[GTALUG] Hello and GnuPG/PGP key signing parties

Rouben rouben at rouben.net
Tue Mar 13 19:11:55 EDT 2018


Regrettably I must also bow out - family emergency. Let’s try next meeting.

On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 17:14 Antonio Sun via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> Sorry, I noticed this message just now. -- I was the one who expressed
> the interest of getting the key signed before.
>
> So *bring paper copies **of our signatures* to enable exchange is the
> only thing need to get my key signed?  -- I'm asking because if I come to
> today's meeting, I have to get back home now, to grab my laptop (if that
> paper copy is not enough and I also need to sign other people's key as
> well), then head back downtown again. and I'm not too sure if my GPG key is
> secure enough to be used & signed by other people. -- I.e., I was planning
> to review it once I confirm a key signing date.
>
> Can we host the key signing party in the next meeting please?
>
> because going through the message trail, I did find one more person
> requesting to be on the next meeting,
>
>  I should be able to attend the April 10th meeting though.
>
>
> OK? Thx.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 9:45 PM, Christopher Browne via talk -
> talk at gtalug.org wrote:
>
>> On 9 March 2018 at 20:56, Rouben via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>> > Hello everyone!
>> >
>> > I’m a newbie to this list. The name is Rouben Tchakhmakhtchian; I’ve
>> been a
>> > Linux user since about 1998 (dabbled with it a bit before that). I’m
>> > currently working at UofT in IT, and am still a die-hard open source
>> > enthusiast.
>> >
>> > I was wondering, does the GTALUG community still organize GPG key
>> signing
>> > events? If not, I would also like to know how much interest there would
>> be
>> > in such an event.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance, and my apologies if this is an FAQ type post. I’d be
>> > happy to RTFM if you kindly point me in the right direction. :)
>> >
>> > Cheers and have a great weekend!
>>
>> It's not something that happens terribly frequently; a lot of people have
>> over the years gotten their favoured keys signed, so there's not a
>> continuous call for more.
>>
>> That said, someone did send out a note a couple or three weeks ago
>> expressing interest, and it's certainly something that we could take a
>> little while discussing and doing at our next meeting this coming
>> Tuesday.
>>
>> People interested in getting keys signed should bring paper copies
>> of their signatures to enable exchange.
>>
>> It may also be worth visiting BigLumber.com that collects keys of
>> people interested in doing key exchanges.
>>
>> http://biglumber.com/x/web?sl=97
>>
>> Some of the material there is pretty old, but I recognize some likely
>> names...
>>
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