The one part I have not quite understood is how do I 'collect' signatures physically? On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 02:08:02AM +1100, Rob Weir wrote: > 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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