The UNIX® CRONicle |
December 1997 |
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Wednesday, December 10, 1997 at 6:30 PM
Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester
| 6:30 PM | Tutorial | "Web Scripting -- CGI & Beyond" by Don Ellis |
| 7:00 PM | Call For Help | (An opportunity for you to ask technical questions of the group) |
| 7:15 PM | Social, off-line conversations, & book sales | |
| 7:30 PM | Presentation | "Practical and Free Security Tools" by Dave Dickerson, Maryville Data Systems, Inc. |
"Practical and Free Security Tools" by Dave Dickerson, Maryville Data Systems, Inc.
Dave will discuss the implementation of tcp_wrappers, tripwire, swatch, and crack. These utilities, while available at no cost, are of incredible value in detecting that you are under attack and in assessing damages after an attack.
Dave has been a programmer, system administrator, network manager, and bottle washer using various Unix dialects for longer than he's willing to admit. Dave was a Systems Engineer for Sun Microsystems in St. Louis for 6 years, he managed a 250 node HP/UX network in the financial services industry for 2 years, and presently works as a Systems Engineer for Maryville Data Systems, Inc.
"Web Scripting -- CGI & Beyond" by Don Ellis
Although static HTML pages have a definite place on the web, there are several techniques that, while simple to implement, provide distinct improvements over the static page. We will review the potential of basic Common Gateway Interface (CGI), with linking to a database program; Server Side Include (SSI), which can improve automation of several routine tasks, and more; and a few Application Program Interface (API) methods, which allow the web administrator to essentially redefine the web server to her own taste.
Don Ellis has worked for computer consulting firms since 1986, previously working in sales support for several prominent manufacturers. He has had assignments on Unix systems, DOS PCs, and Macintosh installations. He is currently between projects.
| Main Meeting | December 10, 1997 at 6:30 PM Sunnen Products 7910 Manchester St. Louis, MO
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| Steering Committee | December 16, 1997 at 6:00 PM Daugherty Systems One City Place (2nd floor) Creve Coeur, MO
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| Linux SIG | December 18, 1997 at 7:00 PM
Visit the Linux SIG home page (http://www.stllinux.org/) for the latest meeting details. |
| CTI SIG | December 3, 1997 at 6:30 PM Xantel Bridgeton Trails Public Library 3455 McKelvey Road St. Louis, MO 63044 |
The STL!/unix/usr/group meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Sunnen Products, 7910 Manchester Blvd, just east of Hanley on Manchester.
Directions From Downtown
(NOTE: A security guard from Sunnen is scheduled to be at the door from 6:20 PM to 7:20 PM to allow entry. After 7:20, the door will be unattended and attendees may not be able to enter.)
The SLUUG Steering Committee meets the Tuesday following the general 2nd Wednesday meeting at 6:00 PM in the 2nd floor training room of Daugherty Systems, One City Place in Creve Coeur.
The SLUUG Linux SIG (SLUUGLS) meets the 3rd Thursday of every month at the Indian Trails Public Library.
The SLUUG CTI SIG (SLUUG CiTI) meets the 1st Wednesday of every month at the Bridgeton Trails Public Library.
As our membership grows, we have had some inquiries about the possibility of having Special Interest Groups in several areas. If you are interested in starting or participating in a SIG for System Administration, Networking, C, Object Oriented Programming, a specific vendor, etc., please call Dave Mills at 230-5151, extension 103, or contact any officer of the group.
Visit the Linux SIG home page (http://www.stllinux.org/) for the latest meeting details.
LOCATION DIRECTIONS:
Indian Trails Public Library
8400 Delport Drive
(at Midland)
(314)-428-5424
| From 170: | Exit Page east to North-South Rd., go left on North-South Rd. to Midland, go left on Midland one block to Delport, the Library is on your left (see map at http://www.stllinux.org/directions/). |
For more information on SLUUGLS refer to the WWW home page for the group at http://www.stllinux.org/ or contact Matthew Feldt at linux@www.feldt.com.
Xantel To Appear At Next CTI User's Group
National-based computer telephony firm, Xantel, will present its NT Server-based product, Connex, to the December gathering of the Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) User's Group. The meeting will include a visit by Xantel's District Sales Manager, Dave Eberling.
