Jonathan McDowell
Fediverse Profile link: https://social.earth.li/users/noodles
Belfast based professional generalist, who knows just enough about hardware to annoy actual hardware folk. Part of the Debian keyring and new member teams.
Accepted Talks:
Don't fear the TPM
After many years of being treated as something to be disabled or ideally avoided TPMs (Trusted Platform Modules) are gaining in popularity within the Linux community as a method of increasing system security. This talk aims to provide an overview of what a TPM actually is, why you as an individual, or an organisation, might be interested in using TPMs on your systems, and finally some pointers about how you can start doing so on a Debian system.
No existing knowledge about TPMs on the part of attendees is expected.
New Members BoF
Debian Account Managers, New Member Front Desk members, Application Managers, Applicants and everyone interested can join in a discussion about how the New Member process works and how it can be made better.
Continuous Key-Signing Party introduction
One of DebConf’s recurring activities is the Key Signing Party. It helps Debian strengthen and expand its web of trust. This session will:
- Explain how keysigning is done in a DebConf setting
- Validate the SHA256 hash of the KSP coordination document
- Explain how to participate to people who did not send their keys in time
Once DebConf is closer, we will link from this talk proposal to the relevant documents you should have in hand for the keysigning party.