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

Ron Frazier atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com
Wed Jan 19 23:53:10 EST 2011


How do we get in on the SKYPE call?  Is it available outside of the SPSU
venue?

Ron

On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 22:31 -0500, Aaron Ruscetta wrote:
> 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)
> 
> =============================
> ALE MEETING INFO & SYNOPSIS
> =============================
> 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.
> 
> ============================
> 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>
> 
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> EVENT TO ANY AND ALL I.T. FOLKS WHO
> MIGHT BENEFIT FROM IT!
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> 
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