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Topic:    Why Integrity and Controls Are So Misunderstood

Speaker:  Gene Kim
          Tripwire, Inc.
          Portland, OR

Location: Hewlett-Packard Building
          20 Perimeter Summit (Near Perimeter Mall)
          Atlanta, GA

Date:     Monday, November 4, 2002
Time:     7:30pm

(Our speaker has supplied the following)
  How to Enable Better Security Audits and Remediation Capabilities

  IT incident handling and remediation is often perceived to be a
  dismal and inconsistent art - infrastructure and operating system
  vendors release products that necessitate "patch and pray"
  management methodologies, and the crushing needs of capacity
  expansion often prohibit well-known best practices from being
  followed.  The embarrassing result is that when the underlying
  integrity of a mission-critical server is in question ("have we
  been hacked?"), more often than not, as part of the incident
  handling and remediation process, the server must be rebuilt from
  scratch.  This is equally true for seasoned IT managers and
  system administrators to the most novice - it often seems
  inevitable, but incalculable amounts of time and money have been
  lost rebuilding servers to restore their integrity.  This talk is
  intended to provide practical IT audit and control philosophies,
  put into context of classical IT defense philosophies, as well as
  within a newer and more realistic view of server and IT
  lifecycles.

  Gene Kim is the chief technology officer and co-founder of
  Tripwire, Inc. In 1992, he co-authored Tripwire while at Purdue
  University with Dr. Gene Spafford. Although Gene is widely
  published on computer security, operating systems and networking
  in SANS, Usenet, ACM and IEEE publications and is a frequent
  speaker at industry conferences, he is continually fixated on the
  problems of data and network integrity. He is currently working
  with Spafford on IT safety models to explain why IT is in so much
  pain, and show how basic capabilities such as repeatable builds
  and quick remediation are the key to running IT securely.

  For further information, see www.tripwire.com
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Prior to the meeting, there will be an informal, non-structured
"guru" session open to anyone wishing to attend.  This will start
around 6:45pm in the meeting room, and we will have one or more
gurus available to discuss whatever topics/problems/questions the
attendees care to bring up.
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      Subsequent Meeting:  Monday, December 2, 2002;  7:30 pm
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For those who need some sustenance before the meeting, you will
find kindred AUUG spirits at "Fuddruckers" restaurant (240
Perimeter Center Pkwy) on Hammond Drive across from Perimeter Mall
and not far from the Hewlett-Packard building.  Drop in any time
after 5:30pm to sit around and chew the fat and indulge in some of
the Fuddruckers cuisine.  This is a chance for folks to get
together and exchange rumors, ideas, assistance, etc.
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There is no charge to attend the meeting, nor any fee for
membership.  Just show up!

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 Corporate Sponsors:
    Hewlett-Packard Co.
    Pencom Systems
    Morris, Manning & Martin L.L.P.
    Home Depot
    Dragon Networks, Inc. (formerly Five Star Communications)
    Ga. Tech College of Computing



Directions to Hewlett-Packard Building (20 Perimeter Summit)

                                               |  <- Ashford-Dunwoody Rd
                                Perimeter Mall |
                                               |
              ---------+-----------------------+  <- Hammond Drive
                       | X <- Fuddruckers      |
 Perimeter Ctr Pkwy -> |                       |
                                               |
           I-285                               | (Exit 29)
      =========================================+===============
                                               |               \
  Lake Hearn Dr -> ------------------+---------+                \ 
      H-P Building (very tall!) -> X |         |                 \  <-
I-285
             Perimeter Summit -> ----|         |
                                     |         |
Perimeter Summit Pkwy -> ------------+---------+--
                                               |
                                               |
  
Take I-285 (northern perimeter) to Exit 29 (Ashford-Dunwoody Road). 
Exit south (away from Perimeter Mall).  Turn right at first traffic
light (Lake Hearn Dr.)  Go one block and turn left onto Parkside Place.
Take first street/entrance to right (Perimeter Summit) and follow signs 
to "20" building visitor parking.  Take ramp down to parking garage.

                                     +-----------------------------+
                                     |                             |
           +===================+     |                             |
           | +-----------------|-+   |                             |
           | |                   |   |        Hewlett-Packard      |
Ramp ----->| |    Parking        |   |           Building          |
to         | |     Garage        |   |                             |
Parking    | |                   |   |                             |
Garage     | |                   |   |                             |
           | +-------------------+   |                             |
           |                         |                             |
           +=============+           +-----------------------------+
                         |
                         |
                         |
                         |
-----------------------------------   <- Perimeter Summit

From any level of the parking garage, take elevator to Lobby.  At main
desk there will be a sign-in sheet and directions to the meeting room.

NOTE!  When leaving parking garage, observe signs directing to
Ashford-Dunwoody Dr.  and/or I-285.  They will indicate you are to turn
RIGHT onto Parkside Place, go two blocks, turn left onto Perimeter
Summit Pkwy, and then left onto Ashford-Dunwoody Dr.  (If you turn left
onto Parkside Place, you will not be allowed to turn right onto Lake
Hearn Dr.)

Lindsay Cleveland   (auug@auug.org)