Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 15 Oct 2011 09:18:29 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Answers to some common kernel.org account questions |
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On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 08:42:42AM +0200, Willy Tarreau wrote: > Hi Greg, > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 09:21:00AM -0600, Greg KH wrote: > > WHAT ABOUT FILE UPLOADS? > > > > The "robot signing" of uploaded files that was used in the past is no > > longer considered to be sufficiently secure, so a new policy has been > > instituted. A new tool ("kup") has been developed to help with the > > implementation of that policy; it works in a manner similar to the > > upload system used by the Debian project. > > > > The kup tool will require developers to sign files with their PGP key > > prior to uploading to kernel.org. This mechanism will keep the private > > signing keys from ever being stored on kernel.org (or any other server). > > More information will be made available once the file upload capability > > is restored. > > Please reassure me, we will only have to upload the sig, not the whole > file ?
That is what we are working on doing, there are still a few things left to resolve to enable this to work properly, which is why it hasn't been implemented yet.
thanks,
greg k-h
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