On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 07:19:40PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Jose Luis Rivas Contreras <ghostbar38@gmail.com> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Andrei Popescu escribió: > > > Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote: > > > > > >>> What are the advantages to having it? > > >> Using a web of trust, you can validate whether the entity that > > >> claims to have sent the email actually sent the email. > > > > > > Which makes me wonder, how is anyone to establish such a web of > > > trust in this community? > > > > There're KSP (Keysigning party) where ID's are checked and keys are > > signed for another keys, that raises the web of trust. > > This is the theory ;) But how can I, in Romania, get my key signed by > at least one of the regular users of this list? I'll have a look to see > if there are any DDs from Romania or at least Vienna. I can imagine the > web is well established between the DDs. As I said, you can use various means to verify info 'from email', something out-of-band: phone call, video conference, snail mail, skype, sms,... As long as its not 'just email'. At least, that's what I understand. -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______|
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