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PGP/GnuPG keysigning at BLU meeting?



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On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, John Abreau wrote:

>I'm thinking BLU should start holding keysigning parties. How long do these
>usually take? If we can hold one in a focused, 20-minute session, then
>perhaps we can do them regularly right before our monthly meetings. Longer
>than that, we could hold them as part of our Installfests or perhaps as a
>separate event entirely.

If everyone comes prepared, and stays focused, I'd guess 20-minutes
should be enough time for about 20-30 people.

>I'm also curious how many of us actually use PGP or GnuPG.

Not me.  :)

>>From what I've been reading, there are several common formats for the
>keysigning sessions. The one I'm considering for the BLU meetings goes
>something like this:

Seems reasonable.  I have a perl script (found somewhere online, I
don't recall where) that will generate reasonably formatted HTML
output for this type of keysigning event from a given gpg keyring.
If you don't already have something to do this, I'd be happy to pass
it along.

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