Re: [Fsuk-manchester] SFD09 – The final call f or volunteers

[Leslie I'Anson]

On 17 Sep 2009, at 12:26, Robert Burrell Donkin <address@hidden 
> wrote:

[snip]

> >
>
> i'm definitely going to be around this saturday (moving into halls and
> preparing for the induction week)
>
> i'm a coder[1] (over towards the OS end of the FOSS spectrum) and an
> Apache Member[1] with an interest (if you can call it that) in legal
> (and licensing) issues, community building and FOSS organisational
> structures.
>
> looks like the stuff you're planning is all aimed at end user
> evangelism. which is cool. outside practical crypto, this isn't my
> strength. but if it turns out you find yourselves short of someone to
> pick up some of the more esoteric technical stuff (coding, legal,
> licensing or organisational), then i'd probably be able to do a lot of
> that off the cuff. i'll try to drop in early and leave a mobile phone
> number.
>
> given the progress made on breaking SHA-1[3], i'm very keen to swap my
> new openpgp code signing key with others in the FOSS web of trust. if
> there are people interested, i'd be happy to do key signing party (if
> there isn't one already) or talk people through how to set up GnuPG[4]
> to generate strong keys and strong links in the WOT[4][5].

Excellent, thanks for getting in touch. I know a few people in the  
group with similar interests so you won't feel left out if you do  
decide to attend on Saturday.

Furthermore, we're looking to hold some workshops at the MDDA  
(Portland Street) in coming months, so how would you feel about  
hosting a workshop on GnuPG and key signing?These have been hot topics  
in the group of late.

Best regards,
Leslie