[Cryptech Core] Introductory presentations at Berlin Workshop

[Lucy Lynch]

On Wed, 6 Jul 2016, Leif Johansson wrote:

> On 2016-07-05 19:55, Phil Roberts wrote:
>> When will folks be arriving?  I¹ll be there Thursday morning so can make
>> sure the room is all set.  Karen is double checking on the projector
>> request.
>>
>
> Thursday after lunch. Will be down to the room as soon as I've got the
> family checked in and turned loose - say 2ish

Thursday for me as well - and I'll be in the NOC

Lucy

>> On 7/5/16, 10:17 AM, "Core on behalf of Rob Austein"
>> <core-bounces at cryptech.is on behalf of sra at hactrn.net> 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.
>>>
>>> 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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