Hey guys,
To whomever admins the Discourse.lug page, could we fine tune the “Information Security” category a little? I’d like to see a top level category “Information Security (Practical Application/HowTo)” with the following Subcategories:
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Server/Workstation Security (Hardening)
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Firewalls*
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Network Security**
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Crypto/Digital Signatures
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Mandatory Access Control (SELinux / AppArmor)
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Data Integrity/Authenticity/Stewardship
I’d like to see us avoid topics such as inane infosec theory/debate, black-hat-vs.-white-hat stuff, h3y dud3 we c4a h4X0r ur w4rez GG g3t wr3ck7 n00b kind of stuff.
Information Security is a constantly developing discipline that must be taken into consideration at all layers of our Infrastructure. I think we can make a positive contribution to our community if our LUG will take a practical, hands-on, real world approach to weaving information security techniques and practices into the fabric of our LUG.
Also, I think it would be cool to have a “InfoSec Tip of the Month” at our monthly meetings. We could make it occupy only 5-10 minutes per meeting and document it on our website.
What do you think?
/MM
*Firewall = A device that controls network traffic both in and out of a network by using well defined rules and policies.
**Network Security = Best practice deployments and implementations of network device staging and setup.