[GTALUG] FSOSS 2018 registration

[D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk]

The registration page just went up.

- Oct 25 & 26 (Thursday and Friday)

- early bird (cheap) registration ends Oct 15. $75 for non-students,
non-staff (note: any (educational?) institution is good for a discount.

- seems to be at the Seneca @ York campus (I had heard that they were
going to be moved; maybe next year)

- for the first time it will be on the subway!

I've enjoyed FSOSS for the years I've attended. I recommend it.

You can even give a talk!
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[Dave Collier-Brown via talk]

There are a couple of dead pages, this one is good:
https://fsoss.senecacollege.ca/2018/

--dave

Post by D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
The registration page just went up.
- Oct 25 & 26 (Thursday and Friday)
- early bird (cheap) registration ends Oct 15. $75 for non-students,
non-staff (note: any (educational?) institution is good for a discount.
going to be moved; maybe next year)
- for the first time it will be on the subway!
I've enjoyed FSOSS for the years I've attended. I recommend it.
You can even give a talk!
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[Giles Orr via talk]

Post by D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
The registration page just went up.
- Oct 25 & 26 (Thursday and Friday)
- early bird (cheap) registration ends Oct 15. $75 for non-students,
non-staff (note: any (educational?) institution is good for a discount.
going to be moved; maybe next year)
- for the first time it will be on the subway!
I've enjoyed FSOSS for the years I've attended. I recommend it.
You can even give a talk!

Before I submit credit card payments I run the Qualys test against the host:

https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=events.senecacollege.ca

This shows that they're still using Symantec certificates. Symantec certs
are untrusted: I'm surprised and disappointed that Firefox didn't point
this out. I'm well aware of the whole Symantec certificate problem, as
it's something that my business has tracked and worked through for about a
year. It's a known problem Seneca should have fixed. I've complained to
the FSOSS email address about this: I would encourage others to A) not
submit credit card info over an untrusted link, and B) let Seneca or FSOSS
know what the problem is.

[Giles Orr via talk]

Post by Giles Orr via talk

Post by D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
The registration page just went up.
- Oct 25 & 26 (Thursday and Friday)
- early bird (cheap) registration ends Oct 15. $75 for non-students,
non-staff (note: any (educational?) institution is good for a discount.
going to be moved; maybe next year)
- for the first time it will be on the subway!
I've enjoyed FSOSS for the years I've attended. I recommend it.
You can even give a talk!

https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=events.senecacollege.ca
This shows that they're still using Symantec certificates. Symantec certs
are untrusted: I'm surprised and disappointed that Firefox didn't point
this out. I'm well aware of the whole Symantec certificate problem, as
it's something that my business has tracked and worked through for about a
year. It's a known problem Seneca should have fixed. I've complained to
the FSOSS email address about this: I would encourage others to A) not
submit credit card info over an untrusted link, and B) let Seneca or FSOSS
know what the problem is.

Chris Tyler responded - almost immediately - that the cert replacement is
in process, and should be completed before the Early Bird pricing runs out
(October 15).

[Giles Orr via talk]

Post by Giles Orr via talk

On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 at 06:03, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <

Post by D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
The registration page just went up.
- Oct 25 & 26 (Thursday and Friday)
- early bird (cheap) registration ends Oct 15. $75 for non-students,
non-staff (note: any (educational?) institution is good for a discount.
going to be moved; maybe next year)
- for the first time it will be on the subway!
I've enjoyed FSOSS for the years I've attended. I recommend it.
You can even give a talk!

https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=events.senecacollege.ca
This shows that they're still using Symantec certificates. Symantec
certs are untrusted: I'm surprised and disappointed that Firefox didn't
point this out. I'm well aware of the whole Symantec certificate problem,
as it's something that my business has tracked and worked through for about
a year. It's a known problem Seneca should have fixed. I've complained to
the FSOSS email address about this: I would encourage others to A) not
submit credit card info over an untrusted link, and B) let Seneca or FSOSS
know what the problem is.

Chris Tyler responded - almost immediately - that the cert replacement is
in process, and should be completed before the Early Bird pricing runs out
(October 15).

And the problem now appears to be fixed:
https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=events.senecacollege.ca (the
two sites now draw a "B" rating).