Unfortunately, I didn’t see the comments that were pending until just recently and forgot to approve them. I think the talk on consulting is timely and we should have that talk. As I know we have at least one person looking for the ssh bits, we can have that discussion and if it peters out quickly, we can go on to talk about the issues Kent raised. If that doesn’t work out, we can always have the talk in May. Comments welcome.

Title: April Meeting 2012
Location: Tim Horton’s, 660 Eagleson Rd, Kanata
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Location: 660 Eagleson Rd. in Kanata
Google Map: http://g.co/maps/kza6h (yes, that is a short link)

After a brief discussion with one of our members, I was considering a talk on OpenSSH. I’m not sure which specifics I’ll be getting into yet, but I’ll have a small talk prepared in my normal informal style. I’ll attempt to get a short set of slides in place as well, so you have a take-away for your efforts. One of the items that seems to confuse people is the proper use of keys, so that will be covered, as well as a short discussion on RSA vs. DSA keys, the use of passwords vs. no passwords and ssh-agent.

Title: March Meeting
Location: Tim Horton’s, 660 Eagleson Rd, Kanata
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Google Map: http://g.co/maps/kza6h (yes, that is a short link)

We will be having a short discussion on small PBX installations and software options for install. I’ll bring along a couple of VoIP phones with me this time, just as examples. If you are looking for some physical sets, I have extras from previous deployments that I can sell to recover my cost for them.

Title: February Meeting - VOIP talk
Location: Tim Horton’s, 660 Eagleson Rd, Kanata
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Description: I went and checked out the Tim Horton’s on Eagleson Rd. It certainly has the capacity and there are several tables that do not have fixed chairs, so we can “arrange” the seating a little to make things work.

Location: 660 Eagleson Rd. in Kanata
Google Map: http://g.co/maps/kza6h (yes, that is a short link)

I went over to The Second Cup yesterday, just to make sure it was still open and while I was there, asked what had happened last month. I was quite surprised to discover nothing had happened. In a new move by management, they have changed their hours so that they are only open until 18:00. As you can see, this puts a damper on our meeting location. The alternate location we used last month is a bit small (Tim Horton’s across the street), and I don’t know of any other venues in the near vicinity that we could bother with.