Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:19:24 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust |
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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.
>>> What number of signatures on the key will be regarded as sufficient?
FWIW, the stock PGP web of trust rules require 3 signatures.
-hpa
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