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[Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Jacob Peddicord <jpeddicord@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:11 PM, John Kennedy <jakenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> OK, newbie here; what a "GPG signing"?
>
> You can find a lot of info on it here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KeySigningParty
>
> Basically, GPG keys are used frequently online, especially in the free
> software world, to verify your identity. If you've even seen an email
> start with "---- BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE -----" or have
> seemingly-random characters at the end, then the sender is using their
> GPG key to sign their message. Others can verify this signature
> against that person's public key to verify that it really was them who
> signed it.
> An important aspect of the key itself is how trusted it is. You can
> make your key more trustworthy by getting it "signed" by others in
> person to verify your identity. That's the point of these signing
> parties.

Dead on.

Check out my key [1] and Jacob's key[0].

Might explain a bit :)

[0] http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xDDB84936F43E714A
[1] http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0xF7EBEE8EB7982329


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