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DATE | 2002-01-20 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Wednesday 23 January 2002 NYLUG: Simon Lok on Email Privacy and Key Signing
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We hace a bigger meeting tomorrow
Very criticle NYLXS meeting
Education inititive and Expo plans due
Ruben
On 2002.01.20 23:41:15 -0500 Jay Sulzberger wrote: >> >>NYLUG will meet Wednesday 23 January 2002 in the IBM building at 57th Street >>and Madison Avenue. >> >>You must register in advance to attend, or have registered for an earlier >>NYLUG meeting in the IBM building. Particulars below in official >>announcement. >> >>Eating and drinking after the formal meeting is now at The Old Stand >>at 914 Third Avenue, near 55th Street, on the Island of the Manahattoes. >> >>Official NYLUG announcement below. >> >>Jay Sulzberger >>Corresponding Secretary LXNY >>LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization. >>http://www.lxny.org >> >> >>>> from="offical NYLUG announcement" >> edit-level="light"> >> >> *** New York Linux Users Group January 2002 Meeting *** >> - NYLUG.org - >> >> Simon Lok >> on >> E-mail Privacy & Key Signing >> >> >>1/23/2002 >>Wednesday >>6:30pm-8:00pm >>IBM Headquarters Building >>590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street >> >>** RSVP Instructions** >>Unless you have already rsvp'ed for a prior meeting, everyone needs to >>rsvp to attend the meeting. >>mailto: jgleason-at-nylug.org Subject: RSVP - NYLUG - JAN - your name >>Check in with photo ID at the lobby for badge and room number. >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> >> Note that this meeting is the 4th Wed. of the month! >> --------------------------------------------------- >> >>Simon Lok, Lok Technologies >> >>Please join us for a talk about a topic of special interest to our >>community, as well as the public in general. Privacy. Now, more than >>ever, privacy is under threat from those who feel the public should have >>none. Scott McNealy tells us to "get over it." Simon Lok of Lok >>Technology will show you how to prove McNealy wrong. >> >>http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,17538,00.html >> >>Simon will be discussing how to safely send private/confidential >>correspondence via e-mail using public-key encryption, and how digital >>signatures ensure your mail is authentic, and has not been tampered with. >> >>http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/p/public_key_cryptography.html >> >> >>LinuxWorld Expo Tie-in: >> >>This year's NYLUG booth at LinuxWorld Expo (Jan 29th - Feb. 1st) will be >>focused on keysigning and digital signatures. Attendees of this meeting >>will get a good background in public-key encryption and signatures. Ari >>Jort has prepared lots of great information for us at >> >>http://nylug.org/keys/index.shtml >> >>that explains how to install GnuPG and use it to generate a public/private >>keypair and how to prepare for a keysigning party. >> >>http://www.linuxworldexpo.com >>http://nylug.org/linuxworld/free_exhibits_promo.pdf >>http://nylug.org/keys/index.shtml http://gnupg.org >> >>_______________ >>About Simon Lok >> >>Simon Lok is the founder and CTO of Lok Technologies (LokTek), creators of >>the LokMail secure e-mail system. LokTek develops encryption products that >>conform to the OpenPGP protocol. >> >>http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~lok/ >>http://www.loktechnology.com/ >>http://www.youdzone.com/signature.html >> >>___________ >>Free Stuff! >> >>Swag of undetermined value and quantity will be distributed on a >>first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early for the best pickins! >> >>__________________ >>LinuxWorld Expo NY >>Jan 29- Feb 1, 2002 >> >>LinuxWorld (www.linuxworld.com) is the biggest event in the New York >>area. Volunteers are be needed for the NYLUG booth in the .Org Pavilion at >>LinuxWorld Expo 2002 at Javits. Volunteers for set-up, take-down, and booth >>staffing are sought. >> >>Will Ruben win another Golden Penguin? >>Will anyone be able to find Jay? >> >>Sign up for a free pass! >> >>http://register.rcsreg.com/regos-1.0/linuxny2002/adv/ga >> >>Registration links, priority codes, conference brochures and other >>details for LinuxWorld are found on the nylug home page. >> >>___________ >>Keysignings >> >>Immediately after the presentation and continuing at the Old Stand pub, we >>will be gathering for a keysigning. So for those who have keys already, >>please remember to bring hard-copy printouts of your 40-character key >>fingerprint. If you haven't created a key yet, our howto docs are posted >>here: >> >>http://www.nylug.org/keys >> >>__________ >>Stammtisch >> >>And then after the meeting... Join us around 8:15pm or so at the Old Stand, >>914 3rd Ave. on the corner of 55th Street. >> >>http://www.Irishpubguide.com/mid11.htm >> >> >>Please see our home page at http://www.nylug.org for the HTMLized version >>of this announcement, our archives, and a lot of other good stuff. >> >> >>Monthly Reminder! >> >> Please read the NYLUG-Talk Posting Guidelines at: >> http://www.nylug.org/mlistguide/ >> >>January 2002 - The New York Linux Users Group, NYLUG.org >> >>Many thanks to Ron Guerin for authoring the NYLUG meeting announcments >>and monthly home page. >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------- >>Jim Gleason VA Software >>email: jim-at-vasoftware.com http://www.vasoftware.com >>phone: 212-858-7684 Pres. New York Linux Users Group >>fax: 212-858-7685 http://www.nylug.org >>---------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >>Distributed poC TINC: >> >>Jay Sulzberger >>Corresponding Secretary LXNY >>LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization. >>http://www.lxny.org >> >>____________________________ >>New Yorker Linux Users Scene >>Fair Use - >>because it's either fair use or useless.... >> -- __________________________
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