I added it to the web site and sent an email to Ed Van Meter asking that he get us room reservations through the end of the year.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'll volunteer to be the August KPLUG meeting speaker if we can find a room > with a projector and if someone will post the following to the web site. > > > Cryptography Clarified : An overview of major cryptography concepts and > algorithms > > Cryptography is essential in digital communication. Ignorance of cryptography > can cause people to use communication technologies incorrectly and even > unsafely. > > This talk will give an overview of major cryptography concepts and algorithms. > Topics covered will include the purpose of cryptography, the Diffie-Hellman > algorithm, symmetric cryptography, asymmetric cryptography, AES, RSA, digital > signatures, PKI, certificate authorities, elliptical cryptography, one way > functions (hashes), quantum cryptography and quantum key distribution. > > The main goal of this talk will be to advance everyone's understanding > without getting so mathematical that we lose anybody. We want to expose just > enough details in the short time we have to effectively help us correctly and > safely communicate a little better. > > About the author: Chris Seberino is a mathematical software consultant with a > Ph.D. in physics from UCSD. One of his previous work experiences for the > Department of Defense involved supporting the National Security Agency (NSA) > as > a customer. He implemented many open and classified cryptographic algorithms > to help simulate, test and certify hardware for the HAIPE project > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAIPE). > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer > -- Neil Schneider pacneil_at_linuxgeek_dot_net http://www.paccomp.com Key fingerprint = 67F0 E493 FCC0 0A8C 769B 8209 32D7 1DB1 8460 C47D "Work to eat, eat to live, live to bike, bike to work." -- Naomi Bloom -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
