CAcert wieder auf dem Linuxtag 2008 in Berlin

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der Linuxtag 2008 vom 28.Mai bis 31.Mai in Berlin steht vor der Tür.
CAcert wird hier auch wieder mit einem Stand vertreten sein an dem sich Interressierte Besucher informieren und assuren lassen können.

Assurer und Interressierte, die gerne helfen wollen sollten sich bitte schnellstmöglich unter http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/LinuxTag2008 erintragen, damit der Stand und ggf. Eintrittskarten geplant werden kann.

New openssl packages fix predictable random number generator

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Luciano Bello discovered that the random number generator in Debian’s openssl package is predictable. This is caused by an incorrect Debian-specific change to the openssl package (CVE-2008-0166). As a result, cryptographic key material may be guessable.

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15th May 2008: CAcert Assurance event at NLUUG conf, Ede, Holland

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NLUUG logo At the NLUUG (dutch Unix/Linux user group) conference, Ede, Holland on the 15th of May 2008 CAcert will have a special booth for CAcert assurances (information, individual and organisation assurances). See conference details .

PAUSE gets a CAcert certificate

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The Perl Authors Upload Server (PAUSE) has had a self signed cert for it’s SSL stuff. As of April 19, 2008 it will use a cert signed by CAcert.

For more information: http://www.cpan.org/modules/04pause.html#ssl

CAcert group on LinkedIn

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CAcert group is now approved on LinkedIn, and open to the CAcert community. The group is reachable at http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/89248/182D4E19701F

CAcert Assurances on the Penguicon Convention, USA, Michigan, Detroit(Troy)

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At the Penguin Convention in Michigan there will be a keysigning party for Michigan and the
surrounding cities (Flint, Lansing etc.). Penguicon is open to the public, but registration is now at the door only for this year.  Penguicon will take place next weekend, April 18-20. in Michigan, US and the details can be found on the official website.  The keysigning portion will take place on Saturday.
More information on the Penguicon Website (http://www.penguicon.org/).

CAcert/GnuPG/Thawte Certification & Keysigning in Muenchen – Germany on 25th of April

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Certification & Keysigning will be held on 25th of April (Friday evening at 19h local time) in Restaurant & Cafe Rila (changed location) on Balanstrasse 16 in the Muenchen city center. You can submit your attendance and your keys latest by 20th of April (Sunday), the listing will be made on Monday. The official site about the meeting is held on CAcert wiki.

CAcert under GPL Licence

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CAcert is now official under the GPL Licence Version 2. More information and the Source Code could be found under http://www.cacert.org/src-lic.php

CAcert Association Special General Meeting 4th April 2008 (reminder)

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CAcert Inc. as association, will have a Special General Meeting on two by-laws issues to be voted upon:

  1. Rules defining non-profit (a prerequisite for tax reasons);
  2. Enable to vote via email by CAcert association members (needed to get an easier influence from membership).

The SGM is on 4th of April 2008 11 pm MET, via CAcert irc channel. The details are in the SGM agenda.

CAcert association members are called to attend this meeting. The minimum quorum for a formal meeting is five attendees. Even if these voting topics are not much of a discussion the SGM is important and minimizes the costs of operation.

CATS Assurer Prüfung nun auch auf deutsch

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die Assurer Challenge, die demnächst für alle CAcert Assurer Pflicht sein wird, kann jetzt auch mit deutschen Fragen abgelegt werden. Und auch die Anleitung gibt’s inzwischen auf deutsch: http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/AssurerPr%C3%BCfung