TODAY!: BALUG meeting 2014-02-18: Michael Paoli on LUKS (drive
encryption); & other BALUG news
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG TODAY! 2014-02-18: Michael Paoli on LUKS (drive encryption)
giveaways (Books!/CDs/DVDs, ...) [updated!]
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
TODAY! for our February 2014-02-18 BALUG meeting, we're proud to present:
Michael Paoli on Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS)[1]. LUKS has now been
available for Linux for years, is commonly used for drive encryption,
is recognized by the kernel, and is well supported by most major Linux
distributions, including at time of installation, making drive
encryption on Linux very conveniently available. In this
talk/presentation, Michael Paoli will give an overview of LUKS,
including why one would want to use it, at least basic features and
usage, and demonstration on multiple Linux distributions.
About our presenter Michael Paoli:
Michael has in excess of a decade of experience in both Linux and Unix
systems administration, including work in quite secure environments and
much practical security knowledge and expertise. He's also been making
practical use of LUKS for years, and has been quite involved in various
Linux, Unix, Open Source and related User Groups in the Bay Area for
many years now.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUKS
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 2014-02-18
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
Books! Have a peek here:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2014-February/005218.…
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able per request to copy to SD, USB flash, etc., "burn"
images to CD/DVD, etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or
funding thereof, also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and
the inventory (qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available
on-hand does also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
BALUG meeting 2014-02-18: Michael Paoli on LUKS (drive encryption); &
other BALUG news
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2014-02-18: Michael Paoli on LUKS (drive encryption)
giveaways (CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your experience & resume!)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our February 2014-02-18 BALUG meeting, we're proud to present:
Michael Paoli on Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS)[1]. LUKS has now been
available for Linux for years, is commonly used for drive encryption,
is recognized by the kernel, and is well supported by most major Linux
distributions, including at time of installation, making drive
encryption on Linux very conveniently available. In this
talk/presentation, Michael Paoli will give an overview of LUKS,
including why one would want to use it, at least basic features and
usage, and demonstration on multiple Linux distributions.
About our presenter Michael Paoli:
Michael has in excess of a decade of experience in both Linux and Unix
systems administration, including work in quite secure environments and
much practical security knowledge and expertise. He's also been making
practical use of LUKS for years, and has been quite involved in various
Linux, Unix, Open Source and related User Groups in the Bay Area for
many years now.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUKS
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 2014-02-18
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
REMINDER: TODAY!: BALUG meeting 2014-01-21: CiviCRM - Tim Otten, ...;
& other BALUG news
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG meeting Tu 2014-01-21: CiviCRM - Tim Otten, Dave Greenberg, ...
giveaways (CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-01-21 BALUG meeting, we're proud to present:
CiviCRM[1] Open source constituent relationship management for non-profits,
NGOs and advocacy organizations.
For our 2014-01-21 meeting we have talk/presentation on CiviCRM by some
folks from CiviCRM -
Tim Otten - software architect
Dave Greenberg - core engineering team member
The talk will cover CiviCRM and will likely cover areas such as:
overview of Civi - the software and the project
approaches to extending and customizing the platform
and may also at least touch upon:
application level features
architecture
extensibility
API
and other areas.
Feel free to ask your questions in advance on the BALUG-Talk[2] list, or
bring your questions the meeting.
1. https://civicrm.org/
2. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 2014-01-21
Four Seas Restaurant
http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
BALUG meeting Tu 2014-01-21: CiviCRM - Tim Otten, ...; & other BALUG news
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG meeting Tu 2014-01-21: CiviCRM - Tim Otten, Dave Greenberg, ...
giveaways (CDs/DVDs, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2014-01-21 BALUG meeting, we're proud to present:
CiviCRM[1] Open source constituent relationship management for non-profits,
NGOs and advocacy organizations.
For our 2014-01-21 meeting we have talk/presentation on CiviCRM by some
folks from CiviCRM -
Tim Otten - software architect
Dave Greenberg - core engineering team member
The talk will cover CiviCRM and will likely cover areas such as:
overview of Civi - the software and the project
approaches to extending and customizing the platform
and may also at least touch upon:
application level features
architecture
extensibility
API
and other areas.
