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

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Message-ID: <20111003175016.GC3072@localhost.pp.htv.fi>
Date:	Mon, 3 Oct 2011 20:50:16 +0300
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 04:50:37PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Since the kernel.org status announcement last week a number of you
> have contacted me about re-establishing credentials.  In order to
> establish a proper PGP web of trust we need keys that are cross-signed
> by other developers.  As such, we ask that you follow the following
> steps:
>...
> 5. Get as many other kernel developers that you have physical access to
>    to sign your key after verifying the fingerprint.  Verifying keys
>    over the phone is OK if and only if you know them *extremely* well;
>    think "would I be willing to testify in court that the person I
>    talked to was X"?
> 
>    If you work in an office with multiple other Linux developers, it
>    would be a very good thing to organize a local key signing.  We will
>    do a key signing at Kernel Summit for the core kernel developers.
> 
>    A web site with recommendations for running a key signing:
> 
> 
> http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/keysigning_party/en/keysigning_party.html
> 
>    $ gpg --fingerprint <key ID>
>    $ gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key <their key ID>
>    $ gpg -u <your key ID> --sign-key <their key ID>
>    $ gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --send-key <their key ID>
>    $ gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key <your key ID>
> 
> 6. Please send me the key identifier and fingerprint to
>    <keys@...or.com>.  This is a temporary address until the kernel.org
>    MX is ready to put back online; eventually we will probably have a
>    web form interface for this.

What are the exact technical requirements for key acceptance?

"as many other kernel developers" is quite vague, starting with the fact 
that there is not a clear definition of "kernel developer"...

> 	-hpa

cu
Adrian

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