: Tuesday, 15th January 2019 (3rd Tuesday of the month) > * Start time: 19:00 > * Finish time: 21:00 > > * Location: Manchester Technology Centre > - https://mspl.co.uk/campuses/manchester-technology-centre/ > * Address: Oxford Road, Manchester. M1 7ED. > - By the Mancunian Way flyover. > - https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/53.47222/-2.23792 > > > == Details == > > === Introduction === > > The purpose of Manchester Free Software is to promote the Free Software > philosophy. > > Every meeting we start with an opportunity for informal key signing. > For this you'll need to bring paper OpenPGP fingerprint slips, see > `gpg-key2ps` from the `signing-party` package (or equivalent in your > GNU/Linux distro): > https://packages.debian.org/signing-party > > > === Schedule === > > 19:00-19:05 Introduction and key signing > 19:05-19:20 Securing user setup > 19:20-19:25 Short Break (5 minutes) > 19:25-20:10 StrongSWAN IPsec VPN > 20:10-20:25 Long Break (15 minutes) > 20:25-20:40 Securing file systems > 20:40-20:45 Short Break (5 minutes) > 21:45-21:00 Automatic updates > > > === Topic details === > > The topics in this month's meeting will cover elements of the > National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) End User Device (EUD) Security > Guidance for GNU/Linux. Given the number of elements in the guidance we > split them over 2 meetings. This is the second meeting but is > essentially self-contained and independent from the first meeting. > > * > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Cyber_Security_Centre_(United_Kingdom) > * https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/ > * https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/eud-security-guidance-ubuntu-1804-lts > > > ==== StrongSWAN IPsec VPN ==== > > This will be a talk and demo of StrongSWAN IPsec VPN. IPsec helps to > secure network communication for computers. The talk will implement the > most secure mode suggested in the NCSC guidance which is known as PRIME. > We will also briefly discuss alternatives to StrongSWAN and IPsec. > > * https://www.strongswan.org/ > * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPsec > * https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/using-ipsec-protect-data > > > ==== Securing user setup ==== > > This will be a talk and demo about securing user setup. This includes > ensuring the quality of user passwords, screen lock timings, password > ageing (or not), home directory permissions and so on. > > * https://packages.debian.org/libpam-pwquality > > > ==== Securing file systems ==== > > This talk will be about securing file systems. File systems are mounted > with mount options and these can restrict what can be done such as if > files can be executed. Directories and files can have their permissions > and ownership altered to be more secure. We will explore the NCSC > guidance on this. > > * https://packages.debian.org/mount > * https://packages.debian.org/coreutils > > > ==== Automatic updates ==== > > One of the greatest improvements to security can be obtained by > installing security updates promptly and ensuring you are on security > support software. This is not only about packages installed via your > distro's packaging system but also software installed by other means > such as containers including Flatpak. > > * https://packages.debian.org/unattended-upgrades > * https://packages.debian.org/debian-security-support > * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatpak > > > == Location == > > The meeting will take place at our new venue of Manchester Technology > Centre, details above. > > > == Transport == > > > === Parking === > > Please research and decide where to park before heading on your journey > and have a Plan B. > > There are paid parking lots around the venue, they are marked by a blue > P in OpenStreetMap centred on Manchester Technology Centre: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/53.4722/-2.2379 > > Most of those parking lots are owned by NCP: > http://www.ncp.co.uk/ > > In some of the side streets in the venue surrounding area there are > parking meter bays that become zero cost after 8pm on Tuesday so you > will have to pay up until then and the maximum stay is 2 hours BUT MAKE > SURE YOU VERIFY ALL THIS on parking. This is probably only a good > option if you know the area. > > If you can't decide where to park then ask me for advice. > > > === Public Transport === > > Closest train stations to the venue are: > > * Manchester Oxford Road (MCO) train station > * Manchester Piccadilly (MAN) train station > > For other public transport see OpenStreetMap using the "Transport" layer > centred on Manchester Technology Centre: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/53.4722/-2.2379&layers=T > > > == More Information == > > Information about Manchester Free Software can be found on the > Manchester Free Software pages on LibrePlanet: > https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester > > Regards, > Mike. > MFS Chair. > -- FSF member #9429 http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=9429 http://www.fsf.org/about "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software users."
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