[Liverpool] IT Security Advice For LSC
David Hughes
dghughes82 at gmail.com
Wed Nov 7 12:20:47 UTC 2012
The last train home for me is still at 21:12 so I won't be able to hang
around for too long tonight, but if there's time that'd be great.
See y'all later,
David
On 07/11/12 11:10, Simon Chambers wrote:
> Perhaps the easiest option for secure communications would be to suggest that they use Tormail, it's easy enough to use, either on Windows/Mac (install the browser bundle, can even run off a pendrive) and it's webmail, so nothing is stored locally. It's not perhaps the most secure option, but its easy and should provide what they need.
>
> Quite a few options, so perhaps best discussed this evening.
>
> Simon
>
> On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 10:59:07AM +0000, Dan Lynch wrote:
>> I'm not sure exactly what they want but that sounds pretty close to me. Dave
>> from LSC suggested using the machine they have there as a demo maybe. That runs
>> Ubuntu 10.04. It could really do with updating though. Another job for the LUG
>> I think.
>>
>> I expect the group will have a mixture of Windows, Mac and Linux at home yeah.
>> I'll introduce you to Dave tonight if you like? He's a nice guy.
>>
>> Thanks for showing an interest in helping :)
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> On 7 Nov 2012 01:17, "David Hughes" <dghughes82 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 06/11/12 21:19, Dan Lynch wrote:
>> > Hi Folks,
>> >
>> > Dave down at the LSC has been in touch to ask if anyone from LivLUG would
>> > be willing to teach them about encryption and security. I suggested PGP
>> > obviously and told him there are many good browser and mail client
>> > extensions to make it simpler to use. I also recommended he look at Tor.
>> > Another obvious one.
>> >
>> > It's for the Mersey Anarchist group. They'd like to learn how to
>> > communicate more securely. They're nice people and just a bit unsure
>> where
>> > to start with IT security. They have a meeting on the evening of Thursday
>> > November 15th at LSC and want to know if anyone is willing to attend to
>> > help.
>> >
>> > Unfortunately I have an event that night but I may still be able to call
>> in
>> > for a very brief while. Anyone else interested in helping them out and
>> > offering advice?
>> >
>> > We can talk about it at the meeting tomorrow I just thought I'd post here
>> > so I don't forget :)
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Dan
>>
>> I'd be happy to do it - presumably they want something along the lines
>> of a 30-60 minute primer on how to get started with PGP and Tor + a
>> basic overview of best practices? Presumably there'll be a mixture of
>> Windows, Mac and Linux users amongst them?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> David
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