[TriLUG] TriLUG August 9 meeting - Triple Play: CACert + GPG + Freenode

Thomas Gardner tmg at pobox.com
Thu Jul 19 07:38:40 EDT 2012


This sounds like a great one.  Are there plans to broadcast, and
better yet, record and archive this one somehow?  I sure wish I
could be there in person.

Thanks,
tg.

On 7/18/12, Jeremy Davis <jeremydavis at jeremydavis.biz> wrote:
> August 9 meeting - CACert + GPG + Freenode
>
> Mon, 2012-07-02 11:35
>
> Topic: Triple Play: CACert + GPG + Freenode
> Presenters: Jeffrey Frederick on CAcert + Jack Hill on GPG + Evan
> Daniel on Freenode
> When: Thursday, August 9, 7pm
> Where: Red Hat HQ, NCSU Centennial Campus, 1801 Varsity Dr, Raleigh, NC
>
> This TriLUG meeting is a "Triple Play", with three related topics
> presented together.
>
> Jeffrey Frederick will present CAcert
> Jack Hill will present GPG
> Evan Daniel will present Freenet
>
> CAcert
> The first topic is an introduction to CAcert.org (www.cacert.org).
> CAcert is a community driven certificate authority (CA) that issues
> digital certificates to members free of charge. CAcert uses the Web of
> Trust (WoT) model to validate identities to provide more functionality
> to members. This presentation will introduce CAcert, it's mission, and
> it's services.
>
> Freenet
> Freenet (freenetproject.org) is a distributed peer-to-peer data
> storage network. It enables users to store and retrieve documents, and
> provides strong anonymity and censorship resistance. Applications
> exist to use the network for file sharing, publishing and viewing web
> pages, social networking, and mail. The talk will cover the philosophy
> behind Freenet; an overview of data storage, routing, and
> cryptography; a programmer's perspective on using the network; and
> installation and setup of the software.
>
> GPG
> An introduction to openPGP (rfc 4880) formatted keys and messages.
> After the talk, the audience should have the necessary understanding
> to participate in the global web of trust. To this end we will cover
> how to manipulate keys using the GnuPG command line interface, how to
> interpret portions of the web of trust to make real world decisions,
> and an overview of what to expect in a keysigning. I will also give
> motivating examples of why participating in the global web of trust is
> useful: authenticating email, and
> distributing software free from tampering.
>
> Jack Hill is UNC-CH student and web developer with interests in
> scientific and educational software and functional programming.
>
> Sponsor: none
>
> http://trilug.org/2012-08-09/cacert-gpg-freenode
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