[ale] July 14th ALE Central Meeting

[Bob Toxen]

I wouldn't miss this for anything!

Bob

On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 04:46:12PM +0000, aaron wrote:
> 
> There have recently been a few requests for more technically oriented topics 
> for our ALE meeting presentations and, at least for this month, it looks like 
> those requests will be addressed.
> 
> One of ALE's most recognized guru's on Linux security and cryptography, 
> Michael Warfield, will be our presenter for the July 14th Central meeting. 
> His talk is entitled "Encrypt This!", and the topic is File and Filesystem 
> Encryption on Linux:
> 
> Abstract:
>        On Linux, one can use encryption to encrypt files, directories (of
> files), filesystems, partitions, and even entire drives and devices.
> But why would you want to do which and when?  This talk will cover
> general cryptography within the Linux file systems and how to apply it
> appropriately to various threat models.  This will culminate in a step
> by step procedure for encrypting all to partitions on your entire hard
> drive (including boot, root, and swap) with a USB boot system and why
> you may (or may not) want to do this.
> 
> 
> Hope this bridges the group's geek gap for a while!  :-)
> 
> peace
> aaron