[olug] PGP (GPG) key signing

Aric aric at omahax.com
Wed Jun 12 22:19:04 UTC 2013


I am a StartSSL.com WOT notary, there are 5 of them in Omaha.


> my reply is in the attachment.
> $gpg --clearsign filename.txt
>
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> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Kyle Simpson <drpunkerz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> /me waves
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Tony Gies <tony.gies at gruppe86.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hey all,
>> >
>> > In light of recent events, privacy is on a lot of people's minds, and
>> I'm
>> > starting to see a lot more email in my inbox that is encrypted with
>> GPG
>> or
>> > something similar. This has led me to realize that my current key has
>> no
>> > signatures on it, and thus doesn't serve as a very good proof of
>> identity.
>> >
>> > Are there any PGP/GPG users in the group who would be interested in
>> > exchanging signatures at a future meetup? It's pretty easy to do,
>> Debian
>> > has an outline of the procedures involved:
>> > http://www.debian.org/events/keysigning. Having a personal key that is
>> > highly integrated into the web of trust (i.e. has many signatures) is
>> good
>> > practice even if you don't value or use the privacy/trust aspects;
>> among
>> > other things, it is prerequisite to participating in
>> development/package
>> > maintenance on a few major Linux distros.
>> >
>> > tgies
>> >
>> > PS: I know I'm probably not a familiar name except to a few of you who
>> I've
>> > worked with, but I actually used to post to the mailing list
>> occasionally
>> > and attended a few of the Bellevue meetups 3-4 years ago. I just
>> haven't
>> > been active in a long time.
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