I've created a @cryptopartydc twitter account where I'll put more frequent updates.
On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 5:51 PM, shawn wilson <ag4ve...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is anyone (or know anyone) in the DC area who would like to talk at > this event? The focus is on defensive security, identity, and tools > (and some UX as it relates to things like gnupg). But I'd also like to > see some more technical talks involving math or programatic use of > encryption. > > If anyone is interested, the hacdc forum is an open Google group or > you can email me (I can also provide another email that I use gpg with > if you'd prefer). > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: shawn wilson <ag4ve...@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 7:27 PM > Subject: Cryptoparty 2014 - Hi my name is Ed - 2014/09/20 > To: "blab...@hacdc.org" <blab...@hacdc.org> > > > tldr: > Speaking/links/software spreadsheet: > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlbW1qRSpLFMdEM5MzV4YTBhQ0g0ZXdveUVuXzR3ckE&usp=sharing > Meetup event: http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/187948232/ > > For those who don't follow the list, the back story on the subtitle > (besides me thinking it's ironic) is: > https://groups.google.com/a/hacdc.org/forum/#!topic/Blabber/-N8UxXMvfxU > > First, we need speakers!!! In order to have an event like the last two > years, people need to volunteer to present on what they know. Here's > last year's doc (for reference) > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlbW1qRSpLFMdHVlN3ZDMmNQTVlUZVJDZTA4UHZSY2c&usp=sharing > and here's this year's doc (for you to sign up and update > software/links on [1]): > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlbW1qRSpLFMdEM5MzV4YTBhQ0g0ZXdveUVuXzR3ckE&usp=sharing > > If you work at a news agency or activist group where you feel you're > handling communication and individuals' privacy correctly maybe you or > your CTO would like to talk about it? > If you enjoy crypto and would like to talk about your experience, sign up. > If you think that crypto is hard and have ideas on how to improve it > (I know you do) maybe you should give a talk. [2] > If you have a friends, colleges, college professors, etc who is kinda > local who you think would add content to our discussion, get them to > sign up to give a talk. > > On the other hand, if you'd like to become more familiar with the most > cryptographically secure ways to store and transmit data including how > to setup encrypted (or signed) email, FDE [3], best password hashes to > use and how hashing works, common mistakes when creating > passwords/making more secure passwords, etc - please come. > > Here's the meetup event: http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/187948232/ > The event can still be pretty flexible (there's more going on at the > church the week before, but I think we could work around that). I > think I'll wait a few days to see if anyone shows any event conflicts > (within the same sphere of computer/internet/security) but this should > be it. > > [1] We can debate on the usefulness of an unmaintained TrueCrypt, but > it probably should stay in that list for now. > [2] > https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/2292/2310/02whole.pdf?sequence=2 > and later https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/book.pdf > [3] FDE - full disk encryption (will probably be mentioned later in this > thread) _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
