CAcert and secure-u e.V. are present at booths 244 and 251 in hall 7.2b during LinuxTag 2012, from March 23 to 26, in Berlin, Germany. For more details see the wiki page on LinuxTag2012.

German Version below

There will be an ATE in Karlsruhe on 15th May 2012. More details on the wiki.

There are a couple of options to indicate that you are attending:

- Email I will attend ATE-Karlsruhe
- Edit the wiki directly

As IanG said: “The ATE or Assurer Training Event is exceptionally recommended for all Assurers, and include parts which contribute directly to our audit. Come and find out how you can also contribute.”

German Version
Am Dienstag, 15. mai 2012 findet in FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik das nächste ATE statt.

• Was hast du auf dem CAP Formular hinzuzufügen, wenn du Minderjährige überprüfst ?
• Warum solltest du dir die 3 Buchstaben: R/L/O einprägen ?
• Wie verhälst du dich, wenn du ein fremdes Ausweis Dokument zum erste mal prüfst ?

Antworten auf diese und andere Fragen erhaltet ihr auf dem Assurer Training Event.
Bringt geeignete Lichtbildausweise für Assurances mit.

Ein zusätzlicher Hinweis für ehemalige Tverify/Thawte Leute:
Das ATE ist auch eine sehr gute Möglichkeit eure Assurance und Experience Punkte in die Reihe zu bekommen, bevor diese gestrichen werden.

ATE-Karlsruhe findet statt:
• Dienstag, 15. Mai, 2012
• FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik
• Haid-und-Neu-Straße 10-14
• 76131 Karlsruhe

• 19:00 bis ca. 22:00 Uhr

Registrierung: Ich möchte am ATE-Karlsruhe teilnehmen

Vielleicht treffen wir uns ja da.

Mit bestem Gruß vom Events Team!

Am Dienstag, 10. April 2012 (Dienstag nach Ostern) findet in der Uni Leipzig das nächste ATE statt.

• Was hast du auf dem CAP Formular hinzuzufügen, wenn du Minderjährige überprüfst ?
• Warum solltest du dir die 3 Buchstaben: R/L/O einprägen ?
• Wie verhälst du dich, wenn du ein fremdes Ausweis Dokument zum erste mal prüfst ?

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There will be a CAcert and OpenPGP party as part of Clarinux2012, an event which will be at Madrid (Spain), on Monday 26 March.

More details below in spanish.

III Fiesta de firmas en Clarinux 2012

Una año más tenemos el placer de anunciar nuestra fiesta de claves OpenPGP/CAcert. En esta ocasión la realizaremos después de las actividades programadas para Clarinux 2012 que se realizan en en el IES Clara del Rey (Madrid).

Fecha: 26/03/2012 de 13:30 a 14:15
Lugar: IES Clara del Rey (Madrid)
Para más información, ver la página del evento.

Am Donnerstag, 29. März 2012 findet in der Uni Jena das nächste ATE statt.

• Was hast du auf dem CAP Formular hinzuzufügen, wenn du Minderjährige überprüfst ?
• Warum solltest du dir die 3 Buchstaben: R/L/O einprägen ?
• Wie verhälst du dich, wenn du ein fremdes Ausweis Dokument zum erste mal prüfst ?

Antworten auf diese und andere Fragen erhaltet ihr auf dem Assurer Training Event.
Bringt geeignete Lichtbildausweise für Assurances mit.

Ein zusätzlicher Hinweis für ehemalige Tverify/Thawte Leute:
Das ATE ist auch eine sehr gute Möglichkeit eure Assurance und Experience Punkte in die Reihe zu bekommen, bevor diese gestrichen werden.

ATE-Jena findet statt:

• Donnerstag, 29. März, 2012
• Am Johannisfriedhof 2
• Universitätsrechenzentrum der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
• Jena
• 19:00 bis ca. 22:00 Uhr

Registrierung: Ich möchte am ATE-Jena teilnehmen

Vielleicht treffen wir uns ja da.

