UniForum Chicago January General Meeting Open To The Public
Wayne Schneidman
Meetings
Fail2Ban: Failure is delay, not defeat
David J. Young
Tuesday January 31st 2017 at 6:30pmFountaindale Library
Board Room (2nd Floor)
300 W Briarcliff Rd, Bolingbrook, IL 60440
Join us for what will be a very interesting, intriguing and useful presentation and discussion on Fail2ban; an intrusion prevention software framework that protects computer servers from brute-force attacks.
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Abstract
Last May, our ecommerce website was taken offline by a Denial-of-Service attack. Fortunately fail2ban was installed and working on the server to dynamically block brute-force password guessing. Following the DoS attack, it is now also used to block this DoS and other persistent threats.
This presentation introduces the fail2ban intrusion prevention framework. You'll learn what it is, how it works, and how you can implement it to protect your hosts. You'll hear our denial-of-service story, and learn how we're using it everyday to protect our machines from malicious exploits.
As usual we will be having a "Meeting After the Meeting" for talk and drinks afterwards at the Gordon Biersch restaurant in the Bolingbrook Promenade outside mall. The link goes to the restaurant's Bolingbrook website with a click-able, expandable map.
Bio
David J. Young has 30 years experience as a programmer, systems, network and database administrator. He is currently the IT Director at National Cycle, a world leader in motorcycle windshield and accessories manufacturing. It is his ideal job. It combines computers and motorcycling; two of his life-long passions. When he's not on a computer, he's usually exploring a US or European twisty backroad on a motorcycle, or aggressively slicing through the trees in Michigan on a dirt bike.
Getting to the meeting:
The next General meeting of UniForum Chicago will be at:Bolingbrook Fountaindale Library
Board Room (2nd floor)
300 W Briarcliff Rd, Bolingbrook, IL 60440
http://www.fountaindale.org/Use the library's FAQ (http://www.fountaindale.org/about/faq) as a source for how to get to meeting or use these Google Map Directions
For more information about UniForum Chicago contact in...@uniforum.chi.il.us.