Virtual Keysignings

[Ingo Klöcker]

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On Thursday 05 June 2003 22:05, Ryan Malayter wrote:
> I'm at Microsoft's big TechEd conference in Dallas, and am angry at
> myself for not organizing a key signing here. What an opportunity for
> the web-of-trust: 10,000 technical professionals, a large portion of
> which must use OpenPGP or at least know what it is. These techies
> could then extend all that trust to all the keys on their managed
> networks.
>
> Now granted, this is a Microsoft show, so the population of GnuPG
> users would be much lower than at say a Linux conference, but the
> opportunity is there.
>
> Have key signings been done at other technical trade shows, and if so
> how successful were they in extending the web-of-trust?

So far I attended at one key signing party (at LinuxTag 2002). There I=20
gathered 38 signatures (if I counted correctly). Since then I'm in the=20
top 100 of the best connected keys (cf. Jason's keyanalyze report).=20
This should answer your question.

Regards,
Ingo


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Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQA+37fKGnR+RTDgudgRAltoAJ4haZP2BEDeNpjZrCplK3VXQmebtACfelpw
HLYIn0fkQzpFzCnBmYT0+5M=
=/sWw
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