PGP KEY SIGNING SESSION

RULES/INFORMATION

  1. Each person who wants their personal key signed must produce some form of ID (Driving License, Passport, etc). to obtain a signature with a trust setting of Complete. Each public key will be signed using two keys, the public keys for these keys will be made available at Access All Areas.

  2. If the key is for a alias/handle then the key may be signed but the trust setting will be set at Untrusted.

  3. Each persons public key(s) should be provided on a 3.5" floppy disk in ASCII armor form.

    To export your key you type "PGP -kxa [YOUR KEY ID]" then follow the on screen instructions.
  4. Copies of the public keys used for the signing will be given to each person, along with a copy of their key after it has been signed.

    There will be two forms of key used for the signing, specially created and signed for the occasion.

    1. Older Style RSA Key (Works with all PGP versions)
    2. New Style Diffie-Hellman/DSS Key (PGP 5.0 only)

    These public keys will also be posted to the PGP keyservers the weekend before Access All Areas. An RSA key signed with PGP 5.0 with both an RSA key and DH/DSS key can still be used with PGP 2.6.x. However, a DH/DSS public key cannot be imported into a PGP 2.6.x keyring.

  5. A key ring of the keys signed will be kept and will be published to two PGP keyservers at the end of Access All Areas or at some point during the day.

    If you do not want your key published please make this clear when the key is being signed.