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Script to sign keys

In order to minimize the chore of signing many keys, you can use a tool to simply the process as much as possible. The recommended tool for signing keys post-keysigning party is "caff", which can be installed on debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, or Red Hat systems via one of

• sudo apt-get install signing-party
• sudo yum install pgp-tools
• sudo dnf install pgp-tools

For Red hat and CentOS systems, the pgp-tools package is in the optional EPEL repo.

• Red Hat/CentOS EPEL repo
• CAFF home page and HOWTO use on debian wiki)

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Previous Keysigning Parties

1. September 18, 2019 :: Crypto News and Our Annual PGP/GnuPG Key-Signing Party. Transitioning from PGP/GnuPG
2. September 19, 2018 :: Crypto News, plus our annual PGP/GnuPG Key-Signing Party. VENONA, breaking Soviet OTP. Quantum Outlook.
3. September 20, 2017 :: Crypto News Review, Historical Vignette, and GPG/PGP Key-Signing - WW2 binary tape machines (Vernam mixer, STURGEON, TUNNY) and Bletchley Park
4. September 21, 2016 :: Transposition Cyphers in Historic Context, and PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XVI
5. September 16, 2015 :: Jeff Schiller and PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XV
6. September 17, 2014 :: Crypto News, TOR, and our PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XIV - Guest speaker Shava Nerad on TOR history. Keysizes. Operational PGP (Grugqs)
7. September 18, 2013 :: PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XIV - (PGP praxis)
8. September 19, 2012 :: PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XIII - "Death of Clever" (password strength)
9. September 21, 2011 :: PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XII - Solving newly found Vigenère message from Vicksburg battle.
10. September 15, 2010 :: PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XI, plus a talk by V. Alex Brennan
11. September 16, 2009 :: PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party X - Enigma videos
12. September 17, 2008 :: PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party IX
13. September 19, 2007 :: PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party VIII - Chalktalk from Caesar to NSA and RSA
14. September 20, 2006 :: PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party VII
15. August 17, 2005 :: PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party VI
16. September 15, 2004 :: PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party V
17. September 17, 2003 :: PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party IV
18. January 15, 2003 :: PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party III
19. December 19, 2001 :: PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party II
20. September 18, 1996 :: PGP and Electronic Privacy