[OxLUG Announce] Forthcoming meetings

-- agk@oxlug.org ----- Forwarded message from BCS Oxon Events events@bcsoxon.org ----- From: "BCS Oxon Events" events@bcsoxon.org Subject: BCS Oxon Branch Meeting ** Its This Thursday 7:30pm ** Topic - Security & Encryption Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 19:46:20 -0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Dear Mr Kergon, I am dropping you a short reminder that the March BCS Oxfordshire Branch meeting is on this coming Thursday (22 March 2001) at 7:30pm. Are you interested in Security & Encryption and want to know more about how encryption is made to work? What are the main issues behind some of our current encryption technology? We are very pleased to have Dr Michael Ganley (Head of Consultancy) from Zaxus Ltd (formally Racal) to speak about Mobile Commerce (M-Commerce) and Cryptography. Michael is an accomplished speaker in the subject of cryptography. The basis of this months talk is from a talk originally given at The World Conference on Computer Security, Compsec 2000 in November last year. He will be describing how digital signatures work and comparing the various technologies, including Elliptic Curve Cryptography which has a number of advantages its competitors - particularly when working with smart cards. We will be handing out CPD certificates at the end of the presentation. If you haven't already done so, it would be a great time to start your CPD records. Please look at the web site http://www.bcsoxon.org/calendar/march2001.html for a brief description about this presentation. We will be holding the meeting at the Wolfson Building, South Parks Road, Oxford. Please use the link below to see a local map. http://www.bcsoxon.org/location.html or if you require more information please email mailto:events@bcsoxon.org We look forward to seeing you there, Neill Lawson-Smith Branch Chairman ----- End forwarded message -----