[GTALUG] FSOSS 2018 registration

[Giles Orr]

On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 at 09:24, Giles Orr <gilesorr at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 at 06:03, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> 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!
>>
>
> 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.
>

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).

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Giles
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