[YLUG] OSM Mapping Party

[Liam Wilson]

--- On Thu, 17/7/08, Al Girling <al at gcguk.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 05:02:13PM BST, Matthew Gates wrote:
> > On Thursday 17 July 2008, Liam Wilson wrote:
> > > Matthew also reminded me about the keysigning
> party. Shall
> > > we do that at the next social (on the 28th)?
> Hopefully I'll
> > > get around to reading the keysigning party howto
> by then
> > > and post a summary to the list, unless anyone who
> knows how
> > > it all works wants to post an overview for the
> benefit of
> > > people like me who are a bit hazy about it.
> > 
> > There's an FAQ which gives very detailed
> instructions, here:
> > 
> > http://linuxreviews.org/howtos/gnupg/signingparty/
> 
> This looks to be as good as any of the HowTo's
> available.
> 
> > Looks like there are two main ways to do it -
> centrally coordinated and free 
> > for all.  I have no preference.  Seems like the
> centralised method is a bit 
> > more formal, but someone has to coordinate it, which
> is a little work.  Not 
> > a lot though.
> 
> I can't see any great need for organising this. 
> Provided those wishing
> to sign keys bring photo IDs and key IDs/fingerprint slips,
> that about
> covers it.  Then it's simply a matter of checking each
> others IDs before
> going home to complete the challenge/reply via email.
> 
> If the 28th July is definite I'll post this on the
> RyeLUG list to see if
> I can interest some others in coming over with me.

It can be definite then. I'll update the wiki when I get
back from Lugradio Live. 


Liam


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