Linuxinfotag Pforzheim – 15.Juli 2006

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Seit 2004 veranstaltet die Pforzheimer Linux User Group jedes Jahr den Linux-Info-Tag. Dieser findet auch am 15. Juli 2006 wieder an der Hochschule Pforzheim statt.

Das Konzept der Veranstaltung vereint sowohl ein Vortragsprogramm als auch eine Linux Installationsparty, Workshops und eine Ausstellung von Freien Software-Projekten.

CAcert  wird auch wie im Vergangenen jahr mit einem Stand und einem Vortrag zum Thema E-mail Zertifikate und deren praktische Anwendung vertreten sein.

Erwartet werden in diesem Jahr ca. 1000 Besucher. Termin: Samstag, 15. Juli 2006 10 – 20 Uhr Ort: T1 – Technikgebäude der HS Pforzheim Tiefenbronner Strasse 66, Pforzheim

Link: http://infotage.pf-lug.de/2006/

Wer Assurer ist (oder werden möchte) und gerne helfen möchte kann auch im CAcert-Wiki unter http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/LinuxInfotag-Pforzheim vorbeischauen und sich eintragen.

CAcert on the FrOSCon 2006

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Der Fachbereich Informatik der Fachhochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg veranstaltet mit Hilfe der Fachschaft Informatik, der LUUSA und des FrOSCon e.V. 2006 erstmals eine Konferenz rund um Themen der freien Software.

CAcert wird dort einen Stand haben an dem man sich assuren lassen kann und vorraussichtlich auch einen Vortrag am Sonntag über die praktische Verwendung von CAcert Zertifikaten.

Achtung: Es werden noch Assurer für den Stand gesucht. Interressierte bitte unter http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/FrosCon eintragen.

The Fachhochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg organised the Froscon 2006, a conference about free Software.

CAcert has its own booth there and also on sunday a lecture about using CAcert Certificates.

more Infos (in german): http://www.froscon.de/wiki/FrOSCon

Time for people to stop using SORBS

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I like many others thought the DUL list sorbs keeps was a good idea, that is until today.

Today I noticed a lot of bounced emails (please note I’ve had servers in the colo working fine for the past 9 months and it’s never relayed spam or anything.) and realised they’d added a subnet block to their list I had so I go ahead and ask for it to be removed and they denied my application simply because the reverse lookup on the IP appears to be dynamically allocated.

So I appeal to everyone to tell them to knock off this ridiculous practise, especially when asked to remove IPs from the ranges.

Actually it’s getting to the point that RBL lists are uselessly populated with false positives, so really is there any point in using them any more?

over 6000 Assurers

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Duane postet at 2005-05-06:

It’s taken 2 years, 2 months, and 6 days but finally we have reached 2000 assurers.

Today, another year later we have reached over 6000 Assurers, over 53,000 valid Certificates and so it goes on.

The 13th Assurer

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Or why we start demanding the 26 eyes principle …

The assumed quality of human manual identity verification is 99%, giving an error rate of 1%. That was the main reason behind the 4 eyes principle rule at CAcert, trying to have at least 2 assurers verify the identity of a person. Statistically, this should reduce the error rate to 1:10,000 . In practice, we had a lot of cases already, where the second assurer noticed small problems, that the first assurer oversaw, which resulted in correcting the error. (Most errors are numerical errors with the birthday, or smaller mistakes in the name). So the system seemed to work fine that way. Until an assurer noticed a couple of days ago, that there are 2 small errors in the name in an account, and that there were already 12 other assurers that assured the person, without noticing it.
Statistically, the possibility for 12 assurers not noticing it should be 1:1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (according to the statistical model) 😉
Thanks to the 13th Assurer for noticing it!
Your CAcert Quality Assurance Department

SANE (network and systems admin conference) Cacert Assurances in Delft Holland

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At the SANE2006 system and network admin conference running from 15th of May 2006 up to Friday 19th of May 2006 in Delft, Holland (see SANE2006) CAcert Assurances as well PGP signing can be done. At Wednesday 17th of May 2006 there is from 18:30 a special (free entrance) Bazar with a CAcert booth to obtain your assurance or to assure others.

The event location is: TU Delft, Aula Congress Centre, Mekelweg 5, Delft, Holland.

Be prepared and do your preparations see CAcert web site or SANE2006 CAcert info.

CAcert Assurances at USENIX’06 conf May 30-June 3 2006, Boston USA

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At the annual technical USENIX’06 conference running from 30th of May till June 3rd, 2006 in Boston, USA you will be able to be assured by CAcert Assurers and obtaining more information at the Birds of Feather session at one of the evenings at the conference. If you only want to be assured and not attend the conference feel free to walk in and ask for a CAcert Assurer. If you want your PGP key signed feel free to drop in as well.

Be prepared and visit the CAcert web site for the preparations (Assurer Forms, registration account, etc.).

For more information see BOSTON06

CAcert assurance at “Debconf 2006?

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There will be a coordinated CAcert assurance event happening at the 6th annual Debian conference (Debconf6) being held in Oaxtepec, Mexico between May 14th and May 22nd. The assurance process will take place during the GPG key signing party (Friday, 19th of May, 2006 at 18:00). Please watch for announcements in case of any changes.

To obtain assurance at the event, login to the CAcert site and click the “CAcert Web of Trust” menu, and then click on one of the WoT forms. Print that form out, verify that it has complete and accurate information, bring it and 2 forms of government issued photo identification (one will be accepted, but two are preferred in case of document validity doubts). Please also read over the following pages: http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/FAQ/AssuranceIntroduction and http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/FAQ/AssuranceByCAP.
If you are unable to attend the key signing party, or the conference itself, please contact micah atsymbol debian point org to arrange alternatives to assurance.

Linuxtag 2006 in Wiesbaden naht mit grossen Schritten

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CAcert wird auch dieses Jahr wieder Assurances auf dem Linuxtag in Wiesbaden vom 3. – 6. Mai 2006 durchführen.
Interessierte können sich unter http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/LinuxTag informieren.

Poland: Po?wiadczanie to?samo?ci podczas FreeCONu 2006 (22-23 kwietnia)

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Podczas konferencji “FreeCON 2006“, która odb?dzie si? 22 i 23 kwietnia we Wroc?awiu, b?dziemy (tzn. grupka assurerów CAcertu) po?wiadcza? to?samo?? osób chc?cych uzyska? certyfikat CAcert.org.

Ch?tnych prosimy o zapoznanie si? z http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/FAQ/AssuranceByCAP i przyniesienie co najmniej 2 dokumentów to?samo?ci ze zdj?ciem, wydanych przez jednostki administracji pa?stwowej.

Je?li nie b?dziesz uczestniczy? w konferencji, a chcia?by? uzyska? po?wiadczenie to?samo?ci, mo?emy umowi? si? na mie?cie lub w holu hotelu.

Kontakt: tom.CAcert * gmail kropka com

Translation:

CAcert assuring at “FreeCON 2006” (22-23 April) in Wroclaw, Poland.

At the “FreeCON 2006” conference taking place on 22nd and 23rd of April in Wroclaw, Poland, we (a group of CAcert assurers) will be doing CAcert assuring.

Willing applicants, please read http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/FAQ/AssuranceByCAP and bring at least 2 government issued photo ID documents.

In case you aren’t attending the conference itself, but you would like to be assured, please let me know and we can meet in the city or in the hotel lobby.

Contact me at tom.CAcert * gmail point com