Eberling adds that, "Xantel Connex is a NT Server based priority call identification, management and delivery system for individuals and casual call centers. It offers a unique set of features that enables individuals to know the identity of every caller before taking the call, to prioritize multiple calls, to send and receive faxes from desktops and to improve workgroup efficiency. Connex supports remote workforce connectivity for PC clients and offers Find Me/Follow Me call routing control."
Xantel's world wide web site is located at http://www.xantel.com.
The Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) Users Group is a non-profit organization open to developers, end-users, sales people, and others who share the common interest of melding the telecommunications and computing worlds.
| Next meeting date/time: | Wednesday, December 3, 1997; 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM (approx) |
| Location: | Bridgeton Trails Library (Rm #1) - 3455 McKelvey Road
St. Louis, MO (one block south of St. Charles Rock Road) (see map at http://www.ctitek.com/index/libmap.html) |
| Cost: | None. New members welcomed monthly free of charge. |
| Note: | There will be no scheduled meeting in January. The next planned meeting will be February 4, 1998 |
For more information on SLUUG CiTI contact Tony Zafiropoulos at tonyz@ctitek.com or (314)878-9855.
The Digital Alpha SIG is for those interested in Digital UNIX and the DEC Alpha architecture. Visit the Digital Alpha SIG's home at http://www.sluug.org/~newton/asighome.html for more information.
The SLUUG Steering Committee meets the Tuesday following the general 2nd Wednesday meeting at 6:00 PM in the 2nd floor training room of Daugherty Systems, One City Place in Creve Coeur. The guard can direct you to the meeting location. Anyone is welcome to attend. If you would like to become more involved in the planning of SLUUG, feel free to join us at the next Steering Committee meeting. Meetings usually last 1.5 to 2 hours.
For more information about sponsoring the St. Louis UNIX Users Group, contact Ed Wehner wehner@mail.sluug.org.
The St. Louis UNIX Users Group maintains a WWW page at http://www.sluug.org/. Visit us to learn more about who we are and what we do, visit other UNIX user groups' WWW pages, sign up for a SIG, or just to browse.
We publish other user group meeting schedules on a reciprocal basis. If you are a member of another non-profit group, please inform them of our policy and invite them to exchange meeting information with editor@mail.sluug.org, or call any of the SLUUG officers.
Patrick Niemeyer, co-author of the O'Reilly book Exploring Java will be our featured speaker. Pat will talk about his 100% Pure Java HTTP server, which took about 50 lines of code to implement. This will be an excellent chance to learn about Java networking APIs in general. Be sure to have your book autographed!
Also at this meeting...
Eric Burke will give a brief summary of his trip to the Microsoft Java Summit in Redmond, Washington.
Next meeting details:
When: Thursday, December 11, 1997, 6:30 PM Where: Novell, Inc., 600 Emerson Road, Suite 203 Topic: Borland's JBuilder
Be sure to visit the Java SIG's Web site at http://www.ociweb.com/javasig for the latest news about the Java SIG and an updated schedule of events. The Web site also includes presentation slides from previous meetings, a form for subscribing to the Java SIG mailing list, and a map to the meeting location. You may direct any questions about the Java SIG to javasig@ociweb.com.
| Address Changes and Membership |
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331 S Spring Ave Cape Girardeau, MO 63703 mueller@mail.sluug.org
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| BBS Questions | Jim (Knight) Ford | knight@mail.sluug.org
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| Corporate Sponsors | Ed Wehner | wehner@mail.sluug.org
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| O'Reilly Books | Fred Govier | Work: (314)342-7846
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| Presentations | Dave Dickerson | daved@mail.sluug.org
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| Steering Committee Information |
Gary Meyer | Home: (314)781-8644
gary@mail.sluug.org
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| SLUUG Treasurer | Steve Pautz | steve@mail.sluug.org
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| Computer Telephone Integration (CTI) |
Tony Zafiropoulos | Phone: (314)878-9855
http://www.ctitek.com/ctiusers/ctiusers.html tonyz@ctitek.com
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| Linux | Matthew Feldt | Home: (314)429-5433
http://www.feldt.com linux@www.feldt.com
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St. Louis UNIX Users Group
P.O. Box 1184
Fenton, MO 63026-1184