[TriLUG] Getting started with PGP/GPG

[Magnus Hedemark]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Rick DeNatale wrote:

> I've seen lots of mention about getting keys signed at TriLug events.
> What do I need to do to participate in this. What to I need to bring?

1) Open an account on biglumber.com.  Upload your key there.  State your 
city as "Triangle Area".
2) E-mail me and tell me your key is there.  I will add your key to the 
TriLUG keyring.
3) State your intent about a day before the meeting to get your new key 
signed to try to entice other OpenPGP users to be prepared for a key 
signing at the meeting.
4) Take the output of "gpg --fingerprint [keyid]" and print it onto a 
bunch of slips of paper or business cards.  Take these with you to the 
meeting.

Someone at the meeting should act as a keysigning coordinator and suggest 
the protocol to use for completing the key signing.  Preferably it should 
be someone who has done a few key signings and has an efficient method 
given the number of people involved in the key signing.

Individual key signers may have their own preferred protocol for 
exchanging signed keys.  I might suggest considering the key escrow 
service provided by biglumber.com which seeks to prevent "deadbeat 
keysigners".