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CAcert and secure-u e.V. on LinuxTag 2012

CAcert and secure-u e.V. are present at booths 244 and 251 in hall 7.2b during LinuxTag 2012, from March 23 to 26, in Berlin, Germany. For more details see the wiki page on LinuxTag2012.

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OpenSSL gap in ASN1 parser

Due to a vulnerability in the OpenSSL ASN1 parser OpenSSL has recently released a new version of their SSL certificate processing programs.Not affected was the sshd server itself but software which parsed public RSA keys, or the X.509 client certificates, e.g. for logon purposes. The recent OpenSSL versions 1.0.1a, 1.0.0i ...

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ATE Karlsruhe, 2012-05-15

German Version belowThere will be an ATE in Karlsruhe on 15th May 2012. More details on the wiki.There are a couple of options to indicate that you are attending:- Email I will attend ATE-Karlsruhe- Edit the wiki directlyAs IanG said: “The ATE or Assurer Training Event is exceptionally recommended for ...

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