Boston Linux & UNIX was originally founded in 1994 as part of The Boston Computer Society. We meet on the third Wednesday of each month at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Building E51.

BLU Speaker: Bill Ricker

Bill Ricker - bill.n1vux gmail com

Events (16)

  1. 2023-09-20 - 2023 Cryptology News Update and Historical Vignette
  2. 2022-09-21 - Crypto News Review (Post-Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Cryptanalysis), Historical Vignette (Bletchley Park)
  3. 2021-09-15 - Crypto News Review, Historical Vignette, CryptoAG, RUBICON MINERVA (part 2). Zodiac 340. 2021=43×47
  4. 2020-09-16 - Crypto News Review, Historical Vignette, CryptoAG, RUBINCON MINERVA (part 1)
  5. 2019-09-18 - Crypto News and Our Annual PGP/GnuPG Key-Signing Party. Transitioning from PGP/GnuPG
  6. 2018-09-19 - Crypto News, plus our annual PGP/GnuPG Key-Signing Party. VENONA, breaking Soviet OTP. Quantum Outlook.
  7. 2018-05-16 - Blockchain, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  8. 2017-09-20 - Crypto News Review, Historical Vignette, and GPG/PGP Key-Signing - WW2 binary tape machines (Vernam mixer, STURGEON, TUNNY) and Bletchley Park
  9. 2016-09-21 - Transposition Cyphers in Historic Context, and PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XVI
  10. 2014-09-17 - Crypto News, TOR, and our PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XIV - Guest speaker Shava Nerad on TOR history. Keysizes. Operational PGP (Grugqs)
  11. 2013-09-18 - PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XIV - (PGP praxis)
  12. 2012-09-19 - PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XIII - "Death of Clever" (password strength)
  13. 2012-02-15 - Full-Disk Encryption
  14. 2011-09-21 - PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XII - Solving newly found Vigenère message from Vicksburg battle.
  15. 2009-09-16 - PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party X - Enigma videos
  16. 2007-09-19 - PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party VIII - Chalktalk from Caesar to NSA and RSA
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BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups
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