How to hold a key signing party?
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- I've never attended a key signing party so I'd like to get some input on the most effective way to run one. What I have in mind is to have everyone who is planning on attending send me their key and its fingerprint. I'll collate the lot and print enough copies of the list of names/fingerprints so that once everyone shows up, each person can get a handout. Everyone presents ID showing who they are and reads off their fingerprint so the attendees can check them on their handout. Afterwards, I'll email all attendees the keys so they can sign them and mail them back to me. Once I receive the signed keys, I'll redistribute them back to the owners & attendees. This seems like a lot of work, which I don't mind, but if there is a more efficient method, I'd like to know about it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMHrs/mGnwFiC3O2NAQGmMgf/SMeupR1BLe63riBNQklOGgGrLm+7yW3d cqR42cdHnfxGLjy9Jwp+kmN1mHMf+EA+VIEZGC98Q0ZzwGzAnlibXmBOCHuC+6u2 ofRGLXtOB8WKJlJ2uXNjAeeOQcCEaRXmgbPhtqgb2YH7zcsiFRWMjpTi3MwLylXv Vb7SIgayVKuGEx2h43xH0ChjJuyzsdJgRtW5G0e/oBjxcOpdtNrnj4zHmFqu9R/M o4NN/W1S2unF3nvJmZkpKQT7EdVbRFHjdS/RfSqTcqf+WF+yXCo2NnUkdUat5uJh QB1CpIn7Zpw/HZiAp5r87GFy0SiKvwS4QPpsvhIaCa0NGoNqqjhXUg== =Jvxf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- signoff 2048bit-Fingerprint: 74 64 C7 6F 51 72 36 3D 87 75 F9 F5 2A F6 8F 74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Help Phil! email zldf@clark.net or see http://www.netresponse.com/zldf
Joe Block writes:
What I have in mind is to have everyone who is planning on attending send me their key and its fingerprint....
This seems like a lot of work, which I don't mind, but if there is a more efficient method, I'd like to know about it.
Doesn't make any difference to me, you nefarious agent of the Great Man In The Middle you. [ You got to get up *pretty early in the morning* to put one over on *me* like that. ] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Nobody's going to listen to you if you just | Mike McNally (m5@tivoli.com) | | stand there and flap your arms like a fish. | Tivoli Systems, Austin TX | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Joe Block writes:
What I have in mind is to have everyone who is planning on attending send me their key and its fingerprint. I'll collate the lot and print enough copies of the list of names/fingerprints so that once everyone shows up, each person can get a handout. Everyone presents ID showing who they are and reads off their fingerprint so the attendees can check them on their handout. Afterwards, I'll email all attendees the keys so they can sign them and mail them back to me. Once I receive the signed keys, I'll redistribute them back to the owners & attendees.
What you describe is the method we use at IETF meetings (we always have key signing parties) and it is about as efficient as you can hope for. The one proviso I'll add is that you really don't need people to show ID -- thats up to the people signing the keys... Perry
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Perry E. Metzger