Informal Keysigning - Revision history

BobJonkman: Added link to gpg-key2ps package signing-party

2016-08-15T04:32:50Z

Added link to gpg-key2ps package signing-party

BobJonkman: Clarification on timing

2016-07-11T00:19:53Z

Clarification on timing

BobJonkman: Added See Also section, Formal Keysigning

2013-12-02T17:50:56Z

Added See Also section, Formal Keysigning

BobJonkman: Added category

2013-11-02T09:41:59Z

Added category

BobJonkman: New page for Informal Keysigning

2013-11-02T09:40:31Z

New page for Informal Keysigning

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An Informal Keysigning is a way to exchange KeyIDs between people who already know each other, or trust each other well enough to accept a printed strip of paper listing the KeyID, UserIDs and key fingerprint.

This is a fingerprint strip created with the command '''gpg --fingerprint 0xD2CCE5EA'''
<pre>
pub 1024D/D2CCE5EA 1999-06-24
Key fingerprint = 04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA
uid Bob Jonkman <bjonkman@sobac.com>
uid Bob Jonkman <bob@jonkman.ca>
uid Bob Jonkman's DH/DSS key
sub 2048g/1A237CC4 1999-06-24
</pre>

The command '''gpg-key2ps 0xD2CCE5EA > fingerprint.ps''' will create a page full of fingerprint strips.

The actual key signing doesn't need to be done when the fingerprint strips are exchanged. But when you do sign the key ID 0xD2CCE5EA be sure that its key fingerprint is the same one on the fingerprint strip.

To sign the public key ID 0xD2CCE5EA with your default private key use the command:

<pre>
gpg --sign-key 0xD2CCE5EA
</pre>

At the prompt '''Really sign all user IDs?''' type '''Y''' -- it is unusual not to sign all User IDs.

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-The command '''gpg-key2ps 0xD2CCE5EA > fingerprint.ps''' will create a page full of fingerprint strips.
+The command '''gpg-key2ps 0xD2CCE5EA > fingerprint.ps''' will create a page full of fingerprint strips. '''gpg-key2ps''' is available in the Debian package '''[https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=signing-party signing-party]'''.
 The actual key signing doesn't need to be done at the same time the fingerprint strips are exchanged.  But when you do sign the key ID 0xD2CCE5EA be sure that its key fingerprint is the same one on the fingerprint strip.

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	At the prompt '''Really sign all user IDs?''' type '''Y''' -- it is unusual not to sign all User IDs.		At the prompt '''Really sign all user IDs?''' type '''Y''' -- it is unusual not to sign all User IDs.
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		+	== See Also: ==
		+	[[Formal Keysigning]]

	[[Category:KWCrypto]] [[Category:HowTo]]		[[Category:KWCrypto]] [[Category:HowTo]]

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	At the prompt '''Really sign all user IDs?''' type '''Y''' -- it is unusual not to sign all User IDs.		At the prompt '''Really sign all user IDs?''' type '''Y''' -- it is unusual not to sign all User IDs.
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 The command '''gpg-key2ps 0xD2CCE5EA > fingerprint.ps''' will create a page full of fingerprint strips.
-The actual key signing doesn't need to be done when the fingerprint strips are exchanged.  But when you do sign the key ID 0xD2CCE5EA be sure that its key fingerprint is the same one on the fingerprint strip.
+The actual key signing doesn't need to be done at the same time the fingerprint strips are exchanged.  But when you do sign the key ID 0xD2CCE5EA be sure that its key fingerprint is the same one on the fingerprint strip.
 To sign the public key ID 0xD2CCE5EA with your default private key use the command: