Forgot to follow up on this. Hearing no further input, let's have Geremy give his cryptography talk in September. Geremy, can you put the talk on the wiki?
--Mike On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Mike Orr <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> > -- Mike Orr <[email protected]>
