LOPSA-Madison is LOPSA's second local chapter.

Goal

LOPSA-Madison, like LOPSA, is dedicated to the advancement of the profession and practice of System Administration. Toward those ends, this chapter aims to facilitate building a community of local contacts for us to share our experiences, solutions, tips and techniques on addressing technical and professional issues we encounter. We are a platform agnostic organization, like LOPSA itself, and, as such, we welcome and encourage network managers, Windows and UNIX systems administrators, desktop support technicians, and anyone else that manages computer systems to join our community.

Joining and participating

LOPSA-Madison meets monthly on the first Thursday of the month. LOPSA membership is not required for attendance and participation in LOPSA-Madison, but joining LOPSA is strongly encouraged. We invite everyone in the system administration community to present topics from their expertise or experiences. People are available to assist others in writing and performing presentations, as well.

Join the mailing list for announcements and discussoins for LOPSA-Madison, join us in #lopsa-madison via IRC, or see the chapters and affiliates page to find a local group in your area.

If there is no local group in your area hop into the IRC channel and ask about other system administrators in your area.

Contact

For more information, suggestions or offers to help out with LOPSA-Madison, please contact Brian Ruppert via email or as bruppert in the LOPSA IRC channel.

Upcoming Meeting

Please join the Madison chapter of The League of Professional
System Administrators (LOPSA) for our July talk and discussion:

When: Thursday, July 8th, 2010
6:30 PM - Free pizza, soda, and coffee provided by TDS Telecom
7:00 PM - Presentation and discussion
Feel free to stay after the meeting to chat and network with other
attendees.

Where: TDS Telecom, City Center West
RM 2510/2511
525 Junction Road
Madison, WI 53717
[Park in the parking ramp in the visitor spots or the top level.
From the parking lot side entrance, follow signs to TDS Receptionist
and take elevator to 2nd floor.
-or- From the street level terrace, enter at the door marked TDS
Receptionist near the fountain.]

Topic: Honeypots: Planting a Carnivorous Garden in Your Own Network
Presented by Mike Pomraning, Director of Engineering, Nemean
Networks

Let's invite others to attack your network! We'll introduce the
concept of honeypots: dummy assets designed to be compromised.
We'll review the history and evolution of honeypots, and look at
open source and "do it yourself" options for the network
administrator keen to implement honeypots. Finally, we'll look the
benefits of honeypots, the data and intelligence that can be gained
from them.

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