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PGP Key Signing Event Of The Year

Posted by timothy on from the smoosh-your-keys-together dept.

Meyer Wolfsheim writes "The registration page for CodeCon includes a field for attendees PGP keys. Apparently, the organizers are planning a massive group keysigning using the Zimmermann-Sassaman method. This could be a great way to increase your Web of Trust ranking." (Here's a previous mention of this year's CodeCon.)

2 of 18 comments (clear)

  1. Re: Six degrees of "I don't know these people." by Omniscient+Ferret · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The web of trust isn't meant to represent character references - it's not like the Slashdot friends and foes system. It's meant to work as an identification system, to verify that someone is who they claim to be. They may not be trustworthy, but to work with reputations online, you need persistent identities first, don't you?

  2. Re:Six degrees of "I don't know these people." by jarran · · Score: 2, Interesting

    By signing someone's key you are not declaring that you trust that person, only that you trust that they are who they say they are.