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  1. Prior to the meeting, people who are not yet part of the web of trust should install PGP software, generate a public / private key pair, and upload the public key to one of the global PGP key servers, such as subkeys.pgp.net.
  2. Everyone should bring a government-issued photo ID, such as a driver's license, as well as cards or slips of paper showing their public key ID and cryptographic fingerprint to the meeting.  For example:

Wiki Markup{{&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; pub&nbsp;&nbsp;          pub   1024D/6849ABF9 2007-07-25 \ [expires: 2012-07-23\]}} {{&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Key fingerprint = 8B62 E459 6C53 3771 5C71&nbsp; 718F AD49 8EBB 6849 ABF9}} {{&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; uid&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; David Walker <David.Walker@ucop.edu>}} {{&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sub&nbsp;&nbsp; 4096g/51C3D427 2007-07-25 \[expires: 2012-07-23\]}}]
           Key fingerprint = 8B62 E459 6C53 3771 5C71  718F AD49 8EBB 6849 ABF9
         uid                  David Walker <David.Walker@ucop.edu>
         sub   4096g/51C3D427 2007-07-25 [expires: 2012-07-23]

  1. During the key signing party itself, new members to the web of trust will go to all other meeting attendees, show them their photo ID and give them one of the slips of paper with the public key and fingerprint.
  2. After the key signing party, everyone should retrieve the new members' public keys, sign them, and upload them back to one of the global PGP key servers.

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