[Discuss] Boston Linux Meeting reminder, tomorrow Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - Crypto News, TOR, and our PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XIV

[Bill Ricker]

JABR has posted the notes for my Q&A-time update on The Last Year in
Crypto History to the blu.org home-page, under the calendar
announcement listing, so you can follow all the links alluded to.

- bill

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
> When: September 17, 2014 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
> Topic: Crypto News, TOR, and our PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XIV
> Moderators:Bill Ricker
>            Shava Nerad, Founding executive director of the Tor Project
>
> Location: MIT Building E51, Room 325
>
> Please note that Wadsworth Street is under construction. You can enter
> Ames St from Memorial Drive, and take a right onto Amherst St.
>
>
> Summary
>         Bill's annual Crypto News update, a history of TOR, and our     annual
> keysigning party. Pre-register your PGP key before the meeting!
>
> Abstract
>
>     Add your key to the keysigning party checksheet:
> [url]http://blu.org/keysignings/[/url]
>
>     A key signing party is a get-together of people who use the PGP
> encryption system with the purpose of allowing those people to sign each
> others keys. Key signing parties serve to extend the web of trust to a
> great degree. Key signing parties also serve as great opportunities to
> discuss the political and social issues surrounding strong cryptography,
> individual liberties, individual sovereignty, and even implementing
> encryption technologies or perhaps future work on free encryption software.
>
>     The basic workflow of signing someone's key is as follows:
>
>     [list] [*]Verify that the person actually is who they claim to be;
> [*]Have them verify their key ID and fingerprint; [*]Sign their key;
> [*]Send the signed key back to them [/list]
>
>     At the meeting, we go through the first two steps. Each person who
> preregistered their key will announce their presence and then read off
> their key ID and fingerprint, so everyone can verify that their copy of
> the list of keys is correct. Once we've run down the list, we line up,
> and each of us examines everyone else's photo IDs to verify that they
> are who they claim to be. After the meeting is over, each participant
> can then retrieve the keys that they've personally verified, sign those
> keys, and send the signed keys back to their respective owners.
>
>     In order to complete the keysigning in the allotted time, we follow
> a formal procedure as seen in V. Alex Brennen's "GnuPG Keysigning Party
> HOWTO", attached below. It is strongly advised that if you have not been
> to a keysigning party before, you read this document. We're using the
> List-based method for this keysigning party, and the keyserver at
> subkeys.pgp.net.
>
>     It is essential that, before the meeting, you register on the signup
> form listed in the attachments. You should bring at least one picture ID
> with you. You must also bring your own printout of the report on that
> page, so you can check off the names/keys of the people you have
> personally verified.
>
>     The list will be printed on Wednesday afternoon, the day of the
> meeting; be sure to register your key for the keysigning before that.
> The official cutoff time is 3:00 pm.
>
> Additional Links:
> Registration http://blu.org/keysignings/keypartyregister.php
> GNUPG Keysigning Party Howto:
> http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/gpg-party.html
> GNU Privacy Guard: http://www.gnupg.org/
>
> For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
> http://www.blu.org
> Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
> parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.
>
> After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting
> location at The Cambridge Brewing Company
> http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/
>
> --
> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
> Boston Linux and Unix
> PGP key id:3BC1EB90
> PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66  C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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Bill Ricker
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