Zimmermann-Sassaman key-signing protocol
- Zimmermann-Sassaman key-signing protocol
In cryptography, the Zimmermann-Sassaman key-signing protocol is a protocol to speed up the public key fingerprint verification part of a key signing party. It requires some work before the event.
The protocol was invented during a key signing party with Len Sassaman, Werner Koch, Phil Zimmermann, and others.
ee also
* Key signing party
* GNU Privacy Guard
* PGP
External links
* [http://www.keysigning.org/methods/sassaman-efficient keysigning.org] - Procedure for Sassaman-Efficient method
References
* cite web
author = Len Sassaman, Phil Zimmermann
title = Efficient Group Key Signing Method
date = 2005-07-25
url = http://sion.quickie.net/keysigning.txt
accessdate = 2006-12-09
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