Well, seeing as how I have been in and out for the last three days, I have 
missed this important event.  Is there going to be another meeting 
somewhere soon?  It's my understanding that to continue with PLUG, you have 
to have a key and have it signed, etc.

So, when and where?

Kimi

At 01:07 AM 10/17/01 -0700, you wrote:
>moin, moin,
>
>see below for what's needed for the key-signing party tomorrow ( Wed ).
>
>The two IDs is up to debate. Show up tomorrow to find out why :).
>
>ciao,
>
>der.hans
>--
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>#  Magic is science unexplained. - der.hans
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 16:03:37 -0700
>From: Austin Godber <godber@asu.edu>
>Reply-To: Arizona State University Linux Users Group <ASULUG@asu.edu>
>To: ASULUG@asu.edu
>Subject: GPG Key Signing Party - ASULUG **UPDATED**
>
>***I knew there was an bound to be an error somewhere, the URL for more
>information was wrong in the last revision.  It is too windy out here in
>my new office to type that well.**
>
>Key Signing Party
>
>
>There will be a GnuPG key-signing party held during the ASU Linux Users
>Group Meeting on Wednesday October 17, 2001 after the GPG presentation
>in the Computing Commons Atrium (room at the south side of CC first
>floor).
>
>Full details at:
>
>         http://www.public.asu.edu/~auasg/gpg/
>
>What's a key-signing party?
>
>A key-signing party is a get-together with PGP users for the purpose
>of meeting other PGP users and signing each other's keys. This helps
>to extend the "web of trust" to a great degree. Also, it sometimes
>serves as a forum to discuss strong cryptography and related issues.
>
>Participating:
>
>The Participant's Role Summarized
>
>   1.Generate A Key Pair
>   2.Send Public Key To Designated Keyserver (or Coordinator)
>     Use this one -> http://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net
>   3.Send Public Key Info To Coordinator
>   4.Show Up At The Party
>   5.Verify Your Key Info At The Party
>   6.Verify Everyone Else's Key Info At The Party
>   7.Sign All The Verified Keys (Not at party)
>   8.Send The Signed Keys Back Up To The Designated Keyserver (or the key
>     owner)
>
>What Participants Should Bring to the Party
>
>   1.Themselves - you cannot participate virtually
>   2.Two forms of positive picture ID - a driver's license and passport
>are
>     good
>   3.Key ID, Key Type, Hex Fingerprint and Key Size info
>   4.A Pen/Pencil
>   5.Do not bring a computer. (See the web page.)
>
>Why should I use PGP?
>
>You should use PGP, if you need (or want) to protect your personal
>emails from being read by individuals or entities other than your
>intended recipient(s). PGP, when used correctly, can provide message
>privacy, message integrity, message authentication, and to some
>degree non-repudibility.
>
>
>OK. What are some good applications of PGP?
>
>Protection of email traffic of a sensitive nature, such as the
>coordination of response to ongoing security incidents, requests
>for DNS modifications, requests for networking changes and exchange
>of sensitive personal information like SSNs. At the very least, it
>would be useful to have all such messages signed, so the recipients
>could be sure that the notes were not forged.
>
>
>Graphs of the Web of Trust formed at this and future keysigning partys
>at ASU are available from:
>
>         http://www.public.asu.edu/~auasg/gpg/
>
>Please forward this note to anyone who may be interested in
>attending.
>
>
>Austin Godber
>godber@asu.edu
>
>
>PS - If anyone notices anything wrong or misleading in this or any other
>information
>I provide please feel free let me know.
>
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