[Flux-announce] June 11 Meeting: User Credentialing on the Internet

[mike havens]

I just got a meeting announcement from the Florida LUG group.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:30 PM, mike havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> guess whaat... I just got a meeting announcement!
>
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> From: FLUX Announcements (meetings, events, etc.) <flux-announce at flux.org>
> Date: Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 2:08 PM
> Subject: [Flux-announce] June 11 Meeting: User Credentialing on the
> Internet
> To: flux-announce at flux.org
>
>
> TOPIC:  User Credentialing on the Internet
>
> PRESENTER:  Bill Tabor, Long-time FLUX member and Linux Guru!
>
> DATE: Thursday June 11, 2009
>
> TIME:  6:30pm Refreshments & Networking; Presentation begins 7:00pm
>
> PLACE: Nova Southeastern University, in our regular room (see
> http://flux.org for details)
>
>
> ABOUT THE PRESENTATION:
>
> WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has created the new Office of
> Cybersecurity Coordinator and laid out the administration’s plans for
> bolstering cybersecurity.
>
> Where does this lead us?
>
> The government is pushing us to use PKI (Public/Private Key
> Infrastructure).  Credentials are already on CAC and TWIC cards.  The
> Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems (FiXs) card is
> coming.
>
> Structure has already been put in place.  To deal with various Federal
> entities today, via email or web, you must have and ECA (External
> Certificate Authority) certificate.
>
> This talk will explain:
>
> 1)      How PKI works
>
> 2)      How to set up a secure web server
>
> A)      Server credentials and crl
>
> B)      Client credentials
>
> 3)      How to use your client certificate to sign documents and email
>
> 4)      Using LDAP to store user credentials
>
> ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
>
> William Tabor - Vice President of Research and Development, Protexx, Inc.
>
> Mr. Tabor leads Protexx's product development team with the strength and
> perspective of a proven professional, as someone who has been directly
> involved with many of the most significant developments in information
> technology over the past 30 years. He has contributed to the coding that
> formed the foundation of the Internet, has championed the development and
> dissemination of open source operating systems, and has created database
> software so effective that elements of it remain inside virtually every
> computer operating today.Now, as Vice President of Research and Development,
> Mr. Tabor is able to put this breadth of expertise toward a singular goal:
> the development of secure, leading-edge information solutions for today's
> growing enterprises. Mr. Tabor is well versed in a broad variety of hardware
> platforms and operating systems, is comfortable working in real-time
> production environments, and specializes in the adaptation of new
> technologies to eliminate long-standing problems.
>
> Mr. Tabor has completed a BSIE in Systems Analysis from the University of
> Miami and Engineering coursework at Carnegie-Mellon University, as well as
> Masters-level coursework at Nova University. He is a Protege of C. Gordon
> Bell, noted developer of early commercial computing systems, and Rear
> Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, pioneering computer programmer.
>
> MARK YOUR CALENDAR!  See you Thursday June 11 at Nova Southeastern
> University!
>
>
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>
> --
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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