Proof of possession when exchanging keys

2013-11-15 Thread Phil Calvin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I seem to recall reading somewhere that when exchanging keys in person, you should not only have the person verify the key fingerprint, but you should also present them with 1) an unpredictable challenge document to sign or 2) verify that they can

Re: Proof of possession when exchanging keys

2013-11-15 Thread Thomas Harning Jr.
The general practice I follow is to verify fingerprint and ID separately then, in order to verify control of email address and private key, send the signed ID encrypted to the provided email address. On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Phil Calvin p...@philcalvin.com wrote: -BEGIN PGP

Re: Proof of possession when exchanging keys

2013-11-15 Thread Ingo Klöcker
On Friday 15 November 2013 11:39:30 Phil Calvin wrote: On Nov 15, 2013, at 11:02, Thomas Harning Jr. harni...@gmail.com wrote: The general practice I follow is to verify fingerprint and ID separately then, in order to verify control of email address and private key, send the signed ID