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-==== Cyber Security ====+====== Cyber Security ====== 
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 +This groups is focused on the security aspects of computers, networking, Linux, and other neat things! 
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 +====== 2021 Notes ====== 
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 +===== June 9, 2021 ===== 
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 +  * Racoons 
 +  * Cyberforce Competition 
 +    * Chase'​s experience at the 2016 competition. ♥ 
 +  * Conquer the Hill 
 +  * Chase - Cyberforce Competition work probably won't happen before the start of the semester. 
 +  * Chase - What else did we want to do? 
 +  * Cody - Single-Sign On / Directory Options 
 +    * Keycloak 
 +    * Jumpcloud - Seems to be a PaaS. Need to pay $$$ 
 +    * Directory389 - Java 
 +    * FreeIPA - Very "​black-boxy"​ and wants a dedicated box for it's own use. 
 +    * SambaAD - ACM@UIC used to use this before we switched to Microsoft AD. 
 +  * By next meeting, let's plan to decide on which SSO option to use. Do some independent research if you have time. 
 +  * Cody & Chase - Getting into Ansible. Infrastructure as Code. 
 + 
 +===== May 26, 2021 ===== 
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 +  * First Summer meeting 
 +  * Created a VM to test on DigitalOcean 
 +    * gate.lug.acmapp.tech 
 +    * Added the users in this current meeting to the virtual machine. 
 +  * Introduced the idea of SSH Keys and public-private keypairs 
 +  * Fail2ban - A utility used to prevent malicious login attempts 
 +  * IPTables/​nftables/​firewalld - CLI utilities used to interact with nettables for changing network stack parameters. 
 +  * Looking at fail2ban-firewalld,​ however it was only on CentOS-based systems. 
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 +====== 2020 Notes ====== 
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 +**{First meeting}** 01/​30/​2020 
 +{{ ::​cybersec_pp.pdf |}} 
 +   ​General introduction of members 
 +   ​Welcome slide was presented, advice on how to run group by former president. 
 +   ​Activities to consider: 
 +     * Cyber Force Competition - Nationwide 
 +     * Def Con convention 
 +     * Wireshark  
 +     * highjack radio frequencies 
 +     * comptia network A+ 
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 +   ​Homework:​ Look up basic information on networks and how they work. 
 + 
 +**{Second meeting}** 02/​20/​2020 
 +   Went over the basics of network components:​ 
 +     * Routers/​Switch 
 +     * Access Point 
 +     * MODEM 
 +     * Server 
 +     * The Cloud 
 +     * Internal vs external networks and further branching 
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 +   Had a talk with a senior in LUG/ACM office, talked about working of: 
 +     * Ports 
 +     * VPN 
 +     * Proxy 
 +     * LAN vs WAN 
 +     * Static vs Dynamic IPs 
 +     * Router to router connection programs 
 +     * schematics of routers containing IP addresses 
 +     * Origins of IP from IPv4 to IPv6 
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 +   ​Homework:​ Set up a virtual network in ACM/LUG office 
 +    
 +**{Third meeting}** 09/​14/​2020 
 +   First meeting for Fall 2020: 
 +     * Introductions 
 +     * Suggested activities + Readings 
 +   ​Homework:​ Read up on provided books - Dummies( 2 chapters) & Set books( SQL and Linux 2-3 chapters) 
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 +====== 2019 Notes ====== 
 + 
 +**{Pre-activity Meeting with former group president}** 09/​25/​2019 
 +   ​Discussed previous activities before the group was inactive: 
 +     * Bug Bounties 
 +     * Sniffing Packets 
 +     * Network Engineering 
 +     * Playing with malware 
 +     * Keylogging 
 +     * Capture The Flag competitions - google CTF 
 +     * root certificates 
 +     * Generally an interest run group 
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 +{{ :​cybersecurity_for_dummies._palo_alto_networks_edition_by_miller_l.c._z-lib.org_.pdf |}} {{:​computer_programming_and_cyber_security_for_beginners_this_book_includes_python_machine_learning_sql_linux_hacking_with_kali_linux_ethical_hacking._coding_and_cybersecurity_fundamentals_by_zach_co_z-lib.org_.ep.pdf |}} 
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