Hi,<br> I conducted one day Free software workshop on 29th August, at  KLN madurai for the pre-final year CSE and IT students (50+). The session started with an introduction to Free software and philosophy.Then i  explained various GNU/Linux commands and applications. Mailing list etiquettes were taught using shakthi&#39;s presentation (Thanks shakthi) . Introduced IRC and students were taught about getting help from various support channels.<br>


<br>In afternoon session, it was all about Nmap , Ncat and Ettercap (FOSS Network Security tools) , students were taught about  security risks of transmitting  plain text passwords on the wire, ARP cache poisoning and DNS spoofing were demonstrated and explained  using ettercap.<br>


Fedora 11 was installed in 30+ Lab machines for hands on. The response from the students was excellent. Hospitality was good.<br><br>
Fedora 11 DVDs were distributed to all the participants.<br><br>I thank HOD of CSE department,KLN and Final year student Dhivakaran for  organizing this event successfully.<br><br>Pictures: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saga123/sets/72157622066191653/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/saga123/sets/72157622066191653/</a><br>


<br>Regards<br>Arun SAG<br>-- <br>A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows.<br>&lt;-Fighting 4 Freedom-&gt;<br>