Re: keysigning with no printout?
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 05:02:08PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote:
> Anibal Monsalve Salazar dijo [Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 02:42:05AM +1000]:
> > >What are those of us who left before the "print this before you leave"
> > >mail was sent for the keysigning?
> >
> > I printed 30 copies at work before I left. You could either print
> > your own copy (front desk printer) or ask me for a printout.
>
> Don't.
>
> Print them yourselves, after you have manually checked the MD5. Don't
> dillute the trust on a file printed by someone else, even a friend.
There is no trust in the information on the print. There is only trust
in the MD5 sum and the file on your hard disk.
You compute the MD5 sum, compare your fingerprint against that in the
file, and write your computed MD5 sum on the page.
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