JABR has posted the notes for my Q&A-time update on The Last Year in Crypto History to the blu.org home-page, under the calendar announcement listing, so you can follow all the links alluded to.
- bill On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> wrote: > When: September 17, 2014 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A) > Topic: Crypto News, TOR, and our PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XIV > Moderators:Bill Ricker > Shava Nerad, Founding executive director of the Tor Project > > Location: MIT Building E51, Room 325 > > Please note that Wadsworth Street is under construction. You can enter > Ames St from Memorial Drive, and take a right onto Amherst St. > > > Summary > Bill's annual Crypto News update, a history of TOR, and our annual > keysigning party. Pre-register your PGP key before the meeting! > > Abstract > > Add your key to the keysigning party checksheet: > [url]http://blu.org/keysignings/[/url] > > A key signing party is a get-together of people who use the PGP > encryption system with the purpose of allowing those people to sign each > others keys. Key signing parties serve to extend the web of trust to a > great degree. Key signing parties also serve as great opportunities to > discuss the political and social issues surrounding strong cryptography, > individual liberties, individual sovereignty, and even implementing > encryption technologies or perhaps future work on free encryption software. > > The basic workflow of signing someone's key is as follows: > > [list] [*]Verify that the person actually is who they claim to be; > [*]Have them verify their key ID and fingerprint; [*]Sign their key; > [*]Send the signed key back to them [/list] > > At the meeting, we go through the first two steps. Each person who > preregistered their key will announce their presence and then read off > their key ID and fingerprint, so everyone can verify that their copy of > the list of keys is correct. Once we've run down the list, we line up, > and each of us examines everyone else's photo IDs to verify that they > are who they claim to be. After the meeting is over, each participant > can then retrieve the keys that they've personally verified, sign those > keys, and send the signed keys back to their respective owners. > > In order to complete the keysigning in the allotted time, we follow > a formal procedure as seen in V. Alex Brennen's "GnuPG Keysigning Party > HOWTO", attached below. It is strongly advised that if you have not been > to a keysigning party before, you read this document. We're using the > List-based method for this keysigning party, and the keyserver at > subkeys.pgp.net. > > It is essential that, before the meeting, you register on the signup > form listed in the attachments. You should bring at least one picture ID > with you. You must also bring your own printout of the report on that > page, so you can check off the names/keys of the people you have > personally verified. > > The list will be printed on Wednesday afternoon, the day of the > meeting; be sure to register your key for the keysigning before that. > The official cutoff time is 3:00 pm. > > Additional Links: > Registration http://blu.org/keysignings/keypartyregister.php > GNUPG Keysigning Party Howto: > http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/gpg-party.html > GNU Privacy Guard: http://www.gnupg.org/ > > For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site > http://www.blu.org > Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51 > parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St. > > After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting > location at The Cambridge Brewing Company > http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/ > > -- > Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> > Boston Linux and Unix > PGP key id:3BC1EB90 > PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Bill Ricker [email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
