How to get your first key signed

[Robert J. Hansen]

> IF YOU THINK DIGITAL SIGNATURES ARE NOTHING
> THEN PLEASE KEEP AWAY FROM THIS MAILING LIST.

A digital signature means surprisingly little.  These are the conditions
that must be met for a signature to be meaningful: it must be correct,
issued from a validated[*] certificate, and belong to a trusted person.

If you've got all those, then yes, a digital signature can be very
meaningful.  If you don't, they mean very little.

Maybe I should add this to the FAQ, along with an explanation of why.


[*] Insert word-of-choice here.  Trusted, validated, whatever.