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Re: signing mails using gnupg



On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 11:24:30AM +0000, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> b)  They must trust that you are actually the keeper of the
>     corresponding secret key. This means physically meeting people and
>     collecting signatures on your key from other people (web-of-trust).
>     This is the hard and time-consuming bit...

This bit is really, really important.  Do not sign anyone's key unless
you've physically met them and are sure they are who they claim they
are.  If you don't take it seriously then you'll hurt the web of trust.
That said, keysigning is an excellent excuse to meet up with local
geeks:)

-rob

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