linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide: Replace broken link to PGP path finder

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Message-ID: <20210820184906.bcypsextkp2rm4e4@nitro.local>
Date:   Fri, 20 Aug 2021 14:49:06 -0400
From:   Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     SeongJae Park <sj38.park@...il.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, SeongJae Park <sjpark@...zon.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide: Replace
 broken link to PGP path finder

On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 11:12:09AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> This looks fine to me, but I'd like Konstantin [CC'd] to have a look and
> let me know if he agrees...

Yes, this looks good to me. The entire section needs a more in-depth rewrite,
but I'm not ready for that work yet, and this patch at least removes a dead
link and offers some alternatives.

Reviewed-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@...uxfoundation.org>

Thank you!
-K


> > -Next, open the `PGP pathfinder`_. In the "From" field, paste the key
> > -fingerprint of Linus Torvalds from the output above. In the "To" field,
> > -paste the key-id you found via ``gpg --search`` of the unknown key, and
> > -check the results:
> > -
> > -- `Finding paths to Linus`_
> > +Next, find a trust path from Linus Torvalds to the key-id you found via ``gpg
> > +--search`` of the unknown key.  For this, you can use several tools including
> > +https://github.com/mricon/wotmate,
> > +https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/kernel/pgpkeys.git/tree/graphs, and
> > +https://the.earth.li/~noodles/pathfind.html.
> >  
> >  If you get a few decent trust paths, then it's a pretty good indication
> >  that it is a valid key. You can add it to your keyring from the
> > @@ -962,6 +961,3 @@ administrators of the PGP Pathfinder service to not be malicious (in
> >  fact, this goes against :ref:`devs_not_infra`). However, if you
> >  do not carefully maintain your own web of trust, then it is a marked
> >  improvement over blindly trusting keyservers.
> > -
> > -.. _`PGP pathfinder`: https://pgp.cs.uu.nl/
> > -.. _`Finding paths to Linus`: https://pgp.cs.uu.nl/paths/79BE3E4300411886/to/C94035C21B4F2AEB.html