Feel free to ask your questions in advance on the BALUG-Talk[2] list, or
bring your questions the meeting.
1. https://civicrm.org/
2. http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 2014-01-21
Four Seas Restaurant
http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
BALUG: no Dec. meeting & other BALUG bits
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2013-12 no BALUG meeting; next BALUG meetings 2014-01-21, ...
BALUG "announce" list
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
volunteering to help BALUG
------------------------------
2013-12 no BALUG meeting in December. We typically skip December.
Happy Holidays! We generally meet 3rd Tuesdays, mark your calendars!:
2014-01-21 2014-02-18 2014-03-18 2014-04-15 2014-05-20 2014-06-17
2014-07-15 2014-08-19 2014-09-16 2014-10-21 2014-11-18 ...
http://www.balug.org/#Meetings-upcoming
------------------------------
BALUG "announce" list
Want to be sure and catch important BALUG news/announcements? It is
also a "low volume" list (generally maximum of 3 emails per month, and
sometimes as few as only one). Consider subscribing directly so you
receive them in a timely manner and don't miss any such announcements.
http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-announce-balug.org
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG
Want to volunteer to help out BALUG? Quite a variety of opportunities*
Drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
Or come talk to us at a BALUG meeting.
*e.g.:
o assist on publicity
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o webmastering
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to bring ideas!)
------------------------------
http://www.balug.org/
BALUG TOMORROW!: Tu 2013-11-19; & other BALUG News
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2013-11-19: BALUG meeting!
"slides" from: 2013-10-15: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph: Code Review for
Systems Administrators
giveaways (CDs/DVDs, stickers, ...)
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2013-11-19 BALUG meeting, at least presently we don't have a
specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting, but that
doesn't prevent us from having interesting and exciting meetings.
Sometimes we also manage to secure/confirm a speaker too late for us to
announce or fully publicize the speaker (that's happened at least twice
in the past six or so years). Got questions, answers, and/or
opinions? We typically have some expert(s) and/or relative expert(s)
present to cover Linux and related topic areas. Want to hear some
interesting discussions on lINUX and other topics? Show up at the
meeting, and feel free to bring an agenda if you wish. Want to help
ensure BALUG has speakers/presentations lined up for future meetings?
Help refer speakers to us and/or volunteer to be one of the speaker
coordinators. Good food, good people, and interesting conversations to
be had.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, November 19th, 2013 2013-11-19
Four Seas Restaurant
http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
------------------------------
"slides" from: 2013-10-15: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph: Code Review for
Systems Administrators
Missed last month's meeting, or want to have another look at the
"slides"? Have a peek at excerpts below:
> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:43:32 -0700
> From: "Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph" <lyz(a)princessleia.com>
> Subject: Re: [BALUG-Talk] [BALUG-Announce] REMINDER BALUG TOMORROW
> Tu 2013-10-15: Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph: Code Review for Systems
> Administrators; & other BALUG News
> To: balug-talk(a)lists.balug.org
>
> Thanks to everyone who came out to the talk tonight!
>
> Slides are online here:
> http://princessleia.com/presentations/openstack/balug-code-review-for-sysad…
>
> And the patch for the spelling error that was found in infrastructure
> docs during the talk is now in code review:
> https://review.openstack.org/52002
------------------------------
We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll
likely have at least the below plus additional items.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory
(qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does
also frequently change).
Stickers - we've quite a number of Linux and more-or-less related
stickers.
Hardware? We may also have some hardware to give away at this meeting.
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)
Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG,
but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and
could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.
There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us
at a meeting and/or drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o assist on publicity
o chief/assistant cat herder
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
http://www.balug.org/
BALUG Tu 2013-07-16 Linux & Virtual Machines, etc. - Michael Paoli; &
other BALUG items
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2013-07-16: BALUG: Linux & Virtual Machines, etc. - Michael Paoli
Books!, CDs/DVDs/ISOs, and other "door prizes", etc.
