[buug] Keysigning at the 2/5/04 meeting

[f.johan.beisser]

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Aaron T Porter wrote:

> 	Hey folks -- we'll be making another effort to get some gpg/pgp
> keys signed at the next meeting. If you're interested remember to bring a
> couple forms of ID and hand-out-able copies of your fingerprint.

could someone explain the purpose of this to me? outside of debian linux,
i've not seen keysigning in use at all.

i've been a curious onlooker with PGP since the early 90s, and involved
with several BBSs.. but i guess my faith in its usefulness has faded with
age. someone care to evangelise the ignorant?

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