[NCLUG] Keysigning Party tomorrow?

Quentin Hartman qhartman at gmail.com
Mon Sep 9 17:18:58 MDT 2013


I've participated in several keysignings and the process that Stephen
outlines definitely works the best of any I've tried.

QH


On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Stephen Warren <swarren at wwwdotorg.org>wrote:

> On 09/09/2013 03:47 PM, Joshua Datko wrote:
> > So, does anybody else want to have a GPG Keysigning either before /
> > after the VIM presentation?  The Philadelphia Linux Group used them
> > run them every so often and has a good tutorial:
> > http://www.phillylinux.org/keys/terminal.html
> >
> > Debian also has pretty clear and concise instructions:
> > https://wiki.debian.org/Keysigning
> >
> > This would actually be my first keysigning, so if somebody has some
> > more experience here, it'd be great if you can help.
> >
> > That is, if the group wants to go through with it...
>
> I'm happy to sign peoples' keys, but I'd rather do the actual signing
> off-line, and just the verification at the meeting. To that end, if you
> want your key signed, I would suggest:
>
> * You: upload key to public keyservers before the meeting.
> * You: print out your key fingerprint and giving that to people for
> later use. Each signer will need their own copy of each key.
> * Signer: download key from public keyserver later,
> * Signer: verify downloaded key vs. printed fingerprint,
> * Signer: sign key,
> * Signer: upload signature to keyserver,
> * You: (optional, perhaps a few days later, or repeatedly if you're
> impatient!) download new signatures from the key server.
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/Keysigning#Step_3:_Print_your_key
>
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