You can call it PHP Junkies - like folks hooked on PCP....hehe.
I'd be interested. If it is focused on web apps, maybe it could me a
LAMP group so it covers all the parts...
On Fri, 21 May 2004 09:44:49 -0500, "Joey Kelly" <joey@joeykelly.net>
said:
> Things went well last night. Judson gave a demonstration of nmap and
> ethereal,
> where we demonstrated that that all of the traffic passing on the wire
> can be
> captured. We saw plaintext passwords, and we saw encrypted traffic. In
> answer
> to a question, Judson explained how to secure our servers (don't run
> stuff
> you don't need, and keep the things you do run updated, etc.).
>
> I then wrapped the meeting up by making the comment that since our data
> can be
> sniffed, we ought to be extremely careful when sending any. For instance,
> if
> we absolutely must check email at a cyber cafe, we need to put up a VPN
> (ssh
> tunnels, or some other solution) first, to insure that no one grabs our
> passwords. Worse still, our online bank account information, even though
> it's
> protected by SSL, can often be decrypted, so doing that sort of thing
> when we
> are not reasonably certain our traffic isn't being sniffed, is foolhardy.
>
> One other item I tossed out was the new perlmongers meeting we started
> recently. However, since several people mentioned that they used PHP, I
> wonder how receptive you guys would be to starting a PHP users group
> locally?
> I'm willing to explore this possibility, if there is enough support for
> it,
> and if others are willing to help me lead it.
>
> --
>
>
> Joey Kelly
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> http://joeykelly.net
>
>
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