[Cert-SIG] DMA's Certification SIG + special notice ***

[George Ewing]

** special notice **

We will start our new format at the January 11th meeting.  This is due to

the November 24 & December 22 meetings being cancelled due to the Holidays.

So.... DMA®’s Certification Sig changes to ‘Hands-On’ at the January 11th
meeting.

Some of the topics mentioned to cover are:
   VPN
   SAMBA
   APACHE Server & Security
   XP - 'under the hood'
   VOIP
I know others will follow.

Read the notice below regarding the 'Hands On' and let us know what you want
to cover.

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Our next meeting is Oct 27th.

We are wrapping SECURITY+ up - we will check to make sure we did not miss
any videos and may even repeat one or two.  We will also start do some
review questions.

Your assignment is to read any Chapters you did not read.

We are starting the meetings at 7 PM so be on time.  As you know these
meetings are well attended, so Please arrive on time.

We meet the 2nd Tuesday and the 4th Wednesday of each month at 7 PM, 119
Valley St, Dayton, OH.

As always we look forward to seeing you there where 'those in attendance
always learn something'.

George Ewing     George Lee      John Maynor
Sig Leader       Sig Leader      Guest Instructor

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DMA®’s Certification Sig changes to ‘Hands-On’

The Certification Sig will change gears from typical studying for a
particular exam to a “Hands-On Practical” type format.  We are going to
create a ‘Certification Playground’.  Our goal is to demo the tools
(software and hardware) and operating systems.  As a group we will install,
configure, troubleshoot and implement computer based functionality.  We
will, where possible, correlate with certification exams.  We anticipate
covering file servers, print server, application server, web server, e-mail
server, proxy/cache, firewall, router, etc.

We will start by performing basic installation and setup covering both Linux
and Windows based servers.  Along the way we will discuss the architecture
and security implications of various implementation schemes, and have the
chance to have ‘Hands-On’ experimentation with various network tools and
intrusion techniques.

The final curriculum is still being developed, with an anticipated start
date in the late October time frame. We anticipate the cost to be less than
$30.00.

If you have items you would like to see covered - you have to let us know.
We have started a thread on the DMA FUD forums
http://www.dma.org/fud/index.php?t=tree&goto=386&rid=35   Please post here
(registration required) ASAP so we can include your request in our
curriculum, if possible.