Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Oct 2011 20:39:37 +0200 | From | Willy Tarreau <> | Subject | Re: kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust |
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On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 11:19:24AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 10/02/2011 11:14 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > >> > >> You probably know enough people (including myself) that would be willing > >> to sign your key over the phone. That's part of giving yourself > >> sufficient time. > > > > Well, then I propose that people create two new key pairs instead of > > just one and take both of them to the KS for signing. Afterwards, one > > of them will be used for development and the other one's private key > > will be kept in a safe place (without any online access), so it can be > > used readily if the first pair is lost or compromised somehow. > > > > Perhaps the second pair should have a longer life time. > > > > Yes, this is actually a very good practice (the long-lived key should be > a sign-only key, for what it's worth.) I didn't propose it because I > thought it would be too much work. > > What do people think? It might be more important for people who are > physically isolated.
I'm not opposed to generate a second key, but I don't really understand how it solves the isolation issue. I'm not used to key signing parties and am presently in the situation where I don't know whom to ping to sign my key. The only thing I could do was to sign it with my old key as you suggested in the initial mail on the subject :-/
So if at least generating a second key can save that hassle for next time, I'm all in favor of making it, it just takes a few seconds.
Best regards, Willy
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