[logs] Take a USENIX tutorial ONLINE (56930) (fwd)

From: Tina Bird (tbird@precision-guesswork.com)
Date: Thu Dec 20 2001 - 07:55:32 PST

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    A little bit more of that self-promotion...
    
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    Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 17:10:36 -0800 (PST)
    From: enotifyat_private
    To: tbird@precision-guesswork.com
    Subject: Take a USENIX tutorial ONLINE (56930)
    
    USENIX is pleased to announce the second installment in our
    online tutorial pilot program.  Now you can take our popular and
    highly regarded full-day tutorials LIVE from your work or home. 
    
    Using state-of-the-art Virtual Classroom techniques, these tutorials
    allow you to ask the presenter questions and interact with your
    fellow class members much as you would if you were sitting in a
    real classroom.
    
    Our first offering of online tutorials sold out within hours of making
    this announcement, so we urge you to register immediately. For your
    convenience, we have included brief descriptions of the four courses
    that will be offered. Each course is designed to last two hours a week
    for three successive weeks.
    
    For detailed course descriptions, instructor bios and to register, 
    please visit:
    http://www.usenix.org/events/elearning/
    
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    Advanced Solaris System Administration Topics
    Taught by Peter Baer Galvin
    January 16, 23, 30
    11am Eastern/8am Pacific
    
    Peter's highly regarded tutorial discusses the major new features 
    of recent Solaris releases, including which to use (and how) and 
    which to avoid. This in-depth course will provide the information 
    you need to run a Solaris installation effectively.
    
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    Network Security Profiles: A Collection (Hodgepodge) of Stuff 
    Hackers Know About You
    Taught by Brad Johnson
    January, 14, 24, 28
    11am Eastern/8am Pacific
    
    A hit on our first online series, this course reviews the ways 
    crackers (i.e., hackers or determined intruders) learn things about 
    your site (your profile), what protocols and tools they use, and a 
    number of current methods and exploits that you should be aware of. 
    The course will focus primarily on the common TCP/IP-based 
    protocols, such as WWW, SSL, DNS, ICMP, and SNMP, which underlie 
    virtually all Internet applications.  This course concentrates on 
    examples drawn from public-domain tools that are widely available 
    and commonly used by crackers.
    
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    Finding the Forest From The Trees: What System Logs tell you about 
    Your Network Security
    Taught By TINA BIRD, Counterpane Internet Security
    January 15, 22, 29
    2pm Eastern/11am Pacific
    
    Tina's course illustrates the importance of a network-wide
    centralized logging infrastructure, to introduce several approaches to
    monitoring audit logs, and to explain the types of information and 
    forensics that can be obtained with well-managed logging systems.
    Every device on your network--routers, servers, firewalls, and application
    software--spits out millions of lines of audit information each day. Hidden
    within the data that indicates normal day-to-day operation (and known
    problems) are the first clues that an attacker is starting to probe and
    penetrate your network. If you can sift through the audit data and find
    those clues, you can learn a lot about your present state of security and
    maybe even catch attackers in the act.
    
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    System and Network Performance Tuning
    TAUGHT BY Marc Staveley
    January 30, February 6 and 13
    2pm Eastern/11am Pacific
    
    This course explores techniques for tuning systems, networks, and 
    application code. Starting from a single-system view, we'll examine 
    how the virtual memory system, the I/O system, and the file system 
    can be measured and optimized.  This course also explores Network 
    File System tuning and performance strategies. Detailed treatment 
    of network performance problems will lead to examples of network 
    capacity planning.
    
    
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