Another factor to consider when signing a key is, "does this person understand GnuPG, and can I trust keys that THEY have signed?". That is what the web of trust is, a chain of trust. We assign trust to a key based on our confidence in the diligence of the key owner, and implicitly trust, to some degree, keys that they have signed.
Having said that, there should be a way to have a key signing via conferencing app. Scott On 2020-04-26 11:04 p.m., Bob Jonkman via talk wrote: > I stopped reading the phildev.com article when it insisted on third-party > photo ID. The point of keysigning is not to verify a person's right to drive > or access to health care, it's to associate a key with the identity you use > to communicate. Often, that identity is a persistent pseudonym, intended to > avoid the very third-parties that issue photo ID. > > I've run a few formal and informal keysigning parties. I've written up some > instructions at https://sobac.com/wiki/Formal_Keysigning > > I'd be interested in seeing if it can be adapted it for use in a video or > audio conference. > > --Bob > > > > -- > Bob Jonkman <[email protected]> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 > SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ > Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting > GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA > > > > > > On April 26, 2020 10:07:35 PM EDT, Rouben via talk <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi GTA LUG folks, >> >> Do you think it’s doable? Based on instructions here I think these can >> be >> adapted for Zoom or similar... >> https://www.phildev.net/pgp/gpgsigning.html >> >> Also I’m curious to see if/what key signing policies folks here adhere >> to. >> Here’s a fairly comprehensive example: >> http://www.arasca.com/olaf/pgp/policy.html >> >> I brought this up before, but unfortunately found the interest was not >> quite there, coupled with lack of time to do this face to face in the >> past, >> the proposed event never took place. I’m therefore wondering if the >> current >> predicament of staying at home and holding meetings over Zoom (or >> similar >> platforms) can help rekindle this and make it actually happen. >> >> What do you think? >> >> Rouben > --- > Post to this mailing list [email protected] > Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk --- Post to this mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
