Re: How to get pgp keys signed

2003-10-17 Thread Lars Eilebrecht
According to Sander Temme: Why would we have to be confident of their identity? Immediately above, you just say that you believe that key is associated with the correct person. So we vouch for the connection between that particular carbon-based lifeform and said key. Why would we care who

Re: How to get pgp keys signed

2003-10-17 Thread Ben Laurie
Eric Cholet wrote: Joerg Pietschmann a écrit : Lars Eilebrecht wrote: Should I really loose all my disks and all backups are unreadable, I would still be able to revoke my key and to create a new one. Which is not of much help in reading still encrypted stuff lying around somewhere

Re: How to get pgp keys signed

2003-10-16 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
On Wednesday, Oct 15, 2003, at 23:31 Europe/Rome, Ben Hyde wrote: - ben (who thinks that the web of PGP signatures doesn't grow because people can't figure out the rules and are embaressed to admit it) ..or they haven't been given a reason to care. -- Stefano.

Re: How to get pgp keys signed

2003-10-16 Thread Ben Hyde
Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: Ben Hyde wrote: - ben (who thinks that the web of PGP signatures doesn't grow because people can't figure out the rules and are embaressed to admit it) ..or they haven't been given a reason to care. My dear friend Stefano - go ahead, pull my cord, bait me, tease me...

Re: How to get pgp keys signed

2003-10-16 Thread Stefano Mazzocchi
On Thursday, Oct 16, 2003, at 18:56 Europe/Rome, Ben Hyde wrote: Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: Ben Hyde wrote: - ben (who thinks that the web of PGP signatures doesn't grow because people can't figure out the rules and are embaressed to admit it) ..or they haven't been given a reason to care. My

Re: How to get pgp keys signed

2003-10-16 Thread Joerg Pietschmann
Ben Hyde wrote: They were attempting to see if people were better motivated by reason or fear. Did they try lazyness? I got a SSH key because I no longer have to type a password in order to do commits or login into the apache server. Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: ..or they haven't been given a

Re: How to get pgp keys signed

2003-10-16 Thread Joerg Pietschmann
Lars Eilebrecht wrote: Should I really loose all my disks and all backups are unreadable, I would still be able to revoke my key and to create a new one. Which is not of much help in reading still encrypted stuff lying around somewhere else...you know, if it wasn't important, it would a) not be

Re: How to get pgp keys signed

2003-10-15 Thread Sander Temme
I assume that people more knowledgeable than I will critique this, but this works for me... I don't know if I'm more knowledgeable, but I have in the past volunteered to set up a centrally organized keysigning party at Apachecon, and still intend to do so if the planners will have me... Note

How to get pgp keys signed

2003-10-13 Thread Ben Hyde
I assume that people more knowledgeable than I will critique this, but this works for me... A conference provides a great opportunity to get your pgp key signed and to sign a the keys of others, but it is just somewhat easier to assert somebody's identity in person. A little prep can

Re: How to get pgp keys signed

2003-10-13 Thread Ben Hyde
This is now found here: committers: docs/pgp-key-signing.txt So that editors and pgp mavens can push it up hill. - ben On Monday, October 13, 2003, at 10:52 AM, Ben Hyde wrote: A conference provides a great opportunity to get your pgp key signed and to sign a the keys of others, but it is