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12TH SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION CONFERENCE (LISA '98) - Dec 6-11, 1998 - Marriott Copley Place Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts
 
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M11PM   Setting up and Maintaining a Secure Web Server NEW!
Bryan Buus, XOR Network Engineering

Who should attend: Those interested in security concerns and implementation details with Apache or NCSA HTTP servers. The course is intended for people who have some knowledge of system administration. Some basic knowledge of Apache is useful, but not essential. Persons taking this class should not also take S6 (Setting up and Maintaining a Web Server), as there will be substantial overlap in materials.

This course will provide a solid overview of security concerns and implementation details in Apache and NCSA HTTP servers, with some coverage of Netscape servers. The course will describe user-and host-based access control as well as SSL (secure sockets layer) server configuration. In addition, several non-server specific security details will be covered.

The tutorial topics are:

-    User-based Access Control
-    Host-based Access Control
-    SSL Server
-    Verisign Key registration
-    Setting up SSL in Apache Stronghold
-    Setting up SSL in Netscape FastTrack/Enterprise
-    SSL Digital IDs
-    Pitfalls of SSL servers
-    Securing data after it arrives
-    Additional security concerns, not server specific
*    CGI security
*    Monitoring machines and HTTP servers
*    Using SSL/SSH telnet, S/key
*    Site maintenance security concerns
*    Network security
 


 Bryan Buus  (S6, M11)  is the manager of XOR Network Engineering's Web services group. Before coming to XOR, Bryan kickstarted O'Reilly & Associates' online efforts in 1992. He has been managing Web services since their introduction. He has given seminars on managing Web services for USENIX, CERFnet, SANS, and Hewlett Packard's consulting division. Bryan is a co-author of Managing Internet Information Services.
 


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