HPR1461: FOSDEM Keysigning Event

I attended FOSDEM 2014 in Brussels, Belgium. During the conference there was a key signing event which I attended. These are my impressions of the process and the follow-up.

Detailed notes:

https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr1461/FOSDEM_Keysigning_Event.html

Links

• Wikipedia entry for key signing party: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_signing_party
• The Zimmermann-Sassaman key-signing protocol used at FOSDEM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimmermann%E2%80%93Sassaman_key-signing_protocol
• Wikipedia article on the Web of Trust: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_of_trust
• Linux.com article on the Web of Trust: https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/760909-pgp-web-of-trust-core-concepts/
• Hints on the configuration of caff:
  • http://bloc.eurion.net/archives/2010/gpg-key-signing-with-caff/
  • http://mruiz.openminds.cl/blog/index.php/2009/12/03/signing-keys-with-caff/
  • https://github.com/tmarble/kspsig
• My script for collecting keys from the participant list collect_keys

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