[kwlug-disc] Meeting for August

[William Park]

On Sun, May 01, 2016 at 10:44:21AM -0400, Hubert Chathi wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Apr 2016 08:16:03 -0400, William Park via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> said:
> 
> > On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 11:56:06AM -0400, Daniel Villarreal wrote:
> >> Would the group members be interested in a presentation covering
> >> security-related topics (including privacy-enhancing technologies)
> >> ...  Encryption in general at the next meeting, or has that already
> >> been decided ?
> 
> > I would be interested in "SSL".  I have used MD5/SHAxxx message digest
> > commands that are part of OpenSSL.  And, I do know SSH.  But, I'm
> > hearing more and more about "SSL connection".  What does it mean?  How
> > do I do it?  Short intro/tutorial would make manpage more meaningful.
> 
> Are you asking as a user, or as a server operator?
> 
> I may be able to do a relatively high-level talk on SSL and Let's
> Encrypt at some point.  I can't commit to a date yet, though (earliest
> would probably be in the fall).

As "user".  I'm not interested in the details of algorithms.  That's for
code writers.  I'm more interested in as application developer.  You got
something working, but people are asking, "Is it secure?"  I know the
answer has something to do with SSL. :-)