With the holidays coming up, and many of us traveling to see friends and relatives, we all have a great chance to sign keys of people who aren't in our normal circle of contact. In our web of trust, we need as many long strands as we can get. I recommend that all of you write down your MD5 hashes, and, if you are willing, post your general itinerary if you are traveling so people can get in touch with you, and your key signing policy. It only takes a five minute meeting (unless there's good chinese food conveniently nearby :-) to exchange hashes, then you can email your keyring once you get back home. I'll start. I'll be visiting friends in the Alexandria, VA area saturday and sunday (12/19-12/20), but I won't be reachable via phone easily so if you'll be in that area during that time, email me before noon saturday with contact information. From sunday 12/20 to wednesday 12/23 (I may stay later), I'll be in northern New Jersey (Wayne, to be exact) at my parents' house, phone 201-694-3152. I only sign keys I can verify out-of-band, either in person or by phone with someone I know. So far, all the keys I've signed are people I've known for awhile and see often, so it was easy. I guess I'll make up a new rule: show me a driver's license and another piece of ID (sort of like what you need to cash a check), and I'll trust that you're you. The harder to fake the better; I suppose passports rank high on that list. Maybe I'm crazy for posting all this info saying when I'm going to be out of town, but I think it's worth it in the interest of getting some more connections established (and I've been accused of being crazy many times before, anyway). Marc