[ale] PGP / GPG Keysigning party... Upload your key now!

[Scott Castaline]

Unfortunately I missed this month's meeting, so I do not have the 
details for the keysigning party. It was sort of up in the air before 
the last meeting, is it still going to be at the usual meeting 
place/time, or somewhere else and some other time?

On 11/18/2011 01:23 AM, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> Everyone!
>
> As discussed at tonight's ALE Central Meeting and at the after meeting
> meeting, we are working on a PGP keysigning party for December.
>
> Pursuant to that, I have set up a listing at BigLumber,
> <http://biglumber.com>, a site dedicated to promoting PGP keysigning
> parties.  Please feel free to register up there if you wish to host /
> coordinate parties or if you wish to do individual key signings.
> Registration is NOT required to merely participate in a keysigning party
> - registration is only required for organizers and listers.  The Forum
> of Incident Response Securty Teams (FIRST - http://www.first.org) has
> used this site for years coordinating our PGP keysigning events.
>
> In anticipation of the keysigning event, you should add your key to our
> keyring here:
>
> http://biglumber.com/x/web?keyring=4254
>
> You will see a text listing of our complete keyring with the key ids,
> the owner uids and the key fingerprints.
>
> Just paste your public key into the text window or browse to a file of
> it and then hit "submit query" (yeah, I know it's kinda weird and
> confusing and it confused me the first time too).  Your key will be
> added and you will see a complete listing of the current keys on this
> keyring (currently just my two) after you go back and hit "refresh".  We
> will print out copies of the keyring for the keysigning party and you
> can then "check off" people you verify.
>
> When we have gone through the keysigning party itself, you can then
> download the entire keyring from BigLumber, import it, and sign those
> keys which you have personally verified.  DO NOT sign any keys on the
> keyring you have not personally identified and verified at the party!
> That's the very principle of the web of trust!  The keyring is public
> and visible and anyone can add their key to it and can download the
> entire keyring.
>
> After signing keys you've verified, you can send the signed keys to
> their owners or update the public keyrings as you wish.  You can also
> update the signatures at BigLumber by uploading the signed keys to the
> keyring as well.
>
> Please use the final keyring after the party to actually do signatures
> as people will be adding keys up to the last moment or you may miss
> some.  By the same token, if people show up who have not uploaded their
> keys by the time of the keysigning party, it is NOT TOO LATE but do NOT
> be tardy after!
>
> Even if you are NOT SURE you will be able to attend, please upload your
> keys anyways!  It doesn't hurt.  You won't be breaking any protocol.
> You won't be subject to any SPAM.  If you think there is any remote
> possibility you might be there and might like to pick up a FEW
> signatures, upload your key ASAP so you won't forget!
>
> You will not HAVE TO use BigLumber.  There's always a few who forget
> (please DON'T - it makes things go sooooo much faster and easier) or who
> just generated new keys.  Even if you have not uploaded your key to
> BigLumber, you can still attend the party.  Please bring either business
> cards, or PGP cards, or even strips of paper with your key id and
> fingerprint printed on it and we will make due.  I WILL have a stack of
> my own, just in case.  BUT...  If you can, please use BigLumber and help
> us build the keyring as much in advance as you possibly can!
>
> To make this happen in December, we start now.  Let the uploads begin!
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
>
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