Re: [free-software-melb] Keysigning party
On 09/08/13 12:53, Fraser Tweedale wrote: I wrote a key submission application that you might find useful. It's pretty spartan, but I've use it for keysigning parties at linux.conf.au and other conferences and it does the job. https://github.com/frasertweedale/pgpsubmit Looks neat. I'll look into it more closely if I have time (probably not before this months meet-up though). Oh and I should also mention https://github.com/frasertweedale/gcaff which is a friendlier alternative to caff for signing multiple keys. Even has a GUI! I attempted to open some of the Debian keyrings just to see what the GUI looked like, but it would always fail with an uncaught exception. Didn't spend too much time on it, but I like the idea. On Fri, Aug 09, 2013 at 12:20:05PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: I think we will use some middle ground between the “Sassaman” URL:http://keysigning.org/methods/sassaman-efficient and “Ad hoc” URL:http://keysigning.org/methods/adhoc. Specifically, I think the party will be small enough to use Ad hoc, but the central point of contact to co-ordinate the participating keys will be helpful. I'm expecting a number of people will not have any GnuPG experience, so am intending to provide a small presentation on the subject. If people bring laptops, they might create decide to create keys on the spot. I know this isn't ideal, but I think it's important to prioritise helping people get started. As the meet-up is only a few days away, it's probably not reasonable to expect everyone will have time to send me keys prior to the event. Happy to do this if people want, but I agree with your assessment that leaning towards ad hoc might be the way to go. Depending on how we go for time, how many people turn up (and interest levels), I'd even be happy to continue keysigning while waiting on dinner - if there are no objections, anyway. Cheers, Adam signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
Re: [free-software-melb] Keysigning party
Adam Bolte abo...@systemsaviour.com writes: As the meet-up is only a few days away, it's probably not reasonable to expect everyone will have time to send me keys prior to the event. Happy to do this if people want, but I agree with your assessment that leaning towards ad hoc might be the way to go. Depending on how we go for time, how many people turn up (and interest levels), I'd even be happy to continue keysigning while waiting on dinner - if there are no objections, anyway. It's also worth noting that a keysigning party has a misleading name: The purpose of the party is not to sign keys at the party :-) Rather, the purpose of the keysigning party is to organise everyone to perfom all the necessary prior steps to key signing. Some (create one's own keypair, send the public key to a network or central coordinator, print out copies of fingerprints) are done before the party where feasible, and some (meet the person, verify photo ID, check their fingerprint with them) need person-to-person interaction so are done at the party. The actual signing of keys is usually done at one's leisure *after* the party. -- \ “Guaranteed to work throughout its useful life.” —packaging for | `\ clockwork toy, Hong Kong | _o__) | Ben Finney ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
Re: [free-software-melb] Keysigning party
On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 10:02:42AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote: Adam Bolte abo...@systemsaviour.com writes: As the meet-up is only a few days away, it's probably not reasonable to expect everyone will have time to send me keys prior to the event. Happy to do this if people want, but I agree with your assessment that leaning towards ad hoc might be the way to go. Depending on how we go for time, how many people turn up (and interest levels), I'd even be happy to continue keysigning while waiting on dinner - if there are no objections, anyway. It's also worth noting that a keysigning party has a misleading name: The purpose of the party is not to sign keys at the party :-) Excellent point. The actual signing of keys is usually done at one's leisure *after* the party. That's true, although I'll be prepared to walk first timers through it (not that there's much to it anyway). So if anyone would like to send me their keys before Wednesday night, I can make the key list available at that time - either via a temporary URL which I'll post here, or (if anyone requests it) e-mailing people back directly. signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
[free-software-melb] Keysigning party
Howdy all, We have been discussing the idea of regular GPG keysigning parties for our group. A keysigning party is an opportunity to efficiently use a gathering of people to perform the necessary steps in verifying the identity of GPG key holders URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_signing_party. There is a good site URL:http://keysigning.org/ which is a repository of information on what a keysigning party is and, importantly, what people need to know in order to prepare and participate. I think we will use some middle ground between the “Sassaman” URL:http://keysigning.org/methods/sassaman-efficient and “Ad hoc” URL:http://keysigning.org/methods/adhoc. Specifically, I think the party will be small enough to use Ad hoc, but the central point of contact to co-ordinate the participating keys will be helpful. Adam Bolte has offered to give more information and co-ordinate, but I'm happy to answer questions here too. -- \ “By instructing students how to learn, unlearn, and relearn, a | `\ powerful new dimension can be added to education.” —Alvin | _o__)Toffler, _Future Shock_, 1970 | Ben Finney ___ Free-software-melb mailing list Free-software-melb@lists.softwarefreedom.com.au http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
