Hello,
As you may or may not know, a key signing "party" was held today
at the cinemateque. This party involved the identity verification of
participants so their keys could be later signed by fellow participants.
Although not deprived of a procedural mishap[0], the party was completed with
9 verified identities. Soon after the gathering had terminated, people began
to sign each other's keys. As of now, there are 8 keys in this newly formed
keyring. I have posted the keyring and other visual aids produced by
sig2dot.pl and graphviz at http://yotamr.dyndns.org/keyring .
I hope that this keyring will continue to expand. The value of a
public keyring, where one may reliably confirm another's identity is not
only useful for the present, but possibly for the future as well, when the
government would want to explore digital id's and the like. Should there be
a large enough keyring, it's possible that government officials might lean
towards an open solution, rather than a proprietary one.
If anyone wants to hold a key signing party in Beer-Sheva and the vicinity,
please let me know.
Regards, Yotam Rubin
[0]: Everyone except for Nadav Har'El neglected to bring their key
fingerprints, which tends to decrease the reliability of the whole
process.
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