linux-kernel - Re: kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust

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Message-ID: <4E88A537.4010008@zytor.com>
Date:	Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:53:59 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
CC:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: Re: kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust

On 10/02/2011 04:54 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Sunday, October 02, 2011, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
> Hmm.  That doesn't seem very practical if someone doesn't live close
> to any other core kernel developers.
> 

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.

> What number of signatures on the key will be regarded as sufficient?
> 
>> We can work out specific details at KS.
> 
> Well, the KS is going to be busy time this year I suppose. :-)
> What about people who haven't been invited to the KS?

Well, KS is still a place where we can discuss these kinds of policies;
we can't be a perfect democracy and in fact have never even attempted to.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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