BLU Keysigning Party - FOLLOWUP - script to simplify signing and emailing keys

[John Abreau]

FYI, I've patched the zip file on the BLU server so it ignores any
addresses that parse out as just "uid".


On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 3:31 PM, John Abreau <jabr-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I've learned that my signing script doesn't account for keys with
> embedded JPEG images, and possibly other items.
>
> My script grabs all uid's from a key and assumes they're all
> email addresses. An embedded JPEG ends up being interpreted
> as the email address "uid".
>
> Before sending out the generated emails, you might want to
> remove any that attempt to send to "uid".
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 11:55 PM, John Abreau <jabr-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> OK, some folks still don't see the attachment.
>>
>> I've dropped the zip file onto the BLU web server, at
>>
>>    http://legacy.blu.org/email-signed-keys.zip
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 11:39 PM, John Abreau <jabr-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>> A couple people have told me that the attached bash script
>>> was not actually attached to my previous message.
>>>
>>> Here it is again, in a zip file this time.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:47 PM, John Abreau <jabr-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>> Hi, everyone.
>>>>
>>>> Attached is a bash script I wrote a few years ago to automate
>>>> much of the process of signing and emailing keys after a
>>>> keysigning event.
>>>>
>>>> The script takes a list of keyids that you want to sign and email,
>>>> steps you through the process of signing each key, and generates
>>>> a BSMTP shar archive that, when run as a shell script, feeds the
>>>> email messages into "/usr/sbin/sendmail -v -bs" to send them.
>>>>
>>>> If you cannot run the script on a valid mail server, you can copy
>>>> and paste each message into your email client to send.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To use the script, first edit the settings at the top to change your
>>>> name and email address; by default it's set to
>>>>
>>>>    John Doe <john.doe-hcDgGtZH8xNBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org>
>>>>
>>>> For future BLU keysignings, also edit the event date. For
>>>> other, non-BLU keysigning events, edit the event description.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix
>>>> AIM abreauj / JABBER jabr-iMZfmuK6BGBxLiRVyXs8+g at public.gmane.org / YAHOO abreauj / SKYPE zusa_it_mgr
>>>> Email jabr-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9
>>>> PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix
>>> AIM abreauj / JABBER jabr-iMZfmuK6BGBxLiRVyXs8+g at public.gmane.org / YAHOO abreauj / SKYPE zusa_it_mgr
>>> Email jabr-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9
>>> PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix
>> GnuPG KeyID: 0xD5C7B5D9 / Email: abreauj-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
>> GnuPG FP: 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99
>>
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>
>
>
> --
> John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix
> AIM abreauj / JABBER jabr-iMZfmuK6BGBxLiRVyXs8+g at public.gmane.org / YAHOO abreauj / SKYPE zusa_it_mgr
> Email jabr-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9
> PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99
>



-- 
John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix
AIM abreauj / JABBER jabr-iMZfmuK6BGBxLiRVyXs8+g at public.gmane.org / YAHOO abreauj / SKYPE zusa_it_mgr
Email jabr-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9
PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99