My PGP and PEM keys

PGP key
PEM key

I'm not sure what the future is going to look like.

I have reservations about PGP; there is something weird about a system where people have to come together at key signing parties to establish trust chains, and there is something even weirder about a system where one man's definition of what "secure E-mail" should look like is The Definition.
(but "weird" is only a mild term when applied to US rules about encryption, so I shouldn't be hitting on PGP...)

I believe more in open processes like the IETF PEM group, which has produced standards for signature passing and message signing like MOSS. But the infrastructure they depended on has so far failed to materialize to any great degree.

But no matter what, here is my PGP key, signed by a few people. Believe it if you want to.

My PGP key

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: 2.6.i
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=3Qxp
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
This PGP key is also registered with the keyserver available at the University of Tromsø, for what that is worth.

For further information on PGP, look here.

A brief introduction to PGP, in Norwegian, is available from Thomas Øhrbom.

My PEM key

Below is my PEM key and its associated certificate chain, which asserts that my identity has been checked by the UNINETT certification authority, and that the identity of the UNINETT CA has been checked by the UNINETT PCA, which has a key signed by the Internet Policy Registration Authority: IPRA.
All of it is wrapped inside a PEM (old-style, not MOSS) signed object.

You may want to read RFC 1875 in an attempt to decide how much to trust this. 

-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----
Proc-Type: 4,MIC-CLEAR
Content-Domain: RFC822
Originator-Certificate: 
 MIIBhDCB7gIBBjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQIFADAfMQswCQYDVQQGEwJOTzEQMA4GA1UE
 ChMHdW5pbmV0dDAeFw05NjAxMDUxMjU4MjNaFw05ODAxMDExMjAwMDBaMD4xCzAJ
 BgNVBAYTAk5PMRAwDgYDVQQKEwdVTklORVRUMR0wGwYDVQQDExRIYXJhbGQgVC4g
 QWx2ZXN0cmFuZDBZMAoGBFUIAQECAgIAA0sAMEgCQQCXWrAQT6InQcc8IU7pEBUl
 4dgG/2QTsyUb3GCFJnlTupt0iHrICuQt4YpZp8KfFCiwZxH87+z5n4lHPQ1ogskP
 AgMBAAEwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQECBQADgYEAgo15g/lGULfuS0/55LOEXNuKZK2fs/yH
 V87D+YwtIPSzaN8nLLJd9iROf7+mVMb+Z/KqcuheYBxWCN4Azi9x4PCVUPpFcRFQ
 wsNLPzT+ymNl2Z3L5AvDOG/4VIutr1cwfIWleD8S/cMbNXW+0YZM4udcH0PbSnsm
 PS+vZ+XnihM=
Issuer-Certificate: 
 MIIBuDCCASECAQMwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQECBQAwLTELMAkGA1UEBhMCTk8xEDAOBgNV
 BAoTB3VuaW5ldHQxDDAKBgNVBAsTA3BjYTAeFw05NTA5MjIwNzUzMTBaFw05ODAx
 MDExMjAwMDBaMB8xCzAJBgNVBAYTAk5PMRAwDgYDVQQKEwd1bmluZXR0MIGcMAoG
 BFUIAQECAgQAA4GNADCBiQKBgQCMqO/918sEBBzAJ/v2b1hHPW54/Km5A2+aox3W
 SUQnUb21XDIvWoJUi9t8wRjPhfCMFcP0uiQkELKXTI4qzgZ3UKWhxX/SIPyvNG9G
 VkSsB+aMprE80ex2LlZiu5kZ6TGV+ndDY/ZukXikLXAbht5xd0Exgo1feE5dcqSd
 5DID7QIDAQABMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAgUAA4GBAHnkm+Yi8qVDB+0qUzH8F43fJtyq
 KQd25QcAdy/Zn6t12OYUT0zO3spQ8XJW2+O2oBpvQJGGgOOZPnCFGz+7uJTC5eW/
 VZTB7W1vz5iBiswntrts2EYaj95Mihm+ZA399Jh+jyf+nreitOwSpQiLBUxBjv7l
 9f0ObCmU/kXVwdJK
Issuer-Certificate: 
 MIIB6TCCAVICBQJzAAAJMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAgUAMEkxGTAXBgNVBAoTEEludGVy
 bmV0IFNvY2lldHkxLDAqBgNVBAsTI0ludGVybmV0IFBDQSBSZWdpc3RyYXRpb24g
 QXV0aG9yaXR5MB4XDTk1MDkyMTAwMDAwMFoXDTk2MDkyMTAwMDAwMFowLTELMAkG
 A1UEBhMCTk8xEDAOBgNVBAoTB3VuaW5ldHQxDDAKBgNVBAsTA3BjYTCBnzANBgkq
 hkiG9w0BAQEFAAOBjQAwgYkCgYEA1R8wNSkJrjkC9Duzx8f8VHS8kV2pOdvhMlYo
 HNUP+2DroTYCzvEd+49CYiTLjrhJuYaFdjZ7SVgMiZM+Y3rb6JawgFKZG/k6/b/N
 aC4Obvqq1uNDeCLi00nuxoM+Iny5kGntCgJ4uH9Q6iDyLXTCtMCf2dwi7tPAJMa/
 wfiy5nECAwEAATANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQIFAAOBgQBejo61IJvKSp+0SkonhFnoXjLz
 hVARANwJLs+Ptp6XYYNJdD9NGZlPKjN+UdRN5Ndqdyy4JjujLx9+9UeqRYH1VtoO
 +iECslA77S39XVDyngDcBG1MsK4jo1mars6w6AUTT9/af1TzZ41F0VfkmcAZrOiI
 Jd/Aujkxpy8Wi5+eEQ==
MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA,
 dtyKoO/Fjz/gNlXpwhijaw4jNTyOayh4t5bqiV1Chy4+FTAra50KoD2pRRwTOwYK
 GlXWTEaiRcUWVll9x7oJXw==

Dette er signert med PEM
-----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----
Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no
Last modified: Mon Jan 15 13:39:10 1996