Moonshi Mohsenruddin wrote: > I am interested in Security of OSes, particularly on Linux but can we get a > pool of guys to collate the information of securing Linux and get some good > Linux Systems Security Administrators to assist us? What aspects do you want to know? > > > BTW, Lim Fung your name is very familiar... :) > > --Moonshi > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 9:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SLP] [Fwd: Call for Papers-SANS 1999 Workshop On Securing > Linux] > > Anyone interested? :) > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Call for Papers-SANS 1999 Workshop On Securing Linux > Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:34:53 -0700 > From: Laura LeHew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Laura LeHew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Call for Papers > SANS 1999 Workshop On Securing Linux > December 15-16, 1999 > San Francisco > > Deadline June 28, 1999 > > Note: Best proposal will get a free trip to San Francisco to present their > paper at the conference > > Conference Objective > Topics > Who Should Submit a Proposal > How to Submit a Proposal > Questions > Program Sponsors > > LINUX is winning! Where other new operating systems failed, LINUX is > gaining converts among users and vendors at an increasing rate, proving > that the > community of computer users can create extraordinarily valuable tools. At > the > same time Linux systems are the targets of a huge number of successful > attacks. > > There is debate over the causes of storm of Linux security incidents, but > whether it is the operating system's immaturity or the carelessness of its > users, continued growth demands that Linux users and the developer > community > meet the security challenges. > > An important initiative was launched at SANS99 in Baltimore. Linux experts > from more than a dozen universities are jointly creating a hardened version > of > Red Hat Linux, in a project named Bastille Linux. They are fixing the > default > configurations and adding security features so the university > administrators > will feel safer distributing Linux to students. Information on the project > may be > found at http://www.bastille-linux.org/ . Every person who attends the > Securing > Linux Workshop will be given a copy for adaptation and/or redistribution. > > There's more that can and is being done to make Linux systems less > vulnerable. If you are one of the people who have developed home-grown > solutions or are one of the developers of a more secure version of Linux, > please submit a proposal for the Securing Linux Workshop. > > If you have solutions (even partial ones) we welcome your input. > > The 1999 SANS San Francisco Network Security Conference is being held > concurrently with the Intrusion Detection & Response Training Conference, > where the nation's top network security and intrusion detection experts, > people like Stephen Northcutt, Gene Schultz, Randy Marchany, Ed Skoudis, > and many more will be teaching in-depth, full-day, intense courses for > security practitioners. > > We hope that you will consider joining the Securing Linux Workshop to > extend > this tradition of quality by submitting a proposal for: > > A paper focused on practical solutions (2-10 pages) along with a > presentation (25 or 50 minutes) > > other types of presentations (panels, demonstrations, mini-tutorials, etc. > - > 15-90 minutes in length) > > Even if you choose not to submit a short paper and presentation, we hope > you > will join us in San Francisco on December 11 - 16, 1999 for the workshops > and > courses that you feel will be helpful in meeting your professional needs. > Course titles and a preliminary schedule will be posted to > http://www.sans.org > around July 15, 1999. > > Topics > > Any topic that you feel would provide immediate pragmatic information on > Linux security to an assortment of researchers, practitioners, and > observers > coming to the workshop is invited. Here are a few topic groups that might > give you ideas, but submissions are by no means confined to these: > > Hardening the Operating System > > Improving Practices and Procedures > > Risks Particular to Linux Systems > > Configuration Errors > > Silly Things Users Do > > Good New Tools > > Bad Tools New or Old > > Automating Installation to Reduce Risks > > Network-Based Intrusion Detection > > Host-Based Intrusion Detection > > Vulnerability Analysis > > Who Should Submit A Proposal and Why Should You > > Anyone who has done useful work in improving the security of Linux systems > is invited to submit a proposal. > > The recognition afforded by being chosen to present some of your work can > be > a marvelous avenue of professional growth and can yield results throughout > many aspects of your career. If you have a solution that you would like to > share, please consider taking the time to write it up and submit a proposal > to SANS. Being selected to be a part of the SANS faculty gets you more > than > just the rare ID&R-Securing Linux polo shirts. It also conveys an > appreciation > of the value you are contributing to the field. > > You don't have to be solving the largest problems in order to have your > proposals accepted. We are looking for a wide variety of proposals and > encourage you to submit one even if you are not sure of its worth. > Besides the distinctive polo shirts, authors also earn substantial > discounts > on conference and tutorial attendance. > > If you are a vendor, please consider joining the SANS evening vendor > presentation > program. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for opportunities to present technical > aspects of your products to SANS participants in a variety of venues. > > How To Submit A Proposal > > Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject `Securing Linux > Proposal'. > > Submissions will only be accepted in any of the following formats: PDF, > Word '97, PowerPoint '97, ASCII text, or HTML. > > Deadline for submission is June 28, 1999. > > Please include the following items: > > Your Name > Preferred email > Phone > Fax > Employer > Surface mail address > > The title of your proposed presentation > The length (25 minute presentation with 2-5 page paper or an alternative > format). > > At least three paragraphs containing: > > The specific challenges or problems the presentation will help the audience > solve. > > The approach you used including any specific tools you created or used > The evidence you have that proves that your approach works well and can be > used by other people. > > SANS has made great strides in the past few years and is now recognized as > one of the two most useful learning opportunities in the system > administration, networking, and security field. This year, SANS is > introducing policies that will enable us to continue to earn quality > accolades: > > All presentations focus on actual challenges faced by system > administrators, > security professionals, and network managers. > > All presentations provide practical solutions that can be implemented > immediately. > > All daytime presentations are free of vendor bias (except the panels in > which multiple vendors are speaking together and will `correct' one > another). > > Vendors and their representatives are welcome to present in the SANS > evening > program. > > All presenters will be given opportunities to ensure their presentation > skills are the best they can be: through pre-conference training > Programs, coaching-on-request for content and speaking, and/or audio tape > exchange. > > Questions > > Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] with questions. > > Program Committee Chairs > Alan Paller, The SANS Institute > Jon Lasser, University of Maryland Baltimore Campus -- ------------------------------------------------------------- Ng Kai Hoe Raymond Pager : 92279944 ICQ UIN : 4878260 Editor, Singapore Linux Portal http://linux.com.sg Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key : http://members.tripod.com/~ngkaihoe/ngkaihoe.txt 'This has given me the greatest trouble and still does: to realize that what things are called is incomparably more important than what they are.' - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, "The Gay Science"
