[Hackmeeting] spunti per seminari

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- IDS Elusion
Intrusion Detection Systems are a "must" in IT Security. Here it can
be explained how to set up a roubust and powerfull IDS, hardened by
a pen-test (focusing, then, not only on attack but also on defense).

-  smashthestack.org
    SmashTheStack is a wargames network about coding, reverse
    engeegnering and crittography. It a very good job, that help people
to increase their skills.


-  SSH with SFTP ChrootDirectory and HPN improvement
    The OpenSSH 4.8p1 version has a built-in function that makes sftp
    chroot easly than create a manual chroot environment by an internal
    sftp server. This is a special feature that not everyone knows. The
    HPN patch improve ssh connection eliminating the statically internal
    flow control buffers. The network improvment is wonderfull.


- Security and Privacy (inspired by Bruce Schneier)
    Bruce Schneier, on his mailing list Cryptogram, talked about
    differences between security and privacy and how this two antithesis
    things can live togheter very well. The assay can talk about this
    with a specific analysis of italian society.


- Mixed LAN Windows-Linux: LDAP,Kerberos,Samba,NFS

- Libnet and socket C programming

- Modding router firmware
    When purchasing a new consumer router (like DLink, Netgear,
    USRobotics and so on), the first thing to do is check if there is a
    new firmware release. Thus because default firmwares are obsolete
    and software limited. With a modded firmware you can obtain a
    significant performance increase and a new features.


- Linux AP with WPA2
     I think it's interesting know how to set up a linux box as Access
     Point and working with WPA/WPA2 encryption (maybe EAP-PEAP).
     This can covers in depth linux networking with master encryption.


- New broadcom wireless driver how to
     With new tree kernel 2.6.24, was develop (and still in
     developping) a new Broadcom wireless driver. This driver is better
     than legacy one and all the supported wireless card should upgrade
     dei built-in modules. A guide to b43-fwcutter and simple upgrade
     from legacy bcm43xx to b43 (maybe with some specificy protocol
     specification or driver information)


- QoS on linux and routers
     Quality of Service is a set of rules that define a packet priority
     above others. Setting this priority, network traffic can have some
     improvemnets, expecially in conjunction with VoIP traffic.