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[Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:11 PM, John Kennedy <jakenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 06/22/2010 12:32 PM, Jacob Peddicord wrote
>>
>> Let's definitely get the GPG signing going this year, we didn't really
>> get a chance to follow through with it last time.
>>
>
> OK, newbie here; what a "GPG signing"?

No no! Quite alright!

Gnu Privacy Guard[1][2] ( which is open-source PGP ( haha! ) )

They are a way of establishing absolute identity. We sign them in
person, with IDs, to verify who is who. This creates a "Ring of trust"
so that any person inside the ring can trust anyone inside the ring by
the transitive property of trust :)


By keysigning, we make the ring stronger -- It is our DUTY and RIGHT
to sign keys ( trying to sound like a military recruiter here ). It's
a cool way to meet other nerds, too.

[1]: http://www.gnupg.org/
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Privacy_Guard

Paul

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