On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 17:17, Alexander Dahl <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > >> So I've gotten around to generating my own personal GPG key and >> signing every mail with it. Problem is, I don't know anyone with gpg >> or pgp, and want my key to be signed. If I understand correctly, this >> should be done face to face? Or can someone on this list do it? I'm >> fairly new to all of this and don't really know where to start. > > Kyle already mentioned local groups and I can recommend that too. > > Short additional information: the signing itself is done by everyone by > himself at home but the verification of identity and fingerprints should > be face2face! I tried to find some information on the GnuPG site, but > the manual is not very detailed in this topic, so try your luck with the > keysigning party howto, at least the part about the "why": > http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/keysigning_party/en/keysigning_party.html > > I assume there is lot of additional information especially for beginners > on the web, just try the search engine of your choice. ;-)
Thanks guys, I'll go check that out. If anyone here lives in vienna (aut) and wants to meet for some intimate key-signing, mail me. Cheers, Meli
