Bernard Tyers - ei8fdb wrote: > > --===============0194389773== > Content-Type: multipart/signed; > boundary="Apple-Mail=_42600D74-BACD-4F4B-9BD8-3B20FDE29090"; > protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 > > > --Apple-Mail=_42600D74-BACD-4F4B-9BD8-3B20FDE29090 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset=windows-1252 > > Hello Ludovic! > > I=92d like to go along and take part. > > One thing: what kind of person are you expecting to attend? I would like = > to suggest you open it to journalists, human rights defenders, activist = > communities? > > I was at the Fosdem KSP and eventhough I enjoyed it (can you actually = > =93enjoy=94 a key signing party?) I observed some ways in which it might = > have been improved, particularly for first time party-goers. > > I had intended on writing this up as some feedback for the great Fosdem = > people in case they were interested, but you=92ve prompted me to do it = > here: > > NB: This feedback makes the following assumptions: > > 1. People who *are not* advanced/expert GPG are encouraged to attend. > 2. A similar key signing protocol to the modified Zimmerman-Sassaman is = > used. > > > 1. Explain whats needed *before* you attend the key signing party. > > Steps of: > a. Submit your keys before date X. Give clear steps on how to submit the = > keys. > b. Inform the user when the list of participants will be released. = > Explain the list of participants needs to be downloaded. > c. Please, please, please outline the steps the user needs to take to = > verify the participant lists keysum *on the website not* in the list of = > participants. > > (I spoke with a lot of party goers at Fosdem who were unaware of the = > steps=85which were in the list of keys. But if you didn=92t know you had = > to download the list, and didn=92t have access to a printer=85.) > > 2. Explain the overall process involved *once you are at* the key = > signing party. > > Again, at Fosdem this seemed to be handled eventually by word of mouth = > and general =93whipping=94 people into order. Some people were unsure of = > the process. > > 3. Explain what is needed *after* the party finishes. > > This was handled well at the Fosdem party. > > > A few other things I made a note of were: > > - If possible try and had tables provided for the people taking part so = > they can put their documentation/equipment down while they are checking = > keys etc.=20 > > - Have some people helping out when people don=92t know what=92s = > involved. > > - Think about capping the maximum amount of people able to attend, or = > think about having two sessions. > > I thought it interesting even those who looked like =93seasoned=94 key = > signing party goers needed to stop and think about what they should do = > in certain circumstances. > > Only because of the kindness of one party goer I managed to get as far = > as I did.=20 > > While the Fosdem party webpage technically had 99% of the information = > needed, it was not very user-friendly, particularly to a non-seasoned = > KSP person. I really hope they can redesign it to be easier to read. > > If you need some help, please let me know as I=92d happily help out. > > All the best, > Bernard > > > On 12 Feb 2014, at 11:40, Ludovic Hirlimann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > >=20 > > I'm organizing a pgp key signing party in London on March the 25th at > > 6:30 PM BST in the mozilla space of the mozilla office in London. > >=20 > > I've been trying to reach out to Londoners and Uk users of pgp using > > twitter ( https://twitter.com/lhirlimann/status/432867811002564608 ), > > I've tried to contact the Linux Users group, but din't get much out of > > it. So I'm going to try to get some atention here. > >=20 > > The space is limited in the london office so you'll need to register > > using event brite at > > = > https://www.eventbrite.fr/e/gpg-key-signing-party-london-uk-tickets-105511= > 17677 > > . > >=20 > > Ludo
I suggest Ludovic Hirlimann <[email protected]> should search London BSD Group & contact eg http://www.bsdgroups.org.uk/london/ http://mailman.uk.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/ukfreebsd Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Interleave replies below like a play script. Indent old text with "> ". Send plain text, not quoted-printable, HTML, base64, or multipart/alternative. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
