On Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 05:27:58AM +0300, Yotam Rubin wrote:
> 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 . 

Please update it from the key-server, I have signed all of you fellers
as well. 

>       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.

Small correction here: Eran Tromer brought his fingerprint as well,
and I did not bring it, since I verified it before hand against the
printed copied I passed out. 

Those of you who did not participate, fret not - we'll have another
key signing party in the next IGLU event. 
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