[ale] [ANNC] JAN. 20 ALE CENTRAL MTG. - "Skype-Cast" to ALE NW/SPSU Venue!

[Aaron Ruscetta]

The full details on the ALE Central Mtg. for Thurs, Jan. 20th
are repeated below for convenience, but we've just run a test
and confirmed that we are adding a remote venue for the
ALE NW / SPSU group via SKYPE hookup!

We will be broadcasting the Emory meeting audio and
screen casting the presentation slides in sync via an
attended (moderated) Skype call.   The SPSU classroom
venue will be showing the presentation with a video data
projector and appropriately amplified audio.  A live mic
will also be available so that  SPSU / ALE NW attendees
can relay questions through the Emory moderator.

The SPSU meeting has been organized by Joshua
Roberts and (faculty sponsor) Orlando Karam and will
be held in Room J 381 of the "Atrium" building (the "J"
building) on the SPSU campus.   The campus map
can be found here:
<http://www.spsu.edu/home/about/campusmap.html>

Best parking is in the large lot at the south end of
campus next to the baseball diamond and the "L"
and "O" buildings.  Try not to park in reserved
spaces, though I've been told that parking restrictions
are not currently being enforced in the evenings.

It was also recommended that you arrive on the
campus a little early and allow time to navigate
the road and building construction detours.

Hope this makes attending more convenient for
some of you heathen savages camped OTP. ;-)

peace
aaron
ALE Event Coordinator (etc)

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ALE MEETING INFO & SYNOPSIS
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Our feature presentation for the Thursday,
Jan. 20, 2011, 7:30pm ALE Central Meeting
might be best introduced with the wistful
words of a wise Walrus…

“The time has come,” the Walrus said,
“To talk of many things:
Of shoes–and ships–and sealing-wax–
Of cabbages–and kings–
And why the sea is boiling hot–
And whether pigs have wings.”
— The Walrus and the Carpenter — Lewis Carol –

… because the time has come for
“A TIMELY INTRODUCTION TO IPV6″

presented by Michael Warfield

Synopsis:
– Yes, indeed, the time has come. The time has come and has run
out and the Internet version of Y2K is upon us. With over a decade of
warnings that it was coming, we have finally run out of of the 32 bit
version 4 Internet addresses and the last are being assigned out.
There are no more. And, with mobile devices and a plethera of
embedded devices, we are demanding and consuming Internet
addresses at an accelerating rate. More and more draconian ideas
on the horizon have come to light for keeping IPv4 beating on life
support for a few more years. The time has come.
– One recent author likened this current situation with IPv4 to be  
like
a huge company that has run out of bottled water in their store room
and distributed the last of their stock to the water coolers. Everyone
still gets a drink, for a while, but the water coolers will soon begin  
to
run out. But, it’s really more complicated than that. IPv6 is like the
newer bottles and a fresh supply, but the bottles are bigger and people
are complaining that they’re not sure the bottles will fit their  
coolers
and asking if they have to replace them and not wanting to change
and how do they deal with these bottles that are a different shape
and size and color. And as their coolers run dry, they’re eyeing their
neighbors cooler… And the alternative choices for what they had,
that they “just know” will still fit their cooler, and are “just  
as good”
(according to what they are told) in reality taste nasty. The time
HAS come.
– IPv6 has been with us and universally available for many many years
for those who want to explore it and play with it. This introduction  
will
examine the current state of the art and prepare the listeners to go
home this very night and be on line on the global IPv6 network before
their heads hit the pillows. It’s time to make that shift and make  
that
change and put it behind us. Time to move beyond this Y2K problem
once and for all. The time has come.

Bio:
– Michael Warfield is a Senior Researcher and Analyst for the X-Force
Managed Security Services of IBM Internet Security Systems.
– With computer security experience dating back to the early 1970s and
Unix experience dating back to the early 1980s, Mike is responsible for
doing research into security vulnerabilities and intrusion protection
techniques for IBM-ISS X-Force.
– Prior to joining ISS, now IBM-ISS, Mike has held positions such as,  
a
Unix systems engineer, Unix consultant, security consultant and network
administrator on the Internet. He is one of the resident Unix gurus at
the Atlanta UNIX Users Group and is one of the founding members of the
Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts. He is also an active member of the Samba
development team and is a contributor to the Linux Kernel and numerous
Open Source Software projects. Mike has published articles on both
Samba and on Security and is a respected cryptographer in the Open
Source community.

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Our meeting time frame is 7:30pm to ~9:30pm
Directions to Emory Law School can be found
at <http://mail.ale.org/?page_id=2>

PLEASE FORWARD NOTICE OF THIS
EVENT TO ANY AND ALL I.T. FOLKS WHO
MIGHT BENEFIT FROM IT!
( or point them to <http://ale.org> )

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