SANS Webcast: "What the Hackers Know About You: Part III"

[HD Moore <hdmoore () usa net>]

 iii) WEB BRIEFING: March 2, 1999
 
 This note announces the March 2 SANS web-based briefing on security:
 ``What the Hackers Know About Your Site, III''.  For one hour, Rob
 Kolstad and Steven Northcutt will interview H. D. Moore (developer of
 nlog, the database interface to nmap) and John Green, member of the
 Shadow Intrusion Detection Team (John discovered the multi-national
 attack reported by CNN and ABC).
 
 As with all SANS web-based briefings, you don't have to leave your
office
 or home, and can tap in at any time 24 hours a day (though only at the
 time below will the presentation be live!).  Participants during the
 live briefing can e-mail questions to be answered during the broadcast
 (time permitting, of course).
 
 When:     Tuesday, March 2, 1999  (and later for `reruns')
           10 am Pacific Time, 11 am Mountain, noon Central,
           1 pm Eastern, 18:00 GMT
 Duration: 60 minutes
 Cost:     Free
 How:      Register at  http://www.sans.org/mar2.htm
 
 The website should reply within a minute or two with some background
 literature from our sponsor and the URL and password for the free
 broadcast.  If you don't get a reply, please let me know at
 <sans () clark net>.
 
 Feel free to share this announcement with any potentially interested
 parties.
 
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During my 20-minute spot, I plan on covering the how the different types
of nmap scans work, a tidbit on OS identification, database integration,
log data interpretation, as well as discussing some of the more 'white
hat' uses of nmap. This is a perfect opportunity for those not too
familiar with the different nmap options to a better understanding of
how versatile this tool really is.  If anyone would like to contribute
some ideas, share their experiences with using nmap as a 'defensive
tool', or have anything else they want to add to the presentation, email
be back ASAP.


-HD