alt.security.keydist Resources

This site is a collection of resources about and relating to alt.security.keydist, a newsgroup for distributing public encryption keys (such as those used by PGP and GPG) through the UUCP/NNTP netnews system.

alt.security.keydist FAQs

The FAQ was created in 1997. It was last updated 27 June 2004.

The alt.security.keydist FAQ is a “news.answers-approved” FAQ archived at most major FAQ archives on the Internet, including FAQS.org.

alt.security.keydist Software Recommendations

Since alt.security.keydist is intended for people who use both Usenet and public key encryption, I’ve decided to add a quick list of software that helps people use public key encryption on Usenet.

Cryptography Newsgroups

A list of other cryptography-related newsgroups is also available.