I have used Free Software since, as a child, my father introduced me to Emacs and TeX (before LaTeX was a thing!) in 1983. Started using Linux in 1996, and became a Debian Developer in 2003. I have been involved in various tasks in Debian throughout the last 21 years, and I keep enjoying it as when I got my acceptance mail ☺
Accepted Talks:
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.
DebConf 25 BoF
We have the fine tradition of having DebConf N share their experiences with DebConf N+1. The DebConf committee will also be present and we invite a core member of every team to come around and help with the knowledge transfer.
The session will begin with a DebConf25 presentation.
DebConf 26: In Your City?
Session to discuss possible locations for DebConf26!
DebConf 25 is planned to be held in Brest, France. But we have no plans for DebConf26, yet.
DebConf Committee BoF
Meet the DebConf committee. See and hear us discussing this years and next years’ DebConf. Give us feedback and ask for improvements.
Protecting OpenPGP keyservers from certificate flooding
At DebConf22, I presented my PhD project proposal, «OpenPGP Web-of-Trust: A way forward?». The main issue I decided to tackle was the prevention of certificate flooding attacks.
Two years later, I researched, implemented and experimented, and want to share the results of my work with one of the largest OpenPGP user community in the world, the Debian project.
The talk I will present brings forward the possibility of changing the protocol under which OpenPGP key certifications is performed, by requiring new signatures to be added to public keys (certificate chains) only by their owner, proving this by the means of an attestation.
Fostering collaboration for academic teaching and research on, in, with and around our distribution
This is the mashup of two related sessions, both trying to push Debian in academic settings — one for teaching, one for research. Their abstracts follow:
Teaching
Debian-based courses have the potential to create Debian users in “batches”, and from those, a few might even become Debian contributors! Teachers, students, parents, everyone is welcome to discuss how Debian is being used in educational programs. Come and share experiences and strategies to make Debian known and be chosen by those who decide which distro will be installed in school computers.
Research
While reviewing the talks for DebConf, I noticed we have several people presenting advances (or gathering further data) on the research we are doing for our postgraduate studies. There are several academic researchers of different fields active in our community.
In this talk, I would like to gather us all, roughly present each other our interests, and possibly help weave international collaboration networks that will benefit our various research projects, and of course, each of us as an academic.
Closing Ceremony
We bid farewell to DebConf24 and look forward to DebConf25!