[buug] keysigning?

[Jeremy Brand, B.S.]

Howdy all,

Does this mean that people not able to physically exchange keys at the 
meeting will be left out of these discussions because posts to this list 
will only be encrypted to those who's keys were physically available at 
some point ?

If limiting voice is of concern, a _first_ step should be a list of only 
approved email addresses, don't you think?  

Don't get me wrong, I think all email should be encrypted! - but is this a
practicle idea?  Besides, if we were to do that, I don't nessesarily have
a windowless office (to prevent evsdropping while I type my password), and
a hardened steel safe (at least) to store my private key in - not to
mention that it would be a pain in the butt if I did have a safe at home,
and I wanted to get my private key out from work...  (let's not even go 
there...) ;)

Just a nit pick - how does verifying ones physical ID, like a drivers 
license have anything to do with a trusted public key?  If a drivers 
license were all it took, would you feel safe sending something private to 
the average drivers license holder?

For the record, I passed my drivers license test today, no joke! (so, feel
free to trust me!)  ;)

Jeremy

Thus spake Ian Zimmerman:

> Date: 16 Aug 2002 15:46:01 -0700
> From: Ian Zimmerman <itz at speakeasy.org>
> To: buug at weak.org
> Subject: [buug] keysigning?
> 
> 
> Just wondering if we could dedicate a part of the next meeting to an
> exchange of PGP / GPG keys.  Recently people have voiced support for
> encrypted communication on this list; and I feel that our group is an
> excellent example of one which has developed some degree of IRL mutual
> trust, that could be reused in our online lives.
> 
> If you want to do this, please remember to bring your key hash, the
> associated email address, and a picture ID.
> 
> See you there!
> 
>