[ale] PGP/GPG Session... RFC...

[Swantje Willms]

I'm voting for an intro for newbies.
I usually get lost way too soon during ALE talks.
I don't know anything about PGP keys, so a general intro would be great.

Swantje

On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Michael H. Warfield wrote:

> All,
> 
> 	At the last ALE meeting I was asked to do a session on PGP
> in December (moved up to December 5, IIRC)...
> 
> 	I have a question (request) for the group.  I need feedback
> on what you would like.
> 
> 	I can do ONE of the following...
> 
> 	* A very general talk on Public Key Cryptography
> 
> 	* A general talk on PGP / GnuPG (GPG)
> 
> 	* A more in-depth talk on GnuPG including command line functions and
> 		key management of recent versions.
> 
> 	* A PGP/GPG keysigning party.
> 
> 	There was a request, a couple of months ago, to hold a keysigning
> party, which is where this got started from.
> 
> 	Formal keysigning parties are time comsuming and require some
> preparation and cooperation in advance.  If we have the same size crowd
> that we had at this last meeting, a keysigning party will consume the
> entire session.  If we want a keysigning party, I will need to start SOON
> to call for keys and build a keyring and printouts.  A keysigning party
> means everyone who wants their key signed comes prepared.
> 
> 	Sooo....  This is a request for comments and discussion.
> 
> 	What does everyone want for the December session?
> 
> 	Mike
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