On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 6:34 PM, geremy condra <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Christopher Barker > <[email protected]> wrote: >> geremy condra wrote: >>> >>> I meant if, as we approached the date, you weren't ready then I could >>> step in, but if you want to do it the other way (schedule me in and if >>> you find the time elbow me out) I'm fine with that too. >> >> That is what I meant - what is your topic? Propose it to the group, and if >> folks are interested, by all means do it! > > It's called 'How Not To Do Cryptography' and is a cut-down version of > the talk I'll (hopefully) be giving at PyCon next year. It focuses on > the terrible, terrible mistakes people make when trying to use crypto, > and includes some examples (names changed to protect the ignorant) to > illustrate the special difficulties of securely using crypto > techniques in python. I'd very much appreciate any feedback on it, as > I also have a book on the topic coming out sometime next year.
Chris' topic is large and may end up being multiple talks and speakers. It makes sense to give them more time if they're not sure if they're ready, and do a smaller talk first. So I'm +1 for the cryptography talk next. -- Mike Orr <[email protected]>
