Keysigning-Party

As a key signing party is called an event, which brings together users of PGP and similar services to sign their public key with each other.

By this method, a web of trust is to be established, which is to confirm the assignment of the key to a person. The person being authenticated on official documents (such as identity card, passport or driving license).

It is Not standard practice to put the confirmed key directly, it can not be certain that a used therefor computer is not compromised by malware or the user inputs (in particular the passphrase ) with a simple " over-the- shoulder" type of tapping can be.

Especially at universities such meetings are widespread, but also in the context of Fair and lecture events, key signing parties are held. A certain tradition has such an event on the state of the c't at the CeBIT computer fair.

The arisen since 2012 Crypto Party Event form draws on the tradition of the signing party and extends them to the content of the mediation of other encryption and data protection techniques.