Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Oct 2011 12:22:01 +0200 (CEST) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust |
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On Thu, 6 Oct 2011, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 01:57:24AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > Whatfor? To regain your k.org account? Can you provide a single > > reason why that should happen? > > > > I can't think of one. You vanished away with a big bang and now you > > come back out of the blue and assume that you're a trusted person just > > by slapping a few signs on your key? > > I would say I vanished silently after several big bangs with you and > other people and some other incidents, but that's not really relevant. > > My main reason for regaining my kernel.org account is that I heavily > used my bunk@kernel.org address for kernel development (just check the > kernel history), and I was still getting emails to that. > > Assuming the @kernel.org addresses will not vanish, I need accepted > credential for accessing that address.
You seem to believe that the fact that you had a @k.org address is enough of a reason that it will be restored?
> > As your idea of trust seems to be based on an ID card you better find > > some other place with people who are stupid enough to believe that > > technical measures can replace deep personal trust. > > We are talking about the technical requirements for regaining an > account I was trusted to have before.
As you might have noticed, the rules under which those accounts are given out have been changed and the change is not only a question of providing a signed gpg key.
Thanks,
tglx
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