On Friday 25 June 2004 13:00, Hari Kurup wrote: > > However, the most important thing is ensuring it's authentic, which is > > why I > > was advocating for a local key signing party. Otherwise, how do I know > > it's a > > trusted medium :)? > > > > Mark. > > True but a key signing party requires physical meeting of those > involved/interested.
What better way to verify the owner of the key is actually the one that gave it to/signed it for you? > > Where and when? There are many ways they can done - during coffee, lunch or dinner at some joint in town, during a network conference, on a Sunday in someone's home/neighborhood, e.t.c. The goal is to build the web of trust, so multiple solutions can be formulated. Mark. > > Kurup > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
