[TriLUG] NC*SA Meeting - Aaron Joyner on DNS, NC*SA Food Drive, and Steering nominations.

[Matt Frye]

For those who missed the TriLUG DNS presentation and/or class, Aaron
will cover DNS "from the ground up" at NC*SA on Dec 13.

Also, come and participate in NC*SA's first Holiday Food Drive to
benefit the Raleigh Rescue Mission, plus Steering Committee Election
nominations.  Bring some canned goods, eat some pizza, and increase
your knowledge.

Matt Frye

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Subject: NC*SA Meeting - Monday, December 13, 2004 - DNS, NC*SA Food
Drive, and Steering nominations.


The next meeting of the North Carolina System Administrators will be
Monday, December 13, 2004, at 7pm in the Dreyfus Auditorium at RTI
International.  Details about the meeting and directions are provided
in this note.

     Topic: DNS (the Domain Name System)
     Speaker: Aaron Joyner, Intrex.net
     7:00 p.m., Monday, Decemner 13, 2004

             Dreyfus Auditorium
             RTI International
             Research Triangle Park, NC

Abstract:
DNS (the Domain Name System) is fundamental to the Internet as we know
it.  Aaron will cover DNS "from the ground up", including those little
corners you've always wondered about, and attempt to explain the
underpinnings of something that is so central to the every day
Internet, yet rarely looked at very closely.  The BIND (Berkly
Internet Name Daemon) tools will be the primary focus of the
discussion, including using client oriented resolver tools (host and
dig), as well as configuring the BIND name server.  If time permits,
we'll attempt to go as far as covering views, Dynamic DNS updates with
TSIG keys, and DNSSEC (cryptographically signed DNS zones).

Bio:
Aaron S. Joyner is the System Administrator for Intrex.net, one of
North Carolina's largest regional ISPs.  He is a veteran of the ISP
industry, having worked in ISP administration since the mid 90s.
Since that time he has worked for various companies of note, including
MWG Biotech, US Airways, NetUnlimited, among others.  He is a member
of SAGE, and has recently presented on DNS for the Triangle Linux
User's Group.

*** NC*SA Holiday Drive ***
We will be holding our first ever holiday food drive to benefit the
Raleigh Rescue Mission.  The Mission provides the basics of food,
shelter, educational, and vocational training to the homeless and
persons of low income. Please consider donating canned goods for this
non-profit serving men, women, and families of North Carolina.

*** NC*SA Election ***
NC*SA Steering Committee elections for 2005-2006 terms will take place
on January 10, 2005.  Nominations for the three open seats on the
Steering Committee will open on Dec 13, 2004.  If you would like to
nominate yourself or someone else for election to the NC*SA Steering
Committee, send your nomination to the ncsa-discussion at ncsysadmin.org
or mattfrye at gmail.com.  Nominations will close at 5pm on the afternoon
of the election.  For more information about the Steering Committee,
please visit http://www.ncsysadmin.org/steering

Doors open at 6:30pm and this meeting is expected to end by 9:00pm.
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Our meetings are free and open to anyone with an interest in the topic
of the evening and/or system administration.  We will be providing
food and drink for the evening. If you have any questions please
contact the Steering Committee at ncsa-steer at ncsysadmin.org .

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For information about the NC System Administrators group, please see
our web site at http://www.ncsysadmin.org

We have several usually-low-volume mailing lists that you can join:

 ncsa-discussion .. general discussion
 ncsa-announce .... meeting announcements
 ncsa-jobs ........ employment opportunities
 ncsa-steer ....... steering committee

For more information about these lists, please visit
http://www.ncsysadmin.org/lists.html .  Please note, if you are a
member of sage-members at usenix.org, you will also get a copy of these
announcements.  We cannot unsubscribe you from that list.

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Directions to RTI International:

A map of RTI and it's surrounding area is available at
http://www.rti.org/pubs/rti_international_maps.pdf

>From I-40 west of RTP (e.g. Chapel Hill):

Get onto I-40 heading east. Follow I-40 to the NC-147 - Durham Freeway
- North (towards Durham). Stay in right lane. Shift right as soon
aspossible after merging with traffic coming off I-40 westbound.

Exit to the right at the next exit (Cornwallis Road). At top of exit,
turn to the left. (If you turn right and cross over the bridge, you
are going the wrong direction.) After turning left onto Cornwallis,
shift immediately to the right lane. Take the second right onto East
Institute Drive. Take the second right off of East Institute Drive.
Dreyfus Laboratory will be the first building on your right. Use the
parking lot in front of the Lab and enter at the main entrance.

>From I-40 east of RTP (e.g. Raleigh):

Get onto I-40 heading west. Follow I-40 to the NC-147 - Durham Freeway
- North (towards Durham). Shift to rightmost lane as soon as possible
Exit to the right at the next exit (Cornwallis Road). At top of exit,
turn to the left. (If you turn right and cross over the bridge, you
are going the wrong direction.) After turning left onto Cornwallis,
shift immediately to the right lane. Take the second right onto East
Institute Drive. Take the second right off of East Institute Drive.
Dreyfus Laboratory will be the first building on your right. Use the
parking lot in front of the Lab and enter at the main entrance.

>From north of RTP (e.g. Durham):

Get onto NC-147 - Durham Freeway - south. Exit at the Cornwallis Road
exit. At the top of the exit, turn left to cross over the bridge.
After turning left onto Cornwallis, shift immediately to the right
lane. Take the second right onto East Institute Drive. Take the second
right off of East Institute Drive. Dreyfus Laboratory will be the
first building on your right. Use the parking lot in front of the Lab
and enter at the main entrance.

Enter through the glass doors at the front; all of the doors except
one will be locked, but one will be open for our access.  Walk through
the lobby, go straight out the glass doors, across the patio, and
straight into Dreyfus Auditorium.