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===== Linux on laptops lighting talks =====


====== May Meeting: Linux on laptops lighting talks ======

Date: May 1, 2007 at 7 p.m.\\
Location: [[location/3/|Algonquin College (Woodroffe Campus), room T117]]\\


We need more speakers for this talk. Please [[http://oclug.on.ca/phpwiki/LightningTalk2007|sign up here]].


===== How I taught my laptop to know where it is =====

Speaker: [[speaker/6/|Michael Richardson]]\\
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==== About the Speaker ====

Michael Richardson is a self-taught programmer and consultant, and has been involved with network security systems since 1988. After working in nearly every aspect of Ottawa hightech, Michael was a founding employee at Milkyway Networks in 1994, and Solidum Systems Corporation in 1998. While at Milkyway Networks, Michael was responsible for developing the VPN components of the BlackHole firewall, the policy engine, and all kernel components. Solidum designed and sold hardware - IPsec being an important target. Michael is a system software designer and protocol designer. Michael is involved on a daily basis with at the IETF. He is an author on RFC3586, RFC4025 and RFC4322.

Michael has architected a number of IPsec systems, including closed source systems at SSH, work on KAME code in BSD, and work on the Linux FreeS/WAN project. In 2003, Michael founded Xelerance Corporation to support Linux open source security products, including Openswan. In 2009, Michael joined CREDIL.org as a Founding Maker.

Michael received a B.Sc. Physics from Carleton University.


===== Carrying portable software and data on a USB key =====

Speaker: [[speaker/19/|John C. Nash]]\\
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==== About the Speaker ====

Retired Professor of Management at U of Ottawa.

  * 2006 - May -- Pres. of OCLUG -- Now I'll have to learn more about Linux!
  * 2007 - Mar -- have learned a lot, including how much still to learn.


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