Re: Fetching keys via http/https?

2006-07-24 Thread Michael Kallas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, > On 07/22/2006 10:53 AM, Michael Kallas wrote: > > Is there any way to properly fetch keys automatically if you are on a > > machine where only HTTP to port 80 and HTTPS to port 443 are allowed? > > (I.e. you are behind a firewall/proxy that chec

Driving licence as identification and accepting signed keys without exchanging encrypted data

2006-07-24 Thread Tony Whitmore
I'm still working on getting my card reader to work, but in the meantime, I have a couple of questions regarding key-signing ettiquette following a session at LUG Radio Live last weekend. I hope the questions are not OT, I've checked the HOWTOs & FAQs, but there's some ambiguity in them. First: Is

Re: Driving licence as identification and accepting signed keys without exchanging encrypted data

2006-07-24 Thread David Shaw
On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 09:50:22PM +0100, Tony Whitmore wrote: > I'm still working on getting my card reader to work, but in the > meantime, I have a couple of questions regarding key-signing ettiquette > following a session at LUG Radio Live last weekend. I hope the questions > are not OT, I've ch

Re: Driving licence as identification and accepting signed keys without exchanging encrypted data

2006-07-24 Thread Tony Whitmore
David Shaw wrote: > On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 09:50:22PM +0100, Tony Whitmore wrote: >> First: Is a photo driving licence considered adequate identification? >> I'm in the UK so we have UK / EU photo driving licences. I have >> previously only used passports as ID, but some people were presenting >>

Re: Driving licence as identification and accepting signed keys without exchanging encrypted data

2006-07-24 Thread David Shaw
On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 10:40:55PM +0100, Tony Whitmore wrote: > David Shaw wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 09:50:22PM +0100, Tony Whitmore wrote: > >> First: Is a photo driving licence considered adequate identification? > >> I'm in the UK so we have UK / EU photo driving licences. I have > >>

Re: Driving licence as identification and accepting signed keys without exchanging encrypted data

2006-07-24 Thread Atom Smasher
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Tony Whitmore wrote: I'm still working on getting my card reader to work, but in the meantime, I have a couple of questions regarding key-signing ettiquette following a session at LUG Radio Live last weekend. I hope the questions are not OT, I've checked the HOWTOs & FAQs,

Re: Driving licence as identification and accepting signed keys without exchanging encrypted data

2006-07-24 Thread Atom Smasher
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, David Shaw wrote: Note that there is a difference between what page at http://www.hantslug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxHints/KeySigning says and what you say above. The page (correctly) notes that all that is necessary is that the person *sign* the challenge before sendin