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Re: [Cryptography] PGP Key Signing parties
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Hoffman)
Fri Oct 11 00:16:47 2013
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From: Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org>
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Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:17:31 -0700
To: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>
Cc: "cryptography@metzdowd.com List" <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
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On Oct 10, 2013, at 2:31 PM, John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com> wrote:
>> Does PGP have any particular support for key signing parties built in or is
>> this just something that has grown up as a practice of use?
>
> It's just a practice. I agree that building a small amount of automation
> for key signing parties would improve the web of trust.
>
> I have started on a prototype that would automate small key signing
> parties (as small as 2 people, as large as a few dozen) where everyone
> present has a computer or phone that is on the same wired or wireless
> LAN.
Phil Zimmerman and Jon Callas had started to work on that around 1998, they might still have some of that design around.
--Paul Hoffman
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