Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Oct 2011 22:50:24 +0300 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust |
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On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 10:23:49PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 01:06:16PM -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 10:54:39AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > > > What policy is now used at kernel.org now is exactly the question > > > I asked in [1], and where I'm still waiting for an answer from hpa. > > > > > > Other organizations like Debian have a clear and public policy on > > > what is required for the user identification part for uploading to > > > the archive [2], and I expect the same for kernel.org. > > > > Peter has already said "are you prepared to swear in court". > > Government issued ID is one way (although any US high school student > > knows how easy it is to get fake ID); personal knowledge of someone's > > speach patterns plus common history generated by years of talking to > > that person at conferences and/or concalls, is another way. > > > > When I bootstrapped Linus's key, he and I talked on the phone, and I > > knew him well enough by our conversation my recognizing his speach > > patterns that I was prepared to certify his key even though I've never > > seen his government ID. That being said, I also know and trust Jim > > Zemlin well enough to know trust that the person employed by the Linux > > Foundation had his ID and right to work checked per US employment law, > > and and that the person I talked to was the same person who is > > employed by the Linux Foundation. Realistically, I'm far more sure of > > Linus's identity than I would be of some random Debian developer who > > got his key signed after some quick impromptu verification of what > > appeared to be a governement-issued ID at some conference. :-) > > That was not what I was talking about in the email you are answering to. > > Let me paraphrase my question: > "Whose signatures do I need on my key so that it will be accepted > at kernel.org?" > > With that information I can check if one email to a few local people to > have a local keysigning is enough. > > Or if I have to bother Linus to meet me and sign my key the next > time he is here in Helsinki.
Or even one step further: Perhaps my old existing key is good enough?
- It is in the Debian emeritus keyring. - The fingerprint is in CREDITS of the kernel since 2.6.10 in 2004. - The fingerprint was in the context of the commit when I updated my CREDITS entry in 2008. - In the unlikely case that an intruder is on my system, he will anyway get my new key and passphrase immediately. [1]
cu Adrian
[1] I did check what Greg recommended in his email, but I'm not gonna wipe my complete installation (including wiping /home) unless someone can point at something indicating that there's a break-in at my machine.
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