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[Paul Tagliamonte <paultag@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Steve McMaster <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> We use GPG (or GnuPG Privacy Guard, whichever you prefer) in our office. I'm
> wondering... if I get signed, I can then sign everyone's here and they have
> the same basic trust level that I do? Kinda new to that part of the PGP
> stuff.

Yup!

A[lice], B[ob], and C[arroll] are our three examples.

A has verified B. B has also verified A. Our ring looks like:

A <--> B

Carroll gets verified by Bob, and Bob verifies Carroll. Our ring now looks like

A <--> B <--> C

A can now trust C via B. This still applies when we add in D[oug] via C[arroll].

Alice can trust Doug.

This relationship, however, is one directional. If there is no
reciprocity, then the trust only goes one way. Just something worth
mentioning.


>
> Maybe we could try to organize a key signing party at OLF. Tons of geeks

Hell yeah :)

> there. We have a guide here (not sure if its for outside use, I'll have to
> check) for setting it up on Windows in under one hour (well worth the
> sacrificed time, IMO), we could pass that out as well.

Killer :D

>
> Actually:
>
> http://www.hurricanelabs.com/october2008_story_2
>
> Its a public document anyways.

Nice! Thanks a TON!

>
> Most of us use it, but don't fully understand it anyways, so maybe we can
> find a simple-English guide (or maybe I can talk the guy who wrote that into
> writing one) explaining everything about it.

I can do my best to help. Me and a few other community members are
working on a "skunkworks" project for GPG Signing.

>
> We may or may not have a booth down there this year, but we can provide
> printed copies of the above article and a simple-English guide if we can
> find/write one.

Outstanding

>
> </2_cents>

Worth all that and more :)

>
> On 6/22/10 5:58 PM, Jon Buckley wrote:
>>
>> Very interesting, at work we use a "GPG" which my boss has set up &
>> calls the "Group Policy Guidelines." However, in our case I suppose the
>> "GNU Privacy Guard" is much more appropriate.
>>
>> Thanks Paul, I you really do learn something new every day, lol.
>>
>> Jon
>>
>>> On Jun 22, 2010 3:27 PM, "Paul Tagliamonte" <paultag@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:paultag@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:11 PM, John Kennedy <jakenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:jakenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>
>>> > On 06/22/2010 12:32 PM, Jacob Peddicord wrote
>>> >>
>>> >> Let's definitely get the GPG signing going thi...
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> > John
>>> >
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