Editing Keysigning

'''Keysigning''' is the process of [[digital signature|digitally signing]] someone else's [[public key]] using one's own.
A more correct term would be '''[[digital certificate|certificate]] signing''', since the actual key material is not changed by the process of signing. However, in the [[Pretty Good Privacy|PGP]] community it is customary not to distinguish in speaking between someone's key and certificate, and the term '''keysigning''' is used. (The term PGP refers here to all implementations of the [[OpenPGP]] standard, such as [[GnuPG]].)

Users of PGP sign one another's keys to indicate to any third party that the signer trusts the signee. This enables someone who trusts the signer to extend her trust to the signee as well. In this way, a [[web of trust]] is built.

PGP users often organize [[key signing party|key signing parties]], where many people meet in person to verify each other's identity using some printed certificate of identity and then sign each other's keys.

==See also==
* [[Key signing party]]

==External links==
*[http://cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/keysigning_party/en/keysigning_party.html Keysigning Party HOWTO]

[[Category:Key management]]


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