[wellylug] Anyone interested in hearing about a new opensource firewall router being built in NZ

[Michael Lawson]

Ok, sounds great.

*I don't have an extensive bio, but here is a shot*.
Hailing from Christchurch, Germany and most recently Auckland, I am a
developer with a thing for security, networking and high performance
computing. Having spent the last 4 years working in both Christchurch and
Munich Germany working for one of Europe's biggest online advertising
agency as a developer and sysadmin, I decided to take a leap of faith and
pursue my pet project "Sphirewall". Prior to my work for Adscale, I have
worked for Telstraclear, Eftpos NZ, Online communications and a few other
small companies.

My passion is creating software that is available for everyone without
limitations or cost, and this is what fuelled my development of Sphirewall.
I hate companies that offer a half baked solution and open source it as a
marketing technique.

*Talk*
Why I created yet another open source router/firewall and why it kicks the
socks of other options available in the same market. I will lightly go into
what I found was missing in other products, why this was missing and how
having these features changes how you manage your network.

Is this enough?
Thanks


On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Hugh Davenport <hugh at davenport.net.nz>wrote:

> Hey Michael,
>
> Ranges from 10min-1hour ish, as long as you keep interest you can keep
> rambling
>
> You decide :D. I'll book you in for next month, did you have a bio for
> yourself
> and your talk I can post on the website/list?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hugh
>
>
> On 2013-07-08 10:34, Michael Lawson wrote:
>
>> Hi Hugh,
>> Sure I would love to, how long do talks normally go for? Next Monday
>> is no problems for me.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>  On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Hugh Davenport
>> <hugh at davenport.net.nz> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi Michael,
>>>
>>> I think this would be a great talk, and I would be interested in
>>> hearing about
>>> benefits of this over iptables itself.
>>>
>>> We currently have a talk this month, but if you would like, could
>>> you present
>>> this month? Meeting is monday next week, 6pm.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Hugh
>>>
>>> On 2013-07-07 14:18, Michael Lawson wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hi All,
>>>> I am the lead developer and founder/creator of a project called
>>>> Sphirewall. Its an opensource linux router/firewall built from
>>>> the
>>>> ground up to provide a lot more visibility and control over a
>>>> network
>>>> than what is available in the other opensource products. It works
>>>> inline in the linux kernel with a hooking module, rather than
>>>> just
>>>> generating iptable rules.
>>>>
>>>> I am wondering if anyone in the WUG would be interested in
>>>> hearing a
>>>> bit more about it one night.
>>>>
>>>> You can see more on the project website, http://sphirewall.net
>>>> [1] [1] or
>>>>
>>>> read a bit about our story at http://blog.sphirewall.net/**?p=145<http://blog.sphirewall.net/?p=145>
>>>> [2] [2]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,--
>>>> Michael Lawson
>>>>
>>>> Links:
>>>> ------
>>>> [1] http://sphirewall.net [1]
>>>> [2] http://blog.sphirewall.net/?p=**145<http://blog.sphirewall.net/?p=145>[2]
>>>>
>>>
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>> Michael Lawson
>>
>>
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1] http://sphirewall.net
>> [2] http://blog.sphirewall.net/?p=**145<http://blog.sphirewall.net/?p=145>
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