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

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Message-ID: <m34nzmcaod.fsf@intrepid.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:05:54 +0200
From:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu, "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	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

Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de> writes:

> If you just want to be sure that patch number 100 comes from the same
> person as the 99 patches before you could do that without key signing
> (require signed patches and check that all 100 patches were signed by
>  the same key).

This leaves room for MITM attacks. The attacked can remove the original
signature and add his own.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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