Meeting Notes - 6th October 2006 - AppArmour

Submitted by David Symons on Wed, 18/10/2006 - 1:44pm.

Meeting notes from 6th October 2006. Facilitated by Neill Cox, presentation by Finn Blucher.

FOSSACT introductions

Neill introduced the FOSSACT committee members and invited attendees to introduce themselves.

FOSSACT Sponsorship

FOSSACT Sponsorships are scaled according to company size:

  • 10 staff or less = $250/year
  • more than 10 staff = $500/year

More details on sponsorship and its benefits can be found here. David Symons is collecting sponsorship funds and issuing receipts.

Presentation - AppArmour

Finn Blucher presented AppArmor, Novell's open source application security system including a demonstration of how a website hack can be prevented with its use. As well as a bit of OpenSUSE XGL and VMWare goodness. More details on AppArmor can be found here.

Next Meeting

Date/Time: November 3rd, 1pm. Place: Kurrajong Hotel Presentation: Asterisk & VOIP using FOSS.