Security: Firewalls, Malware and general concepts.

Oliver Humpage

Tuesday 14th November, Watershed, 6-8pm

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• Firewalls:
• how the basic ones work
• egress vs ingress
• limits of a packet filter
• protecting your home machine
• protecting a server
• other firewalls: proxies, content filtering, etc.
• Malware
• What's the difference between a virus, a trojan, a worm and spyware/othermalware?
• How it can attack your home machine
• How it can attack your server/your website
• Methods of protection
• General concepts of security
• The "Onion model" of security
• Security vs usability
• Practical examples

Registration and buffet: 6pm
Talk starts: 6.30pm
Q&A: 7.30pm
Close and networking: 8pm

Please email bristolskillswap@gmail.com to register.