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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:46:23 -0500
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From: Robert Hettinga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DCSB: Pat Cain; Trustable Internet Time and Digital Commerce
Cc: Muni Savyon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Elias Israel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Suzan Dionne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rodney Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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The Digital Commerce Society of Boston
Presents
Pat Cain,
GTE Internetworking
Does anybody know what time it is? (And can prove it?)
Tuesday, December 7th, 1999
12 - 2 PM
The Downtown Harvard Club of Boston
One Federal Street, Boston, MA
As more and more things become internet-enhanced, the ability to note
when a certain event happened is based upon the timestamp generated from
a computer. In most cases the computer's concept of time was retrieved
from a trusted server using the internet Network Time Protocol (NTP).
This talk will show some examples where trustable time is beneficial and
problematic, followed by a quick overview of the NTP protocol and the
assurance enhancements proposed as part of the IETF Secure Time WG. The
talk will conclude with an unsolved problems discussion.
Pat Cain is a principal member of the technical staff, and security
advocate, at GTE Internetworking. Mr. Cain provides consulting and
guidance to both internal and external clients on the realistic use of
security technologies. In Mr. Cain's 18 years at GTE/BBN, he was the lead
engineer of the MISSI CAW (a medium-assurance X.509 CA), was the hardware
architect of the BBN SafeKeyper, and did numerous cryptographic and
network security projects. He currently represents GTEI in ANSI X9F, is a
member of the ABA Information Security Committee, and is the co-chair of
the IETF's Secure Time working group.
This meeting of the Digital Commerce Society of Boston will be held on
Tuesday, December 7th, 1999, from 12pm - 2pm at the Downtown Branch of
the Harvard Club of Boston, on One Federal Street. The price for lunch is
$35.00. This price includes lunch, room rental, A/V hardware if
necessary, and the speakers' lunch. The Harvard Club *does* have dress
code: jackets and ties for men (and no sneakers or jeans), and
"appropriate business attire" (whatever that means), for women. Fair
warning: since we purchase these luncheons in advance, we will be unable
to refund the price of your lunch if the Club finds you in violation of
the dress code.
We need to receive a company check, or money order, (or, if we
*really* know you, a personal check) payable to "The Harvard Club of
Boston", by Saturday, December 4th, or you won't be on the list for
lunch. Checks payable to anyone else but The Harvard Club of Boston
will have to be sent back.
Checks should be sent to Robert Hettinga, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston,
Massachusetts, 02131. Again, they *must* be made payable to "The
Harvard Club of Boston", in the amount of $35.00. Please include your
e-mail address so that we can send you a confirmation
If anyone has questions, or has a problem with these arrangements
(We've had to work with glacial A/P departments more than once, for
instance), please let us know via e-mail, and we'll see if we can
work something out.
Upcoming speakers for DCSB are:
January Elias Israel The Libertarians and Digital Commerce
February Suzan Dionne The Law of Digital Cash
TBA Rodney Thayer Cryptographic Transnationality
We are actively searching for future speakers. If you are in Boston
on the first Tuesday of the month, and you are a principal in digital
commerce, and would like to make a presentation to the Society,
please send e-mail to the DCSB Program Committee, care of Robert
Hettinga, <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
For more information about the Digital Commerce Society of Boston,
send "info dcsb" in the body of a message to <mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . If you want to subscribe to the DCSB e-mail
list, send "subscribe dcsb" in the body of a message to <mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .
We look forward to seeing you there!
Cheers,
Robert Hettinga
Moderator,
The Digital Commerce Society of Boston
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"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
