PLUG: Provo Linux Users Group
The Provo Linux Users Group welcomes people who use or are interested in Linux and Open Source Software in the Provo, Utah area.
Membership:
There is no membership fee. Just join the mailing list, and show up at the meetings!
Meetings:
Meetings are typically held on the third Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm at the UVU Business Resource Center in Orem.
November Meeting: Cargo Cult Security
Date: Tuesday, November 18th
Time: 7:30pm
Location: UVU Business Resource Center
Derrick Isaacson will present common anti-patterns for securing web applications and how to correct them. Learn how to differentiate between authentication, authorization, secrecy, integrity, non-repudiation, and other security goals.
See how* a theoretical “secret” banking request is corrupted to pad an attacker’s bank account,* an insecure “session” authentication token is attacked, and* a “random” XSRF value gives a false sense of security.
Just go in the front doors, and follow the signs. We’re usually in a conference in the back of the main floor. There will be pizza provided by TekSystems.
plug.org/uvu has directions and a map
October Meeting: What the heck is systemd?
Date: Tuesday, October 21st
Time: 7:30pm
Location: UVU Business Resource Center
Systemd is a “system management daemon designed for Linux and programmed exclusively for the Linux API” and is widely regarded as a replacement for the traditional SysV init architecture used to manage services running on a Linux system. Systemd is now the default system management tool on Fedora (as of v15), Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS (as of v7), openSUSE (as of v11.4), and Arch Linux (as of Jan 2012), and is available for or coming soon to Ubuntu, Gentoo, Debian, and others.
Doran Barton will explain what Systemd does, how it differs from SysV init and upstart, and how users and administrators may interact with it. Whether you are already using a Systemd distribution or will be sometime in the future, this presentation will provide valuable information going forward.
Video of presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHT6Dfu7FfI
September Meeting: FreeIPA: Identity Management done right!
Date: Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: UVU Business Resource Center
Presenter: Clint Savage
The presentation will introduce FreeIPA project as the first fully functional open source centralized authentication and identity management solution, comparable to Active Directory, but using open source standards like 389ds, openssl, openldap and more.
There will be pizza provided by TekSystems.
We will be meeting at the UVU Business Resource Center. Click the link for a map.
August Meeting: Two-Factor Authentication
Date: Tuesday, August 19th, 2014
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: UVU Business Resource Center
Presenter: Kevin Carter
Video: youtu.be/JK-CEX_LDKc
For this months meeting Kevin Carter will be presenting “Two-factor authentication and you”. Come learn about various types of two-factor auth and how to use it to protect everything from your twitter account to your computer.
There will be pizza provided by TekSystems.
We will be meeting at the UVU Business Resource Center. Click the link for a map.
July Meeting: Perl via Paper Ink Metal and Oil
This meetup features John Whitney and his restored 1970’s era teletypes, interfaced with the Internet via custom hardware, a linux box, C, Assembler, Perl, and raw coolness.
Please note that this meeting is NOT at the usual TIME or PLACE. This meetup is in conjunction with the Salt Lake Perl Mongers group. Please RSVP at slpm.eventbrite.com/
June Meeting: Programming the widget you got at OpenWest from theTransistor
Date: Tuesday, June 17th, 2014
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: UVU Business Resource Center
Presenter: theTransistor
If you came to the OpenWest Conference, you should have received a little widget from theTransistor in your conference bag. They had a room set up with soldering irons to finish putting it together.
At this meeting, we’ll be learning from d3c4f and Devino how to program the widget. If you didn’t get a chance to solder yours, there will also be soldering irons available at the meeting to finish yours.
There will be pizza provided by TekSystems.
We will be meeting at the UVU Business Resource Center. Click the link for a map.
May Meeting: Cross-Platform Javascript Gamedev with PhoneGap – Because We Could Do Worse, I Guess
Date: Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: UVU Business Resource Center
Presenter: Tod Hansmann
The description given by the presenter:
Basically, we’re going to have a quick look at PhoneGap, what it is and isn’t, and then we’re going to quickly write a game with it while covering some simple topics in PhoneGap specific nuances. I’ll even have the game on a couple android tablets if I can swing it.
Be prepared to know at least how Javascript works. Ish. I guess. Note that I’ll be fairly tongue-in-cheek about javascript hipsterism and how it’s taking over the world, all the while facing the reality of Javascript as a large portion of UI development in the future. I may even use Vim, but I doubt it.
Oh, and I may give Adobe a few plugs on some of their tools, because they’re pretty awesome.
There will be pizza provided by TekSystems.
We will be meeting at the UVU Business Resource Center. Click the link for a map.
April Meeting: AppArmor
Date: Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: UVU Business Resource Center
Presenter: Joshua Marsh
Joshua Marsh will teach us the wonders of AppArmor, a Linux security framework. AppArmor is used by default in SuSE and Ubuntu. It is similar to SELinux in its design goals, but is supposed to be easier to use and maintain.
SLIDES: goo.gl/7OqkgT
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIKG_WS9uMI
There will be pizza provided by TekSystems.
We will be meeting at the UVU Business Resource Center. Click the link for a map.
March Meeting: Linux Installfest for OpenWest
Date: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: UVU Business Resource Center
Presenter: None
The Utah Open Source Foundation has acquired a plethora of computers for use in our beginner and kids tracks at the OpenWest Conference in May. For our meeting this month, we will install Fedora on these computers to get them ready for use at OpenWest in our beginner and youth classes.
There will be pizza provided by TekSystems.
We will be meeting at the UVU Business Resource Center. Click the link for a map.
NO MEETING FOR FEBRUARY
There will be no PLUG meeting for February. I batted about 0 for 10 trying to find a presenter for this month. Sorry!
We do have a presenter lined up for March, so we’ll see you then!
Sponsors
Videos
Ocober 2014 - What the heck is systemd? (Doran Barton)
August 2014 - Two-Factor Authentication (Kevin Carter)
April 2014 - AppArmor (Joshua Marsh)
January 2014 - A Closer Look at Regular Expressions (David Oswald)
December 2013 - ZFS on Linux (Aaron Toponce)
November 2013 - Server Hardening (Craig Gardner)
September 2013 - Drobo-like RAID (Steve Meyers)
August 2013 - Crash Course in Hobbyist Electronics (Dallin S. Durfee)
July 2013 - Vim (Seth House)
December 2012 - MAME (Deven Fore)
August 2012 - Open Source Virtualization (Brandon Johnson)
July 2012 - Raspberry Pi (AJ ONeal)