I, for one, would certainly be interested in hearing about it.
I also found in getting back to this stuff that there are a lot of
choices to made, for example, whether to use GPG (or PGP) keys or
certificates to do signing (and encryption), whether to use PGP-type
signatures in the body of the email or use PGP/MIME, etc. and I have
little idea which is best. I assume it depends on what is most widely
used (and supported), but I don't know which that is, since currently I
don't know anyone who uses any of the systems.
Another interesting prospect would be that after such a talk we could
potentially make a following meeting a key signing party.
It'd be great to talk to people who are more knowledgeable about this
stuff and have more experience actually using it.
Nick
Joe Murphy wrote:
You know guys, perhaps this would be a good subject for a Wednesday
night! I know about GPG (as to what it is) but have no idea how to
use it for email. Does anyone know enough about this subject (GPG)
that they could do a talk on it?
Joe
----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Cummings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 11:01 PM
Subject: [UM-LINUX] [OT] Keyserves and Spam
For a while I've been meaning to start using GPG again. It was
something I messed with years ago but let by the wayside. Now I'd like
to get back to using it to, at a minimum, sign emails. It seems like
this is much more useful if you put your public key up on a keyserver,
but it looks to me like that puts your email address out there where it
can easily be picked up by spammers. I'm curious if anyone has any
experience about whether putting your key on a keyserver results in a
lot of spam or if there's some way to put your key up while avoiding
spam.
Thanks,
Nick
