April 2013 - Community - mailman.kantarainitiative.org

Join your Kantara peers for dinner - IIW & IDESG next week
by Andrew Hughes 10 May '13

10 May '13

Hello Kantara community - many of us will be at IIW and/or IDESG meetings next week, which presents a great opportunity for us to have a good meal, swap stories, make connections and generally catch up with each other. We are planning a *Kantara dinner on Friday May 10*, at a time and convenient place to be finalized this week. If you are interested in joining us, please respond to this note - we'll have some tables reserved. For those familiar with Mountain View / Santa Clara, if you have restaurant suggestions, please send them to me. Hope to see you at the dinner or during the week andrew. PS This is an unsponsored event and each person will be responsible for their bill. *Andrew Hughes, CISSP, CISM* Director, Trust Framework Sustainment Program *Kantara Initiative* andrew(a)kantarainitiative.org skype: andrewhughes3000(a)gmail.com +1 250 888 9474

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Re: [Kantara - Community] Prototype nearing a demonstrable implementation.
by Owen Thomas 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Hello people. I don't know to which group this letter might be best addressed, so I hope it piques some interest to members of the groups to which I have made this reply. Some of you might remember a fella by the name of Owen Thomas who was exploring his own idea about a system that could communicate a person's real-time presence through the devices one claimed possession of. Thus far, his journey, commenced in 2004 when he received the inspiration for the concept, has continued as a solitary indulgence. Anyway, I have said before that I was nearing an implementation, and I found that I had spoken too early in these previous occasions. Hence, I do not now wish to disappoint by promising something which might not eventuate. However, I feel that I could be nearing a significant milestone: the abstract nature at the core of my concept appears to me to be nearing a form of completeness where I think I might be able to cobble together a simple demonstration. I want to emphasise my circumspection: the core of Clique Space(TM), my concept which is intentionally very abstract, may soon be in a state where I will be able to demonstrate an implementation over some very simple media. I urge you to reply to this message if you would like to know more. I am implementing this thing in Java, and if you know Java SE, I may disclose source code listings. You may be taken aback a bit by my use of generics, but in as much as my use of generics has helped me work out logic errors before they turn into runtime bugs, I do not believe my progress to the point where I find myself now, could have been any faster. To reiterate: Clique Space(TM) is a concept where one's presence is projected over devices one possesses to others who likewise use Clique Space to project their presence through whatever devices they have. Clique Space allows the individual to engage different devices depending not only on the devices' physical characteristics, but also on preferences set by the individual and groups to which the individual is affiliated. I believe this concept is so flexible that it reduces the entire variety of individual interaction down to the disclosure or non-disclosure of "components" which describe individual characteristics. Although this assertion requires testing, my hunch since August/September 2004 has only solidified. I believe that in this concept, I have come up with a mechanism that reduces the complexity of interaction to a question of scale: different device types are described in "Media Profiles", so that in order to use a device on Clique Space, one merely needs the correct Media Profile. All interactions in Clique Space are modelled as Cliques; an Clique contains two or more Participants which are one or more devices commandeered by their owner (through an Identity) to engage one or more other member Participants in a systematic way. This Clique is governed by constraints, and the Clique only exists while sufficient constraint affinity can be maintained. I probably need some interested people to lend me a hand in the production of Media Profiles. Get back to me some time. Owen. On 21 August 2011 20:28, Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Claims Agent people. > > I don't mean to bother you too much, but if you have ever looked upon my > solitary endeavour with some interest, you might like to know that I think > my prototype has thus far developed most (not all - there are still > significant pieces missing - and these pieces may require much more time > than has transpired to get me this far) of the functionality that would be > present in any product that pays true respect to my vision of a real-time > cyberspatial identity metasystem. Hence, I believe I may be able to > demonstrate something of interest to people who are technically > unchallenged in Java SE. > > If perhaps you might like to know more, then please get back to me. > > Whatever you do, enjoy your week. > > Owen. > > -- > Employment-from-home. Make mine part-time. > You've go a job for me working full-time from an office? No thanks. > Clique Space(TM). Practical, Ubiquitous, Individual, and Real-time > Security and Identity in Cyberspace. > Research paper on Clique Space: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1714848 > Owen's Garden of Thought: http://owenpaulthomas.blogspot.com/ > Twitter: @CliqueSpace > <http://www.elance.com/CliqueSpace>www.cliquespace.net > Skype: owen.paul.thomas > Mobile: +61 401 493 433 > > -- Employment-from-home. Make mine part-time. Yes you can. Software developers certainly can be salaried and superannuated part-time from home. Make it so for this one. Clique Space(TM): A seat for the soul. www.owenpaulthomas.blogspot.com

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Charities on behalf of Anne Smedinghoff
by Joni Brennan 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Dear Kantara Community, Recently many of you have expressed heart felt concern and asked what you can personally do to show memorial to Tom Smedinghoff's daughter Anne. The family recently posted a blog article indicating charities they prefer donations made to in lieu of flowers etc. Kantara Initiative BoT and LC has also sent a letter directly to the Smedinghoff family to extend our thoughts and prayers at this time. If you would like to donate on behalf of Anne's memory please see the below. - Take Care Joni Brennan Executive Director, Kantara Initiative http://annesmedinghoff.com/?p=22 The Smedinghoff family has been touched by the outpouring of support from people around the world looking for ways to help continue Anne’s work. In lieu of sending flowers, we ask that you consider supporting organizations that are engaged in the same great work that Anne dedicated herself to so selflessly. *Aschiana Foundation: **To provide education and training to working street children through Aschiana in Afghanistan. **http://www.aschiana-foundation.org/index.php* *Afghan Girls Financial Assistance Fund:** To aid young Afghan women who seek a college education in the USA. AGFAF identifies promising young women, matches them with participating educational institutions and American host families and provides financial support for expenses not covered by either these institutions or host families. *http://www.agfaf.org *Help the Afghan Children:* D*edicated to improving the lives of children in Afghanistan through quality education and helping them become educated, healthy, productive citizens. *http://www.helptheafghanchildren.org *SOLA, Afghanistan (School of Leadership, Afghanistan):* D*edicated to furthering education and leadership opportunities in Afghanistan and the world for the new generation of Afghanistan, especially for women. *http://www.sola-afghanistan.org/

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Attending EIC 2013 in Munich?
by Joni Brennan 15 Apr '13

15 Apr '13

Dear Katnara Members and Community, Will you be attending EIC 2013 in Munich? If so we hope you can join us that the special Kantara workshop day as well as for our panel. Details: http://www.id-conf.com/events/eic2013-kantara We have special discounts for Kantara Members and Community. Please let me know if you're attending and would like a special discount code. Additionally, If you're interested in actually joining our workshop panel discussions please also let me know as we may have some speaking spaces left. Best Regards, Joni

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