Boston Linux & UNIX was originally founded in 1994 as part of The Boston Computer Society. We meet on the third Wednesday of each month, online, via Jitsi Meet.

BLU Speaker: Bill Ricker

Bill Ricker - bill.n1vux gmail com

Events (17)

  1. 2024-10-16 - September without End in October: Cryptology News Update and Historical Vignette
  2. 2023-09-20 - 2023 Cryptology News Update and Historical Vignette
  3. 2022-09-21 - Crypto News Review (Post-Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Cryptanalysis), Historical Vignette (Bletchley Park)
  4. 2021-09-15 - Crypto News Review, Historical Vignette, CryptoAG, RUBICON MINERVA (part 2). Zodiac 340. 2021=43×47
  5. 2020-09-16 - Crypto News Review, Historical Vignette, CryptoAG, RUBINCON MINERVA (part 1)
  6. 2019-09-18 - Crypto News and Our Annual PGP/GnuPG Key-Signing Party. Transitioning from PGP/GnuPG
  7. 2018-09-19 - Crypto News, plus our annual PGP/GnuPG Key-Signing Party. VENONA, breaking Soviet OTP. Quantum Outlook.
  8. 2018-05-16 - Blockchain, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  9. 2017-09-20 - Crypto News Review, Historical Vignette, and GPG/PGP Key-Signing - WW2 binary tape machines (Vernam mixer, STURGEON, TUNNY) and Bletchley Park
  10. 2016-09-21 - Transposition Cyphers in Historic Context, and PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XVI
  11. 2014-09-17 - Crypto News, TOR, and our PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XIV - Guest speaker Shava Nerad on TOR history. Keysizes. Operational PGP (Grugqs)
  12. 2013-09-18 - PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XIV - (PGP praxis)
  13. 2012-09-19 - PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XIII - "Death of Clever" (password strength)
  14. 2012-02-15 - Full-Disk Encryption
  15. 2011-09-21 - PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XII - Solving newly found Vigenère message from Vicksburg battle.
  16. 2009-09-16 - PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party X - Enigma videos
  17. 2007-09-19 - PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party VIII - Chalktalk from Caesar to NSA and RSA

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