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Tuesday, January 19, 3:15 pm

ID Arts to Announce Unique New Cognometric Authentication Method at RSA Data Security Conference & Expo

>Paul Barrett, CEO of ID Arts will be making a brief presentation and 
showing a demo of this revolutionary way for customers to authenticate 
themselves for e-business.  This system of password replacement is 
called Passfaces.  
>
>
>What:          ID Arts Press Briefing at RSA Data Security Conference 
>
>When:          3:15 p.m.  on Tuesday, January 19, 1999
>
>Where:         San Jose Convention Center
>               Room C3-4
>
>How:           RSVP to Betsy Wahlquist
>               Betsywahl@aol.com
>               (302) 234-3005
>

(contributed by Nana)

Tuesday, January 19, 6pm

Significant announcement during "Pretty Good Party II" at the RSA Data Security Conference & Expo

Hyatt St. Claire, 302 South MarketStreet, San Jose, California

>     Press and analysts attending this year's RSA Data Security
>     Conference & Expo are cordially invited to the second annual
>     "Pretty Good Party" for the announcement of significant news
>     regarding Network Associates.
> 
>     In addition to the announcement, Pretty Good Party II will offer drinks,
>  hors d'oeuvres and a live jazz band, and will also provide a forum to
> socialize with representatives from NAI Labs, the security research division
> of Network Associates, Inc.  Attendees will have a chance to meet key NAI Labs
> representatives including PGP founder Phil Zimmerman, OpenPGP co-author Jon
> Callas, and other security research dignitaries.
> 
>     CONTACT:  For more information or to RSVP,
> press and analysts can contact
> Caroline Gick, for Network Associates,
> 415-975-2252.

(contributed by Nana)

Wednesday, January 20, 6:30 pm

WebGuild meeting and talk: "Enterprise Web Production Best Practices"

> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 07:11:30 -0800
> To: webguild_announce@webguild.org
> From: WebGuild Webmaster - Hans Cathcart 
> Subject: [WebGuild] Wed. Jan. 20th - Meeting Reminder @ 3Com

> Good Morning WebGuild members, this is a quick reminder that tomorrow, Wed.
> Jan. 20th we will be having our monthly gathering of Webmasters. This is
> your chance to mix, mingle and network with fellow SV Webmasters, Web
> designers, ECommerce experts and hear from some of the Web's pioneers. Pass
> this message along.
> 
> Come Join us and win great prizes including passes to the upcoming 
> '99 Conference and Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Drumbeat
> software and a 3Com USR 56k modem.
> 
> Main Meeting topic and speakers:
> 
> January 20th   -   Peng Ong, founder of Interwoven
>                and Tim Chandler from Nortel Networks
> 
> will present "Enterprise Web Production Best Practices"
> 
> This meeting will be sponsored by Elemental Software, and their new version
> of their Enterprise Web Site software: Drumbeat 2.0 and also now for the
> 3rd year by our very generous host 3Com Corporation. The meeting is also
> sponsored by Aplio, makers of that cool Internet plug-n-play Telephone.
> 
> After the main speakers, Elemental will give an extensive demonstration of
> Drumbeat 2.0, the Design SIG will have a Q&A with Alan Felgate, Senior
> Evangelist at Macromedia, on tips and tricks for Flash.
> 
> Check out our Website  for more info, directions,
> bios and all that good stuff.
> 
> Hans Cathcart
> chief UN Web inspector for the silicon valley ;)
> webmaster@webguild.org
> 
> --
> Ah, yes: The WebGuild does not distribute its mailing lists to anyone, or
> does anything bad with any personal information we gather.
> 
> If you'd like to unsubscribe from this mailing list, please send an email to:
> "majordomo@webguild.org"  and in the body of your email message write:
> "unsubscribe webguild_announce ".
> 
> Or simply visit: 
> This is also the place to make changes and sign-up new accounts.
> --
> THE END!

(Contributed by jrw)

Tuesday, January 26, 6:30 pm

MindSource BOF - "Building IP Filters for Secure Networks:

> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 09:14:24 -0800 (PST)
> From: MindSource BOF Announcement 
> To: mindsource_bof@vegas.clarkco.com
> Reply-To: rsvp@mindsrc.com
> Subject: MindSource BOF #31 
> 
>                               BOF # 31
>                               Jan 1999
>                     MindSource Software Engineers
>                 Building IP Filters for Secure Networks
> 
>    Mindsource Software Engineers is pleased to present the 31st in
>    its series of Bird's of a Feather (that's BOF) technical sessions
>    which are aimed at back-end IP connectivity and web engineering.
> 
>      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>      to be _removed_ from this list send mail to majordomo@mindsrc.com
>      with unsubscribe mindsource_bof in the body of the email
>      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> 
> Erik Bataller of SOLsoft (http://www.solsoft.com) will speak 
> 	on a variety of topics pertaining to routing and security.
> 
> 	* a brief overview on Firewalls and IP filtering
> 	* an overview of IP filtering issues and considerations
> 	* design a semi-complex filtering policy schema for a basic network.
> 	* Firewalls and Filtering- Static, Stateful and Dynamic
> 	* the policy process: defining, building, deploying, and managing
> 	* an overview of IP services: some trials and tribulations of how 
> 		and what to filter
> 	* how to do it the quick and easy way (correctly)
> 		* live demo of SOLsoft Net Partitioner
> 	* example filters:  Cisco IOS, Cisco PIX, Linux IPFW
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> BOF Particulars:
>     Where: Michaels At Shoreline (restaurant near the golf course in SL park) 
>     Addr:  2960 No. Shoreline Blvd., Mt View (650)962-1014
>     Date:  Tuesday, Jan 26th, 1999
>     Time:  6:30 Happy hour - no host bar
>            7:30 BOF Begins
> 
>     There will be an abundance of great food, and great people. This 
>     is an opportunity to network, meet your peers, and bone up on some 
>     essential leading-edge technical knowledge.
> 
> ==> to RSVP, simply (r)eply (empty body email) to : rsvp@mindsrc.com
>      - limited seating - the BOF is free, but we do ask that you RSVP.
>      - detailed directions and details will be returned to you,
>      - your name tag will be waiting by the door. 
> 
> ==> All about BOFs :
>     MindSource organizes these semi-monthly 'Bird's of a Feather' get 
>     togethers (That's "BOF") for Unix system admins and others interested 
>     in Internet and Web related technologies, in the San Francisco Bay Area. 
>     The events are FREE and open to the public. We do ask that you please 
>     RSVP...  [ so we know can provide an abundance of hors d'oevres ]  
> 
> ==> MindSource Opportunities :
>     We currently have over eighty openings, both permanent and contract,
>     for Unix Systems Administrators, Network Engineers, and Web Engineers 
>     throughout the Silicon Valley area.
> 
>     All of our permanent and contract opportunities are available on our web 
>     pages, or by sending a blank email message to: jobs@mindsrc.com.  For
>     instructions on our mailbot send email to info@mindsrc.com. 
> 
> ==> More Info: Check out this page for more information, and a map 
>    to the BOF site: http://www.mindsrc.com/bof.html
> 
> ==> To be _added_ to the bof mailing list send (empty body email) to:
>     majordomo@mindsrc.com with the command subscribe mindsource_bof
>     in the body of the email
> 
>                              www.mindsrc.com 
>         copyright 1999 mindsource software engineers incorporated 
> ---------------------------- end of document -------------------------- --

(Contributed by jrw)

March 1-4
- LinuxWorld Conference & Expo
- "On Top of the Wave"
- San Jose Convention Center

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