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

Thu Jan 20 01:08:20 EST 2011

On 2011/01/19, at 23:53 , Ron Frazier wrote:

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

We're planning on point to point for this initial effort.
Not sure how much it might complicate things or bog
the transmission if conferencing is in the mix. Something
to test, but we don't have the window to do that for
tomorrow.

peace
aaron

> 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>
>>
>> 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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