On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Shaul Karl wrote: > On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 08:58:02PM +0300, Nadav Har'El wrote: > > I was told that Tel-Aviv University is giving an interesting workshop > > this summer: a workshop on writing free software. See: > > > > http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~eddiea/workshop-summer-2003.html > > > > According to that page, the students will be taught a bit about Linux and > > free software (including a lecture by our esteemed friend, Muli), > > > I am not a TAU student but I would like to attend to the lectures. > Assuming it is acceptable, can the times and locations get published? The lectures will be on Sundays 13-16 in Schreiber building room 008. There were supose to be about 15 students. Meanwhile there are 21 and 3 free listeners.
Whoever wants to arrive is welcome (it is free and open ;-)) - especially people who are involved and will be able to give some inspiration. (If it would be crowded - we will solve the problem). This is the right time to http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/lin-club (The next lecture will be published soon). > > > > I'm sure the teacher of the workshop will give them ideas, but I thought it > > would be nice if people on this list could also raise ideas for project, > > and I'll pass them on to the students (I know one of them). > > > > > I am not sure if the following is suitable for the workshop. It is > also none Israeli related. Anyway, here it goes. > > 1) nut: > The problem: http://www.exploits.org/nut can use ssl. Yet Debian has > some licensing problems with the ssl package. I am not sure what the > exact problem is. It could be looked on debian-devel. I believe it has > something to do with the fact that using it prevents in some way linking > with some other libs, although I might be wrong. In any case, the bottom > line is that the Debian nut package is configured --without-ssl. > > The proposed solution, which is what can be done in the workshop: > Have it use GnuTLS. I believe GnuTLS has wrappers for ssl, which might > make it somewhat easier. On the other hand the end user should have a > configuration option whether he want ssl or GnuTLS. > > > 2) thttpd, http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/: > Once again, I am not familiar with the details. I am also not sure > where I seen it, probably at > http://halplant.com:88/server/thttpd_FAQ.html, which I can not reach at > this time. Anyway, IIRC, the problem is that making it to work with > secure connections is tricky. > The students might work this out. > Sorry for sending so many replies - it is fair to reply to each of the issues. Eddie ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
