News from PANUG/BizNix - March 18, 2004
http://panug.org - http://biznix.org

We've had people subscribe to the list today, so
here's another reminder about tonight's meeting:


PANUG MEETING
The March PANUG meeting is tonight at 6:15 pm. The
main presentation is Nessus - a client/server
security scanner (similar to Satan and Saint) that
scans computers for security vulnerabilities.
Nessus is entirely open source and the graphical
client piece can run on Linux/Unix or Windows.

Undoubtedly, there will be discussion of the Windows
Trojan called PhatBot. It is described as "a virtual
Swiss Army knife of attack software" that can be used
for DDoS attacks and sending spam but is capable of so
much more. You can think of Phatbot as essentially
another operating system running inside Windows that
you don't control and may not be aware of.

The meeting is at the usual place (Novell's office in
Tigard). If this is your first time attending a meeting,
directions are on the PANUG web site - click the
Meetings link. Please RSVP by responding to this message
so we can order enough pizza.


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