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NANOG Meeting Presentation Abstract

Trust Reflection: A Distributed Approach to PGP Key Signing at Multi-Day Events
Meeting: NANOG34
Date / Time: 2005-05-16 11:50am - 12:05pm
Room: Grand Ballroom II-III<BR>Grand Level
Presenters: Speakers:
Joe Abley, ISC.
Abstract: PGP is a system for encrypting and verifying the authenticity of information, and is commonly used as a tool to sign and encrypt e-mail. For PGP to be useful, a means of obtaining and distributing trust in public keys is required: in PGP, this is done by adding signatures to keys to build a \"web of trust\". Key signing parties are one way to build an effective web-of-trust.

Big Key Signing parties are tedious: lots of hexadecimal, and often little attention to the important matter of verifying identities. Big key signing parties are also awkward to schedule. This presentation proposes an alternative approach: to hold several, smaller key signing parties which can be interconnected by individuals who attend more than one of them. This approach is being followed for PGP Key Signing at NANOG34.
Files: pdfJoe Abley - PGP Key Signing(PDF)
youtubeTrust Reflection: A Distributed Approach to PGP Key Signing at Multi-Day Events
Sponsors: None.

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NANOG34 Abstracts

  • BGP Analysis Tools
    Speakers:
    Lixia ZhangUCLA; .
    Mohit LadUCLA; .
    Dan MasseyColorado State University; .
    Manish KarirMerit Network; .
  • BGP Analysis Tools
    Speakers:
    Lixia ZhangUCLA; .
    Mohit LadUCLA; .
    Dan MasseyColorado State University; .
    Manish KarirMerit Network; .
  • BGP Analysis Tools
    Speakers:
    Lixia ZhangUCLA; .
    Mohit LadUCLA; .
    Dan MasseyColorado State University; .
    Manish KarirMerit Network; .
  • BGP Analysis Tools
    Speakers:
    Lixia ZhangUCLA; .
    Mohit LadUCLA; .
    Dan MasseyColorado State University; .
    Manish KarirMerit Network; .
  • Panel: XSP Security Vulnerabilities Panel
    Moderators:
    Martin HanniganVersign; .
    Panelists:
    Patrick GilmoreAkamai Technologies; .
    Aaron HughesTerremark/NOTA; .
    Chris MalayterTDS Telecom; .
    Chris MorrowUUNET; .
    Richard SteenbergennLayer Communications; .
  • Panel: XSP Security Vulnerabilities Panel
    Moderators:
    Martin HanniganVersign; .
    Panelists:
    Patrick GilmoreAkamai Technologies; .
    Aaron HughesTerremark/NOTA; .
    Chris MalayterTDS Telecom; .
    Chris MorrowUUNET; .
    Richard SteenbergennLayer Communications; .
  • Panel: XSP Security Vulnerabilities Panel
    Moderators:
    Martin HanniganVersign; .
    Panelists:
    Patrick GilmoreAkamai Technologies; .
    Aaron HughesTerremark/NOTA; .
    Chris MalayterTDS Telecom; .
    Chris MorrowUUNET; .
    Richard SteenbergennLayer Communications; .
  • Panel: XSP Security Vulnerabilities Panel
    Moderators:
    Martin HanniganVersign; .
    Panelists:
    Patrick GilmoreAkamai Technologies; .
    Aaron HughesTerremark/NOTA; .
    Chris MalayterTDS Telecom; .
    Chris MorrowUUNET; .
    Richard SteenbergennLayer Communications; .
  • Panel: XSP Security Vulnerabilities Panel
    Moderators:
    Martin HanniganVersign; .
    Panelists:
    Patrick GilmoreAkamai Technologies; .
    Aaron HughesTerremark/NOTA; .
    Chris MalayterTDS Telecom; .
    Chris MorrowUUNET; .
    Richard SteenbergennLayer Communications; .
  • Panel: XSP Security Vulnerabilities Panel
    Moderators:
    Martin HanniganVersign; .
    Panelists:
    Patrick GilmoreAkamai Technologies; .
    Aaron HughesTerremark/NOTA; .
    Chris MalayterTDS Telecom; .
    Chris MorrowUUNET; .
    Richard SteenbergennLayer Communications; .
  • Community Meeting III
    Speakers:
    Betty BurkeMerit Network; .
    Marcia MardisMerit Network; .
    Steve FeldmanCNET; .
    Martin HanniganVeriSign; .
  • Community Meeting III
    Speakers:
    Betty BurkeMerit Network; .
    Marcia MardisMerit Network; .
    Steve FeldmanCNET; .
    Martin HanniganVeriSign; .
  • Community Meeting III
    Speakers:
    Betty BurkeMerit Network; .
    Marcia MardisMerit Network; .
    Steve FeldmanCNET; .
    Martin HanniganVeriSign; .
  • Community Meeting III
    Speakers:
    Betty BurkeMerit Network; .
    Marcia MardisMerit Network; .
    Steve FeldmanCNET; .
    Martin HanniganVeriSign; .

 

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