[Cryptech Core] Introductory presentations at Berlin Workshop

[Leif Johansson]

On 2016-07-05 17:17, Rob Austein wrote:
> Presumably we will need some introductory presentations in Berlin
> before diving into playing with the toys.  Several of us were kicking
> ideas on this around and here's what we've come up with so far.
> 
> We probably need both:
> 
> * A brief song and dance about the project (not so much intro for
>   walk-ins, as I don't think we have any of those, but
>   bring-up-to-speed for people who have not been tracking closely or
>   who want to know how we've been spending their contributions); and
> 
> * A short series of brief presentations about major hardware and
>   software components of the Alpha.
> 
> Fredrik volunteered to talk about the overall hardware architecture.
> 
> Pavel volunteered to talk about the FPGA.
> 
> Paul volunteered to talk about the HSM software architecture, command
> line interface, and RPC mechanism
> 
> I got volunteered to talk about PKCS #11 and the (other) client side
> software, including how to configure.
> 
> Leif, by virtue of not being party to the conversation, got
> volunteered to give the overall intro at the beginning.

got it, nemas problemas

> 
> We should figure out roughly how long all of this will take so we can
> see if it fits the overall agenda, and, if not, adjust something.
> 
> We also need a slide or two to have up during the hands-on part of the
> workshop itself: while we hope to have net, we can't bet the whole
> workshop on it, so we need something self-contained rather than just
> "go read this page on the wiki".  By same token, we should have backup
> plan to serve software packages on LAN in the room if necessary (I
> have one such plan and will bring kit for it, would not be a bad idea
> for someone else to have such a plan as well given that Bad Things can
> happen to kit while in transit).
> 
> Giving presos implies that we should have a projector :)
> 
> Projector discipline to avoid wasting audience time: all presos should
> be ready in advance, preferably in PDF, and all loaded onto one
> designated laptop which will drive the projector (so maybe one of you
> folks based in Europe bring a spare if nobody wants their own tied
> up).  Debug hookup of laptop to designated projector in advance.
> 
> Comments?  Suggestions?  What have we missed?  What should we change?
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