[oclug] Topics for upcoming meetings

[Dave Edwards]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Kevin Everets wrote:
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>    I would definitely like to see this.  It would be good to get an
>    overview of the theory of PKI for those that don't know it (or those,
>    like me, who know something about it but probably have more than a few
>    misconceptions), the differences between PGP and GPG (as I'm aware
>    that you use PGP for interoperability reasons), as well as a good
>    tutorial on how to properly create a key, get it signed, manage a
>    keyring, and make use of it (something that I found confusing the
>    first few times).
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There's a very nice document somewhere below
http://www.gnu.org-- sorry --called The GNU Privacy Handbook.  Beside the
specifics of GPG, it concisely covers the theory and practice of
public-key encryption, as well as a little history and law.
Dave.
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