I can't make it tonite or 3 Dec, sorry. I will be at the next one - work roster willing.
----- Original Message Follows ----- > Tonight ?! > > The other meeting was only about 2 weeks ago! > > Was there anybody that could talk about PGP/GPG > encryption? > > I'm actually seriously doubting whether I can make it > anyway. > > Maybe we could arrange a key-signing party for 3rd Dec or > thereabouts. That's actually about a month from the last > meeting anyway. > > A quick talk about what encryption is and how it works (at > a not too detailed level[1]) could be followed by a key > signing/swap thingy. > > We could also do something different for the end of the > year. > > > > > On Fri, 2003-11-14 at 01:48, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > I see that the bookings list has tonight as a meeting > > evening. But there has been zilch about it on the list. > > Are folks turning up? > > What are we going to talk about? > > > > [1] What I mean is I don't think that there will be many > who want a full mathematical description of the RSA or > El-Hamal algorithms but we will all need to know about the > concepts of public-private non-symmetric encryption and > key signing etc. > > -- > Zane Gilmore, Analyst / Programmer > Information Services Section, Information Technology Dept, > University of Canterbury - Te Whare Waananga o Waitaha > Private Bag 4800, > Christchurch New Zealand Phone +64-3-364 2987 extn 7895 >
