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

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Message-ID: <4E88AB2C.60804@zytor.com>
Date:	Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:19:24 -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 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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