Debian meeting, 20th birthday/anniversary celebration (and fundraiser)
2013-08-14
volunteering to help BALUG
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2013-07-16 BALUG meeting, we're proud to present:
Linux & Virtual Machines, etc. - Michael Paoli
Michael Paoli will be giving presentation and demonstration of virtual
machine (VM) technologies. This will include information on and
demonstrations with qemu-kvm[1], qemu[2], libvirt[3] and
VirtualBox[4], and also information on Xen[5], VMware[6] and
additional virtualization technologies and possibly additional
demonstration bits.
Michael Paoli has been administering virtual machines on Linux for over
5 years, including VMware, Xen, KVM/qemu-kvm/QEMU and VirtualBox, and
has used virtual machine technologies and virtual technologies many
additional years. He's been administering Linux for 15 years, Unix for
over a quarter century, and first used Unix about a third of a century
ago.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel-based_Virtual_Machine
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qemu
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libvirt
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xen
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vmware
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 2013-07-16
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping
to defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).
------------------------------
Books!, CDs/DVDs, and other "door prizes", etc.
Goodies we'll have at the BALUG meeting (at least the following):
Books!:
Nagios: Building Enterprise-Grade Monitoring Infrastructures for
Systems and Networks, 2nd Edition
MySQL, 5th Edition
Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Edition
Oracle Solaris 11 System Administration
Thanks to Pearson's User Group program for providing these review
copies. Details on these books, please see:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2013-July/005034.html
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details.
We typically also have at least a few other items up for grabs.
------------------------------
Debian - meeting, 20th birthday/anniversary celebration (and fundraiser)
at the next Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting 2013-08-14, see:
http://bad.debian.net/list/2013-July/003558.html
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG
Want to volunteer to help out BALUG? Quite a variety of opportunities*
Drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
Or come talk to us at a BALUG meeting.
*e.g.:
o assist on publicity
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o webmastering
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o chief/assistant cat herder
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to bring in ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
http://www.balug.org/
Reminder: BALUG this evening!: Tu 2013-06-18 BALUG meeting; & other
BALUG items
------------------------------
items, details further below:
2013-06-18: BALUG meeting!
CDs/DVDs, and other "door prizes", etc.
volunteering to help BALUG
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
For our 2013-06-18 BALUG meeting, at least presently we don't have a
specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting, but that
doesn't prevent us from having interesting and exciting meetings.
Sometimes we also manage to secure/confirm a speaker too late for us to
announce or fully publicize the speaker (that's happened at least twice
in the past six or so years). Got questions, answers, and/or
opinions? We typically have some expert(s) and/or relative expert(s)
present to cover LINUX and related topic areas. Want to hear some
interesting discussions on LINUX and other topics? Show up at the
meeting, and feel free to bring an agenda if you wish. Want to help
ensure BALUG has speakers/presentations lined up for future meetings?
Help refer speakers to us and/or volunteer to be one of the speaker
coordinators. Good food, good people, and interesting conversations to
be had.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 2013-06-18
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping
to defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).
------------------------------
CDs/DVDs, and other "door prizes", etc.
Goodies we'll have at the BALUG meeting (at least the following):
CDs/DVDs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details.
We typically also have at least a few other items up for grabs.
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volunteering to help BALUG
Want to volunteer to help out BALUG? Quite a variety of opportunities*
Drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
Or come talk to us at a BALUG meeting.
*e.g.:
o assist on publicity
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o webmastering
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o chief/assistant cat herder
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to bring in ideas!)
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Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
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http://www.balug.org/
BALUG TOMORROW! Tu 2013-06-18 BALUG meeting; & other BALUG items
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items, details further below:
2013-06-18: BALUG meeting!
CDs/DVDs, and other "door prizes", etc.
volunteering to help BALUG
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
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For our 2013-06-18 BALUG meeting, at least presently we don't have a
specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting, but that
doesn't prevent us from having interesting and exciting meetings.
