Key signing party at Moz Eu camp 2009

[Ludovic Hirlimann]

As I explained a some days ago, emails can be signed and/or
encrypted[6]. To build your web of trust it's nice to participate to Key
signing parties[5]. In order to make this efficient for the people
attending Eu mozcamp 2009, I've decided to organize a Key-signing party
during the event. We will sign keys Saturday October 3rd during the
afternoon coffe break at 15:00 CET.
You will need a few things to participate :

* a key of course
* an ID (passport is preferred)
* a pen
* a printed version of the keyring (see below on how to get it)
*Follow the instructions given when the event will take place.

Getting a key is explained in gnupg's manual and all over the web .
You'll probably already have an ID with you as you'll be traveling to
Praha (Prague) to attend the mozilla event.

To create the list of keys and participant we will use the biglumber[4]
service. I've chosen to use it both to try it and experiment with it as
a key-signing service.
You'll need to register with the service this is achieved by uploading
you public key there. Uploading the public key will create an account
tied to the main email of your key. Once your account is created you
will need to add your key to the event keyring[3]. As other participant
will do that the information needed to do the party will grow on it's own.
__Keys submitted after October 1st 12:00 CET (Central European Time) -
might not end up being signed by some participants. I'm setting this
deadline so people have reasonable time to add their key, and time to
print the keyring before coming to Prague.__

Before leaving for Prague, you'll need to print the keyring and bring it
with you. We will use keyring listings for the signing party.

As you can see the keyring[2] already has my key, and the author of
enigmail[1]'s key. Enigmail is the extension used by Thunderbird and
Seamonkey to sign/encrypt emails.

[6]
http://perso.hirlimann.net/~ludo/blog/archives/2009/08/signing-email.html
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_signing_party
[4] https://biglumber.com/
[3] https://biglumber.com/x/web?ev=86743
[2] https://biglumber.com/x/web?keyring=7000
[1] http://enigmail.mozdev.org/home/index.php
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Ludovic Hirlimann MozillaMessaging QA lead
http://www.spreadthunderbird.com/aff/79/2

[Ludovic Hirlimann]

2 hours left to add your key !

Ludo