The Twin Cities System Administrators (TCSA) group meets monthly to
discuss topics of interest to system and network administrators in
the Twin Cities area of Minnesota.  The meetings are free and open to
the public.  Check out our web site at http://www.tcsa.org/

TCSA meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm.

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Next Meeting:

  Topic:	Network Management and Security
  Speaker:	Chuck Craft, Tavve Software
  Date/Time:	August 16, 2007  7:00 pm
  Location:	France Place Main Floor Conference Room

Synopsis:

  Notoriously unsecure protocols (SNMP, syslog, TACACS+, TFTP, etc.)
  are needed to keep watch on what is happening within networked
  environments, this presentation will discuss how those protocols
  are being exploited and what a number of the world's largest
  companies are doing to protect themselves and their business from
  becoming front page news.

  Get ready for an engaging discussion on maintaining the delicate
  balance between network management and true security.  Having
  worked with some of the largest companies in the world, our
  speaker will share some of his experiences and an exciting new
  tool from Tavve Software (formerly OnionPeel Solutions) they all
  use within their environments.


About the Speaker:

  Chuck Craft is a Senior Technical Consultant with Tavve Software, 
  located in Raleigh,NC near RTP. After several years of developing 
  embedded control software for railroad maintenance equipment, he 
  migrated to being a UNIX admin for the CAD and development systems.
  In 1992 he changed from customer to vendor, becoming a technical 
  consultant for a HP reseller. The past 15 years have been a mix of 
  implementation, development and trainer for resellers and vendors
  in Minnesota and the Carolinas.




  Main Floor Conference Room
  France Place
  3601 Minnesota Drive
  Bloomington, MN 55435



Tentative Meeting Schedule

  September 20, 2007
  October 18, 2007



Directions:

  The France Place Building is at 3601 Minnesota Drive on the
  northeast corner of Hwy 494 and France Avenue in the Bloomington
  business district.

  From 494, go north on France Ave. to Minnesota Drive (the first
  streetlight north of 494).  Take a right (east) onto Minnesota
  Drive and immediately take another right into the parking lot.
  The building sign is visible from 494 and shares a parking lot
  with Fuddruckers.  France Place is a nine story brown brick
  building.

- Parking

  Free parking is available in the main lot.

- Web map is at:

  http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=3601+minnesota+drive&city=bloomington&state=mn&zipcode=55435




For more information on TCSA, check out our web site:

  http://www.tcsa.org/

To subscribe to the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS mailing lists, follow the TCSA
or TCSA-JOBS link from:

  http://list.onvoy.com/

For any other information, please send email to:

  djb at umn.edu

or contact:

  Dave Bianchi	651-260-1770

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Dave Bianchi     djb at umn.edu     651-260-1770