Palo Alto: Community Room at the Lucie Stern Community Center in Palo Alto (1305 Middlefield Rd.) San Francisco: ServOn at 8th & Townsend in San Francisco (650 Townsend, Suite 252). Parking is available on the roof. Meetings begin at 6:30 with pizza and mingling. At 7:00 everyone has an opportunity to ask questions of the group or to make brief announcements, followed by Phil Zimmermann. PGP's creator speaks from the perspective of its 10th anniversary. The OpenPGP alliance, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and free speech. There is a $10 fee for non-SDForum Members, and no charge for SDForum members or students with ID Internet Security and Privacy Special Events Software Development Forum Special Events July 31st Event A decade ago, Philip R. Zimmermann released an encryption program, Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). For that, the Federal government charged him with violations of the Arms Export Control Act for munitions trafficking. The government held that U.S. national security was jeopardized when PGP was spread around the world as free encryption software. The case against Phil Zimmermann continued for three years. Without a paid staff, without a company to stand behind it, without sufficient funding, and despite government persecution, PGP became the most widely used email encryption software in the world. The feds eventually dropped their case against Phil Zimmermann. Phil Zimmermann will make a rare appearance on Tuesday, July 31st in San Francisco to talk about encryption and the federal government's attempts to control the free speech of programmers through the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Mr. Zimmermann will also discuss the OpenPGP email encryption standard alliance, the future of public key encryption, and answer questions from the audience. Purpose We are bringing in leading experts in many aspects of Internet Security and Privacy to discuss how to protect yourself and your customers against attacks over the Internet. They will explain which threats you should pay attention to first, and how to reduce your risk. Organized by Montebello Partners and PaperlessInvoice, our three special events will focus on the technologies for public key infrastructure, securing credit card information and transactions, and securing your network against intrusion with firewalls and virtual private networks. Our speakers will provide a top-level view of best security practices, as well as practical technical advice on designing, implementing, and managing secure systems. In addition, these events are a great opportunity to meet your colleagues who are also building and administering the latest Internet systems. Find out what malicious activity others have encountered, and what they're doing about it. Please join us, and bring your questions and experiences to share. For further information, visit our web page, or email our organizers Ames Cornish (ames@montebellopartners.com) or Ira Victor (irav@degrees.com) with questions, comments, or suggestions. Event Calendar Where When Speakers Topic SF Tuesday July 31 Phil Zimmermann PGP's creator speaks from the perspective of its 10th anniversary. The OpenPGP alliance, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and free speech. Palo Alto Monday Sep 17 VISA Best practices in preventing credit card fraud and protecting cardholder information. SF Tuesday Oct 30 tba Securing your network against intrusion with firewalls and VPN's. Meetings begin at 6:30 with pizza and mingling. At 7:00 everyone has an opportunity to ask questions of the group or to make brief announcements, followed by the main presentation by our featured speaker. There is a $10 fee for non-SDForum Members, and no charge for SDForum members or students with ID Location and Directions Palo Alto: Community Room at the Lucie Stern Community Center in Palo Alto (1305 Middlefield Rd.) San Francisco: ServOn at 8th & Townsend in San Francisco (650 Townsend, Suite 252). Parking is available on the roof. © 1999-2000 Montebello Partners. All rights reserved. http://www.montebellopartners.com/Security/Events.asp ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt@coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************