Re: [myoss] Re: [ossig] Technical workshops in MIMOS?

[Ken Wong <ken@apdip.net>]

Second the security track suggestion. However, suggest we make the topic 
areas more general, instead of focusing on particular technologies. So 
if we were using Dinesh's 6 topics as a base, I'd suggest:

1. Kernels (Linux, BSD, QNX, etc)
2. Distributions (BSD, RH, Debian, etc)
3. Databases (MySQL, Postgres, ZODB)
4. Web development (PHP, Perl, Python, DHTML, Flash (Evil!))
5. Languages (Java, Python, C++, Ruby)
6. Desktop Apps (KDE, Gnome, OO.o macros, conversions)
7. Server side Apps (Samba, Spamassassin, LTSP)
8. Security (Snort, firewall rules, Nessus, etc)

By making each group more general, we cover far more area and may learn 
about apps and techniques we never knew about. It also allows us to 
adapt to changing technologies.

Btw, not to compete with opensource.mimos.org or www.asiaosc.org or 
anything, but www.iosn.net would be glad to host any of these 
materials. It's part of our charter. :)

Ken


On Friday 29 August 2003 13:08, tai wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Dinesh Nair wrote:
> > 1. Linux (Kernel structures, Performance Tuning, Filesystem et al)
> > 2. FreeBSD (Ports, CVS, Performance Tuning, Filesystem et al)
> > 3. MySQL (Configuration, Replication, Redundancy, Performance
> > Tuning) 4. PHP & Web App Development (incorporating Apache)
> > 5. Java development (JBoss, Tomcat, JDK issues, IDEs)
> > 6. Desktop Apps (KDE, Gnome, OO.o macros, conversions)
>
> 	I still don't like php, too much security issues in the default
> install, and difficult to turn off defaults.  Consider using perl.
>
> 	Also, there should be a security track, possibly using openbsd as
> the base (the new pf is super flexible, and you can even do a poor
> man's BGP with it).  Firewall, nat, networking, etc, squid on openbsd
> as an example http proxy, postfix, and how that can be used as a smtp
> proxy for companies that depend on exchange/notes/etc for their
> internal systems for additional security/antispam/etc.
>
> 	Also consider changing mysql to database, and include postgres.
>
> 	Obviously, this is only possible if there's folks who know these,
> but I'm hoping enough folks have mucked around with openbsd to be
> able to give a good presentation of it.  Wish I'm in M'sia, this
> sounds like fun.
>
> -Tai


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