Re: [Debconf-discuss] using OpenPGP notations to indicate keysigning practices [was: Re: GPG keysigning?]

2009-06-25 Thread Paul Wise
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 3:14 AM, Daniel Kahn Gillmord...@fifthhorseman.net wrote: I think that misses a critical point; i want to use my OpenPGP key for a variety of purposes both in and out of debian.  I consider it a baseline tool for managing my digital identity.  While i'm happy to obey

Re: [Debconf-discuss] using OpenPGP notations to indicate keysigning practices [was: Re: GPG keysigning?]

2009-06-25 Thread Philipp Kern
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 09:30:52AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote: Would subkeys help in this scenario? (hint hint, some good docs about real-world subkey usage are needed). Subkeys cannot (to my knowledge) be used for certification (i.e. key signing). At least not with stock gnupg. Kind regards,

[Debconf-discuss] using OpenPGP notations to indicate keysigning practices [was: Re: GPG keysigning?]

2009-06-23 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 06/23/2009 12:34 PM, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Frankly, recording the details of the verification performed is a first step to improving the ability to assess the strength of the link in the web of trust. A simple key sig is not enough, there could be a formal process to add to the

Re: [Debconf-discuss] using OpenPGP notations to indicate keysigning practices [was: Re: GPG keysigning?]

2009-06-23 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 06/23/2009 02:52 PM, martin f krafft wrote: Additional metadata, e.g. number and expiration date would be helpful. This would certainly be useful from the smiting perspective, but might raise privacy concerns if people don't want their passport number (or whatever) bound to their OpenPGP