A History of SSO - The Vietnam war, pre-internet networks, and async JavaScript

Wednesday, Nov 20th @ Trellis co-working and bar

Hey Everyone! We're having our first meetup this November 20th at Trellis.

For this meetup, we're going to have our SuperTokens Devrel member, Connor Peshek, give a talk on the surprising history of Single Sign-On Authentication. After the talk, we'll be giving out free pizza to enjoy while you can hang out with attendees and enjoy some drinks.

Talk description:
Most people think of the Log in with Google button when mentioning SSO. It's a much older technology than people realize — originally birthed by the NSA to fight communication hijacking. It later became a core piece of the largest pre-internet network before becoming wrapped up in a corporate battleground.

Let's explore the evolution of SSO through the years, starting with government communication encryption all the way to it's current iteration sparked by the birth of asynchronous JavaScript.

Meetup agenda:
6:00: Doors open
6:30: Talk - A History of SSO - The Vietnam war, pre-internet networks, and async JavaScript
7-8: Socialize and snacks

Meetup speaker:
Connor Peshek is a member of SuperTokens DevRel team. Outside of just enjoying engineering, he's a metal vocalist, frequent traveler, and enjoyer of picking up heavy things and putting them back down.