Meeting notes from 6th October 2006. Facilitated by Neill Cox [1], presentation by Finn Blucher [2].

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 [2]. 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 [3].

Next Meeting

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