[Cryptography] PGP Key Signing parties

[Paul Hoffman]

On Oct 10, 2013, at 2:31 PM, John Gilmore <gnu at toad.com> wrote:

>> Does PGP have any particular support for key signing parties built in or is
>> this just something that has grown up as a practice of use?
> 
> It's just a practice.  I agree that building a small amount of automation
> for key signing parties would improve the web of trust.
> 
> I have started on a prototype that would automate small key signing
> parties (as small as 2 people, as large as a few dozen) where everyone
> present has a computer or phone that is on the same wired or wireless
> LAN.

Phil Zimmerman and Jon Callas had started to work on that around 1998, they might still have some of that design around.

--Paul Hoffman