Ken Schumacher

I am a Unix Systems Administrator at Fermi National Accelerator Lab in Batavia, IL. I began working at Fermilab in Jan 1997. In Oct 2008, I began working with the HPC Department which oversees several large High-Performance computing clusters, primarily for use by USQCD. My group manages nearly 1900 nodes in 6 clusters.

My experience with trusted identity and such

I have been a PGP user since 1994. I have attended several PGP Key Signing BoF1 sessions at various LISA conferences and this has allowed me to build up quite a collection of signatures onmy PGP Keys.

At the 2004 LISA conference in Atlanta GA, I signed up to host the PGP key signing BoF. I was contacted before the conference by those who were trying to set up a CAcert BOF session. That session was scheduled for right after the PGP session. I collected enough assurance points before the session that I was able to help with assurances at the session. We easily attained critical mass and the assurances went on into the wee hours of the night. I spent most of my free time over the next several days explaining CAcert and the assurance process in small hallway gatherings. I assured 35 people and I was assured by 24 people new to the process, helping them earn points so they could assure others.

Upcoming Events

I will be attending the LISA'09 conference in Baltimore, MD 1-6 Nov 2009. I will be arriving on Sat evening, 31 Oct. I'm staying at the conference hotel all week, departing after lunch on Fri 6 Nov. I have offered to host a PGP key signing BoF and a CAcert.org BoF session.

At this point, my intention is to give a presentation introducing the CAcert.org community and describing the assurance process. I am reaching out to others who will attend this conference who are qualified as assurers. I have posted an event page. I will be available for assurances at the conference all week.

Email: <ken.schumacher AT SPAMFREE gmail DOT com>

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  1. BoF stands for "Birds of a Feather". It is a gathering where people meet to discuss a topic of common interest (1)