BALUG meeting 2014-02-18: Michael Paoli on LUKS (drive encryption); & other BALUG news ------------------------------

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For our February 2014-02-18 BALUG meeting, we're proud to present:

Michael Paoli on Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS)[1]. LUKS has now been available for Linux for years, is commonly used for drive encryption, is recognized by the kernel, and is well supported by most major Linux distributions, including at time of installation, making drive encryption on Linux very conveniently available. In this talk/presentation, Michael Paoli will give an overview of LUKS, including why one would want to use it, at least basic features and usage, and demonstration on multiple Linux distributions.

About our presenter Michael Paoli: Michael has in excess of a decade of experience in both Linux and Unix systems administration, including work in quite secure environments and much practical security knowledge and expertise. He's also been making practical use of LUKS for years, and has been quite involved in various Linux, Unix, Open Source and related User Groups in the Bay Area for many years now.

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LUKS

So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:

rsvp@balug.org

**Why RSVP??**

Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room.

Meeting Details...

6:30pm Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 2014-02-18 Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/ 731 Grant Ave. San Francisco, CA 94108 Easy PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny: http://www.sfpsg.com/

Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13 cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).

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We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll likely have at least the below plus additional items.

CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here: http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash, etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof, also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory (qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does also frequently change).

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volunteering to help BALUG (and add to your resume/experience)

Not only can you do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG, but it can also be a way to gain useful and practical experience, and could also be something to add to or round out one's resume.

There a quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact@balug.org These opportunities may include, among other possibilities: o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc. o assist on publicity o chief/assistant cat herder o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators). o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist o archivist/history/retrieval/etc. o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!)

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Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org

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