Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meeting topic(s)
I have a new digital camera I haven't even used yet. I'd be more than happy to bring my camera. I'm curious to understand, will these be publicly viewable pictures, or *only* viewable to those who have your key? (P.S. I've never made a key before, so this is a good topic for me.) On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 11:03:05PM -0400, Keith Wright wrote:
Also, maybe somebody with a digital camera could take pictures of WLUG leaders and followers, and put them on the web site, together with public key identifiers. Despite being told several times over the past few years, I don't remember most people's names, but I might be able to if I had a chance to practice at home with my web browser.
It is only somewhat useful to have a record in your keyring that says you were once convinced that the name goes with the key, if you have totally forgotten what person goes with the name.
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 10:03:39PM -0500, Terry S wrote:
I have a new digital camera I haven't even used yet. I'd be more than happy to bring my camera.
I'm curious to understand, will these be publicly viewable pictures, or *only* viewable to those who have your key?
Generally, you want your public key to be widely distributed. Keeping the public key secret doesn't improve security.
From: Chuck Anderson <cra@WPI.EDU>
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 10:03:39PM -0500, Terry S wrote:
I'm curious to understand, will these be publicly viewable pictures, or *only* viewable to those who have your key?
Generally, you want your public key to be widely distributed. Keeping the public key secret doesn't improve security.
He's not worried about security, he just doesn't want his mother to see those pictures of him mooning the camera. I suppose we can trust the cameraman to use the pictures only as you ask. I was thinking of putting some low-res, but recognizable faces on the WLUG web site, to help us (i.e. me) to remember names. The key signing just made me think of it, but had nothing really to do with the plan. I am not sure why anyone would object to that unless it has something to do with the witness protection program, or running from the law. But I have neither camera nor write access to the web site, so it is not for me to say. -- Keith
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