KLUG Meeting Minutes and Agenda (#6) The sixth meeting of the Kingston Linux User Group was held Wed, Apr. 7, 1999 at 7PM at RMC. The meeting lasted until about 10:45 PM. The attendees were: Conrad-Avarmaa, Brigitte x***x* Dossett, David xxxxx* Drummond, Mark ****** Gauthier, Daniel xxxx** Hammond, Andrew ***xx* Jezak, Edward **xxx* Kuby, Michael *xxxx* Lamb, David xxxxx* Malone, Rick ***x** McCready, Nathan xxxxx* Mitton, Douglas ****** Potter, Richard x*xxx* Szafranski, Mike xxxxx* Tiffe, Michael xxxxx* Wallace, J.D. xxxxx* Meeting Schedule: (Monthly, alternating between first Mon and Wed evenings at 7PM. Locations to be determined.) 7 - Mon, May 3 at RMC. (Andrew Hammond and/or Mark Drummond - Linux Security) 8 - Wed, Jun. 2 at RMC. (Install-Fest Prep; if needed?) (Remember! Installfest June 5 at Comtech!) 9 - Mon. July 5 at ???. (Social night! Suggestions, vote, poll?) 10 - Wed, Aug. 4 at RMC. (Quake Night; gaming in general?) Summary Of Activities: - Web page host and domain name - klug.on.ca has been registered. - Web Page Administrator and Co-Ordinator - Brigitte - Internet presence - Temporary web page at http://signals.rmc.ca/klug. - Install-fest - June 5th at Comtech. Agenda/Minutes: 1) Roll Call and Introductions - See attendees above. 2) This Meeting: This was not a regular business meeting, instead it was our first (hopefully of many) Linux presentations, "IP Masquerading and Firewalling" by Rick Malone. Also, it was our best attended meeting to date. At one point I counted 19 people in the room (though apparently not everyone signed the list). Mark Drummond also hosted tours of the RMC computing center, which seemed to be very popular, since it appeared everyone took a trip in. The presentation was based on Red Hat Mandrake 5.3 and assumed a cable connection to the ISP but the dialup PPP aspects were explained as well. Rick's presentation was in 3 parts. First he introduced himself and explained what the requirements are for connecting a home network to the internet via a single ISP connection be it PPP or cable modem. The second portion involved an actually demonstration of the theory by connecting up computers to a simulated Internet supplied by Mark. The third portion (which seemed to get a lot of attendee participation) involved connecting David Lamb's computer to the demonstration network and configuring it to act as a masquerading firewall. Rick will be posting his presentation to the web page and/or mailing list in the near future and has offered his help to others attempting the same project. If anyone has ideas for future presentations (a suggestion doesn't mean you have to present) then please either post them to the mailing list or send them directly to Mark. 3) Next Meeting: - Presentation: "Securing Linux by Andrew Hammond" 4) Socialize / Adjourn (Set location and agenda for the next meeting.)