[ale] PGP / GPG key 0x450F89EC <pause at pause.perl.org>

[Lightner, Jeff]

Just to nitpick – usually “is this thing on” is said when the speaker gets no reaction to something and fears the microphone didn’t pick it up.

When presidential candidate Ronald Reagan made his infamous ethnic joke with a mike he didn’t know was on he did NOT say “is this thing on”.   The spin after the fact was that he was telling it as an example of the kind of “humor” he finds deplorable.






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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim Kinney
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 1:15 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] PGP / GPG key 0x450F89EC <pause at pause.perl.org>


On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Michael B. Trausch <mike at trausch.us<mailto:mike at trausch.us>> wrote:
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 11:07:48AM -0500, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> I *will not* under any circumstances sign UIDs that I feel are
>> intentionally misleading. A If Jim Kinney brings me a key with both
>> his UID and a UID with the name "Mike Warfield" on it, I will not
>> sign that key.
>
> dang. back to the evil genius drawing board. Total World Domination
> postponed until further notice.
>
> is this thing on?
Sure is. :)

you TOTALLY missed the joke!
"is thing on?" , refers to a speaker suddenly aware of the microphone near them after they said something not meant to be public knowledge.

arrgh! tough room.

For me, it'd depend on if the key is misleading or simply doesn't
match the owner's ID (and why).  Mike Warfield mentioned corporate
keys, for example; if someone presented me with a corporate key, it
would not gain my signature unless:

 * That person proved their identity to me.

 * That person is allowed to enter into binding agreements on behalf
  of the corporation.  That is, the person is the CEO (listed on the
  Secretary of State's web site as such) of the corporation or there
  is a corporate resolution enabling the person to enter into binding
  agreements on behalf of the corporation.

 * Failing the previous point, a corporate resolution authorizing the
  person to generate, have possession of, and/or use the key.

 * If a corporate resolution is used, it must be appropriately sealed
  and I'd withold my signature on the key until I'd validated the
  resolution that was presented.  (And they'd actually have to give
  me the resolution; the corporation should make multiple
  properly-sealed copies of it so that I would be allowed to retain
  one.)

In other words, I probably won't ever sign a corporate key.  Maybe
that's why corporations use SSL over OpenPGP.

      --- Mike


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