[UFO Chicago] Key Signing... more questions

[Nate Riffe]

Just now Neil R. Ormos made 15 LEDs in my apartment flash with this:
> Nate Riffe wrote:
> > Just now Neil R. Ormos made 15 LEDs in my apartment flash with this:
> 
> > > In the "Rock... Falling... What'll... I... Do?" department:
> 
> > > When I try to get Jesse Becker's key from pgp.mit.edu
> > > using "gpg --recv keys", gpg reports "no valid OpenPGP
> > > data found."  The other four keys to be signed were
> > > available at pgp.mit.edu.
> 
> > > Is there another key server I need to point to?
> 
> > I tried several and have reverted to simply emailing Jesse
> > for his key.
> 
> > Also, after you've signed the keys, don't forget to upload
> > them with their new sigs.
> 
> Suppose Jesse sends me his key via e-mail.  Once I've signed it, 
> is it correct that I need to export it using the --armor option 
> and mail it back to him?  
> 
> Some people don't want their public keys on keyservers, so I
> assume it would be very wrong for *me* to send the key to
> pgp.mit.edu, if Jesse hasn't already put it there himself,
> no?  
> 
> If Jesse keeps the public key, signed with many signatures,
> essentially private, releasing it only upon request, what is
> the value of the signatures?

They allow the recipient to validate his key.

-Nate

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