Mit bestem Gruß vom Events Team!

PS: Kontakt: Events

Weitere Infos im Wiki: ATE Jena im Wiki

On Friday, March, 9th, CAcert is going to be present in hall 2 booth D64/2 at LibreOffice the whole day with its own demopoint and talks. Additionally the Assurances will also be held daily except friday at noon (12:00 hrs.) in front of hall 2 in the direction of the grassed area.

The CeBIT in Hannover is is the digital industry’s biggest, most international event. With its overarching theme of “Managing Trust - Trust and security in the digital world.” CeBIT introduces the main topic of CAcert: Trust by using digital certificates. We will show you which benefit give CAcert certificates over other vendors.

On the booth we will inform about CAcert and the adoption of digital certificates. Of course we will perform our Assurances - the identity verification for the CAcert Web-of-Trust. For this please bring governmental issued documents like ID card, passport and driving license.

Above all we are going to hold talks about “Managing Trust” and document signing with CAcert certificates in LibreOffice.

The talks in detail:
10:00 Trust - the root of evil?! (english)
12:00 Dokumente signieren in LibreOffice (german)
14:00 Trust - the root of evil?! (german)
15:00 Document signing in LibreOffice (english)

Another project with a successful ending.

Early January I asked Birgit to create a cuddly version of the Oophaga logo. After she (quite rightly so) asked about licenses and/or permissions and some talking with an Oophaga representative Birgit could get to work.
For those who don’t know Birgit, she designs and knits cuddly versions of several free mascots. She offers the designs under a CC license on StrickTux.de.
Oophaga is an organization in the Netherlands that supports CAcert activities.

Early Saturday morning in a cafeteria in Essen (DE) while waiting for the train towards FOSDEM Birgit posted her design for Oofroga. The design can be found & downloaded on http://stricktux.de/index.php?page=oofroga.

Once arrived at FOSDEM Oofroga was promptly promoted to guard-frog and stationed on a prominent location guarding over the merchandise. To our great joy this lead to NONE of the mugs or shirts being stolen. As well as draw a lot of extra attention to CAcert and providing a conversation subject.

After FOSDEM was over, Oofroga travelled with Mendel to the Netherlands for an extended tour on Dutch events & meetings.

There will be an ATE in Hamburg on 14th February 2012. More details on the wiki.

There are a couple of options to indicate that you are attending:

- Email I will attend ATE-Hamburg
- Edit the wiki directly

As IanG said: “The ATE or Assurer Training Event is exceptionally recommended for all Assurers, and include parts which contribute directly to our audit. Come and find out how you can also contribute.”

CAcert joins the open source event FOSDEM at ULB Brussels, Belgium on weekend February 4th/5th. Our stand is located in the K building on the ground floor. Our staff will happily answer your questions regarding CAcert and its certificates and perform assurances with you. Also for the CAcert fans of you we will bring our polo shirts for purchase.

If you come to the FOSDEM there are two important meetings you shouldn’t miss:

Saturday 16:00 room H.2214 talk “Trust - the root of evil?!”
One of our active members Benedikt Heintel is going to have a talk about trust: In a highly connected world like ours is trust one of the most important assets. But what if the root to trust is not trustworthy? This talk enlightens why most commercial CAs are not trustworthy by default, what we can learn from 2011’s cases like dutch DigiNotar and Malaysian DigiCert, what makes CAcert different, why CAcert is not in the browsers by default and what we do to make it happen.

Sunday 12:00 noon room Ferrer assurance party
Like previous years, participants can get assurances for their CAcert account to issue certificates valid for two years. For the assurance you will need at least one piece of official government-issued photo identification. Please register beforehand on the CAcert website and download the CAcert Certificate Assurance Programme (CAP) form. It is recommended to bring at least ten printed forms with you.

There will be a CAcert assurance session as part of linux.conf.au 2012 in Ballarat, Victoria (Australia) on Tuesday 17 January.

If you would like to get assured or assure others, please come and see us!

- Francois and Jim