LISA 2015

The 29th Large Installation System Administration Conference

When:

Where:

Conference Homepage: https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa15

BoF event:

There is a CAcert BoF (Birds of a Feather) session scheduled for Tuesday evening 10 November 2015 at 9:00pm in the Jefferson room of the Washington Marriott Wardman Park. This event is free of charge and open to all. No conference badge or USENIX membership is required.

You may also visit the Overview of USENIX/LISA conferences where we have held similar CAcert Assurance Events.

Concept:

LISA15 takes place November 8-13, 2015, in Washington, D.C., USA. Join us for training sessions, invited talks, papers presenting the latest research; workshops and more. This year's keynote addresses include: * "One Year After the Launch of the U.S. Digital Service: What’s Changed?" from Mikey Dickerson, U.S. Digital Service * "Sysadmins and Their Role in Cyberwar: Why Several Governments Want to Spy On and Hack You, Even If You Have Nothing to Hide" from Christopher Soghoian, Principal Technologist, American Civil Liberties Union.

The LISA conference has long served as the annual vendor-neutral meeting place for the wider system administration community. The LISA15 program addresses the overlap and differences between traditional and modern IT operations and engineering, offers a highly-curated program around four key topics: Culture, Monitoring & Metrics, SRE & Software Engineering, and Systems & Network Engineering.

For 29 years, LISA has been the meeting place for system and network admins. Created for and by Sysadmins, it’s put on by USENIX, a non-profit organization that’s been working with the advanced technology community since 1975.

Presentation:

I have a slide presentation that I will use to begin the CAcert Assurance session. The slides will educate and inform those interested in joining and possibly becoming an assurer with CAcert. It includes discussion of whole assurance process, the points system, the Assurer's Challenge and where to look for additional information. I will also cover the recent changes to the Community Agreement. I have updated the slides that I used in previous years.

Those who attend wanting to be assurered are asked to visit the CAcert web site and join CAcert (create an account) before the event. There is a "Join CAcert" selection on the top right of the web page. When you complete the registration form, please be sure the name you use matches the ID documents you will bring to the Event. You will need to review the community agreement to complete your registration. You should then print out several copies of the WoT form. I recommend that you bring at least three copies. You will want one form for each assurance. The WoT form will have your name and such already entered.

There will be a several active assurers at the event. Please bring one (or preferably two) forms of ID with you. Government issued photo IDs are recommended. With just two assurances, you can collect enough points (min. 50 points) for a CAcert X.509 certificate with your name and e-mail tied to it. You will need at least three assurances in order to collect enough points (100) to become an assurer yourself. Once you earn enough points to begin doing assurances, you can gain experience by assuring those of us who assure you. Doing mutual assurances is a very effective training method and it is encouraged at events like this.

While it is not necessary that you register and print out forms in advance of the event, it is highly recommended. I will have blank forms available at the event. Of course all are welcome to simply sit in on the presentation to learn more about CAcert. Please feel free to contact me (KenSchumacher) if you need any additional information prior to the event.

I ask that any qualified assurers who can attend the event, please add your information in the table below or send me your info and I can edit you into the list. Assurers are encouraged to bring several WoT forms with their own information pre-printed so that our new assurers can gain experience by assuring you.

Location

We will be meeting in the Jefferson meeting room of the Washington Marriott Wardman Park. I am leading two BoFS in this room. The GPG Key signing BoF will be 8-9pm and the CAcert BoF will be 9-10pm.

History

Activity

deadline

done on

done by

Remarks

Talk(s) Acknowledged

2015-09-24

KenSchumacher

and posted on the USENIX schedule

Room Acknowledged

2015-09-24

KenSchumacher

Jefferson

CAcert Blog posting

Email to know LISA assurers

2015-09-09

KenSchumacher

Email to local assurers

Equipment Ready

2015-11-09

KenSchumacher

Post Event

2015-12-08

KenSchumacher

Registration

Su, 8

Mo, 9

Tu, 10

We, 11

Th, 12

Fr, 13

Name

Points

Contact

Nickname (Twitter, IRC, Jabber, etc.)

Remarks

Attending BoF

{+}

{+}

{+}

{+}

KenSchumacher

35

<ken AT SPAMFREE cacert DOT org>

@n9kju

Arr 11/10, Dep 11/13

{+}

{+}

{+}

{+}

{+}

{+}

{+}

Scott Murphy

35

<scott.murphy AT SPAMFREE arrow-eye DOT com>

@ovsage

{+}

{+}

{+}

{+}

{+}

Christoph Martin

35

<martin AT SPAMFREE uni-mainz DOT de>

Arr 11/10, Dep 11/13

{+}

Admission to the BoF sessions is free. No ticket or conference badge is required. You need not be a member of USENIX or other organization affiliated with this conference. It is recommended that you sign-up for a free account with CAcert.org before the event. Please read the note under 'Presentation' above.

CAcert Assurer Pins: I have a few CAcert Assurer pins available for those who can verify to me that they have qualified as an Assurer. The easiest way to do that is to assure me. I will have CAP forms with my information and will have proper ID so that you can complete an assurance. Once I receive an email confirming that you have assured me I will provide you with a pin (as long as they last). Personally, I keep that pin on my event badge so that other attendees will know that I can help them with CAcert assurances throughout the event.

Finding Ken at the Conference

I should be very easy to find at the LISA'14 conference. I am the guy with the blue Rollator (like a walker but it has four wheels). I have a disability and the Rollator keeps me from falling down and embarrassing myself or hurting someone else. You can also contact me via Twitter (@n9kju) or send me an e-mail <ken AT SPAMFREE cacert DOT org>.

I am a Senior Assurer and also a TTP Assurance Admin for the USA. I would be happy to meet with anyone during the conference to answer your questions or help you through our process.

Logistics

Article

Amount

Who

Remarks

Printer

1+

{+}

printers available on-site

CAP EN

{+}

Bringing blank CAP forms

CCA

2

KenSchumacher

{+}

Hardcopy and a PDF of the document

Eventkit (Policies, CCA AP, AH, PracticeOnNames [event-bag], etc.)

1

KenSchumacher

{+}

Hardcopy and PDF of each document

Flyer EN

{0}

I have PDF versions of several PR docs

UV-desk

{-}

UV-hand (LED)

1

KenSchumacher

{+}

16 LED (380-385nm)

UV-hand (Tube)

{-}

(LED & Tube use different wavelengths)

Writing Utensils

KenSchumacher

{+}

CAcert Assurer Pins

9?

KenSchumacher

{+}

Travel Arrangements

Offer Travel Opportunity

Nick

From - To

Over / Departure | Remarks

Seek Travel Oppurtunity

Nick

From - To

Over / Departure | Remarks

Accomodations

Offer Accomodations

Nick

Nights

Remarks

Seek Accomodations

Nick

m/f

Nights

Remarks

Hotel

There is a Conference web page with Hotel and Travel Information. The hotel's website is also available.

Organizational

-- KenSchumacher 2014-11-10 19:01:00

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