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* Re: [gentoo-dev] Keysigning at LWE
  @ 2003-07-30 20:22 99%         ` Patrick Kursawe
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From: Patrick Kursawe @ 2003-07-30 20:22 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 08:59:12PM +0200, Sven Vermeulen wrote:

> Another way of keysigning is to have a dedicated time to do so. 
> 
> First, all ppl mail their pubkey and fingerprint to a general person who puts
> them online before the meeting.
> 
> On the meeting (at the dedicated time) all ppl are named and show their
> fingerprint to the rest of the room (through a whiteboard or a projection).

Yes. That's the way keysigning is usually organized, and it makes sense.
I think "trust the guys at the booth and sign what they told you to sign"
is just quite exactly _not_ what the web of trust is meant to be.
Signing should allow you to see, not just to guess who actually verified
which ID.

Signing a key means verifying identity. Who trusts who is a different
kind of matter, and it's not just for fun GPG provides trust values
for keys. So I would recommend doing it the way Sven proposed - 
or let the guys at the booth sign keys of visitors and vice versa.

Bye, Patrick

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2003-07-30 15:40     ` Patrick Kursawe
2003-07-30 16:46       ` Fred Van Andel
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