Michael Leone on Wed, 17 Apr 2002 19:27:38 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] key-signing Thursday?


On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 18:32, eric@lucii.org wrote:
> I'm missing something here... How do I get my key to a key server?
> That's not on the web page (phillylinux.org/keys/).

gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net --send-keys <list key IDs here>

> 
> Also, how do I know who's participating?  John Lavin is the only 
> name I recall seeing so far.

As I said, I'm in, but I'm an oldie on the keyring. :-)

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Eric
> 
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 10:34:26AM -0400, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2002 at 11:52:35PM -0400, Michael Leone wrote:
> > > Well, anyone new and attending should be sending their keys to Darxus
> > > (who usually coordinates these things for PLUG) ahead of time, since a
> > > keysigning is (technically) only valid if all participants have a
> > > printed copy of everyone else's keys before they start verifying
> > > identities with photo IDs.
> > > 
> > > Darxus, will you be there?
> > 
> > Well, Darxus doesn't absolutely need to be there provided that all
> > those who want to partake in the keysigning send their keys to a
> > keyserver today some time, retrieve everyone else's keys from that
> > keyserver, and print our own copies of the fingerprints (which,
> > really, everyone should do anyway... or, at least, compare the
> > fingerprints on Darxus's printouts with those on the keys you sign
> > at home) tomorrow.
> > 
> > In fact, as near as I can tell, the only new key that I can't get
> > from my usual keyserver (wwwkeys.pgp.net, round-robin DNS for
> > wwwkeys.TLD.pgp.net) is John Lavin's.
> > 
> > John, if you don't already have it set up (and presuming you're
> > using GnuPG), do this:
> > 
> > % cat >> ~/.gnupg/options
> > keyserver wwwkeys.pgp.net
> > ^D
> > % gpg --send-keys <your key ID>
> > 
> > Yes, the keyserver is just as trustworthy as Darxus's PLUG keyring.
> > (You're still verifying that the fingerprint matches; if there had
> > been any corruption--evil or accidental--of the key, it wouldn't.)
> > 
> > -- 
> > gabriel rosenkoetter
> > gr@eclipsed.net
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> #   Eric Allan Lucas 
> # "Oh, I have slipped the surly bond of earth
> #  And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings..
> #              -- John Gillespie Magee Jr.
-- 

PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF
PGP public key:
<http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.gpg>

Conform or be cast out.

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