Sometimes we also manage to secure/confirm a speaker too late for us to
announce or fully publicize the speaker (that's happened at least twice
in the past six or so years). Got questions, answers, and/or
opinions? We typically have some expert(s) and/or relative expert(s)
present to cover LINUX and related topic areas. Want to hear some
interesting discussions on LINUX and other topics? Show up at the
meeting, and feel free to bring an agenda if you wish. Want to help
ensure BALUG has speakers/presentations lined up for future meetings?
Help refer speakers to us and/or volunteer to be one of the speaker
coordinators. Good food, good people, and interesting conversations to
be had.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 2013-06-18
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping
to defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).
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CDs/DVDs, and other "door prizes", etc.
Goodies we'll have at the BALUG meeting (at least the following):
CDs/DVDs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details.
We typically also have at least a few other items up for grabs.
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG
Want to volunteer to help out BALUG? Quite a variety of opportunities*
Drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
Or come talk to us at a BALUG meeting.
*e.g.:
o assist on publicity
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o webmastering
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o chief/assistant cat herder
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to bring in ideas!)
------------------------------
Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
------------------------------
http://www.balug.org/
reminder: BALUG Tu 2013-05-21: EFF's Seth David Schoen: HTTPS
Everywhere, SSL Observatory, ...; & other BALUG bits
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items, details further below:
2013-05-21: EFF's Seth David Schoen on HTTPS deployment, HTTPS
Everywhere and SSL Observatory
CDs/DVDs, and other "door prizes", etc.
volunteering to help BALUG
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Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG) meeting
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2013-05-21
For our 2013-05-21 BALUG meeting, we're proud to present:
Seth David Schoen[1] (Wikipedia entry)[2], Senior Staff Technologist[3]
for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)[4]:
Seth will be giving a presentation/talk about HTTPS deployment and
EFF's HTTPS Everywhere[5] and SSL Observatory[6] projects.
HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox and Chrome extension that encrypts your
communications with many major websites, making your browsing more
secure.
SSL Observatory is a project to investigate the certificates used to
secure all of the sites encrypted with HTTPS on the Web. We have
downloaded datasets of all of the publicly-visible SSL certificates on
the IPv4 Internet, in order to search for vulnerabilities, document the
practices of Certificate Authorities, and aid researchers interested
the web's encryption infrastructure.
Seth has been actively involved in discussing digital copyright law and
encryption since the 1990s. He is an expert in trusted computing. In
2008, Seth collaborated with a Princeton research group led by Edward
Felten that discovered a vulnerability of DRAM that undermined the
basic assumptions of computer encryption security. In 2005, Schoen led
a small research team at EFF to decode the tiny tracking dots hidden in
the printouts of some laser printers.
EFF was founded in 1990 and continues to confront cutting-edge issues
defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today.
Blending the expertise of lawyers, policy analysts, activists, and
technologists, EFF achieves significant victories on behalf of
consumers and the general public. EFF fights for freedom primarily in
the courts, bringing and defending lawsuits even when that means taking
on the US government or large corporations. From the beginning, EFF
has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting
digital rights. EFF is a donor-funded nonprofit and depends on your
support to continue successfully defending your digital rights.
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 2013-05-21
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of
$13 cash or more, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a
yummy family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping to
defray BALUG costs such as treating our speakers to dinner).
------------------------------
CDs/DVDs, and other "door prizes", etc.
Goodies we'll have at the BALUG meeting (at least the following):
CDs/DVDs, etc. - have a peek here:
http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash,
etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details.
We've typically also have at least a few other items up for grabs.
------------------------------
volunteering to help BALUG
Want to volunteer to help out BALUG? Quite a variety of opportunities*
Drop us a note at:
balug-contact(a)balug.org
Or come talk to us at a BALUG meeting.
*e.g.:
o assist on publicity
o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o webmastering
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators).
o chief/assistant cat herder
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or
would be good to do (feel free to bring in ideas!)
------------------------------
http://www.balug.org/