Re: GPG Key Support

2021-02-08 Thread Baptiste Beauplat
at least 4096 bits.` > > Has anyone got a suggestion on what the best next step to take is? > > [1] > https://salsa.debian.org/debian-keyring/keyring/-/blob/master/debian-maintainers-gpg/0x03A1FB7A1904771B Mentors tries to enforce strong GPG key for newcomers, hence the error you

GPG Key Support

2021-02-08 Thread Dave Hibberd
Hi all, After a little inactivty uploading to mentors.debian.net (I've been working on packages I've got upload rights on), I had a new package rejected with the following error yesterday. `Unable to verify file fbb_7.010-1_source.changes. No public key found for key

Re: GPG Key errors

2019-05-02 Thread Adam Borowski
On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 06:56:53AM +0200, Mechtilde wrote: > Am 01.05.19 um 23:53 schrieb Tong Sun: > > On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 3:50 PM Shreyas Bapat wrote: > >> I made a stop for good, and departed from the train station in a very > >> little time towards the destination. :) > > > > , I view

Re: GPG Key errors

2019-05-02 Thread Shreyas Bapat
Hi all, I am really sorry if I posted something inappropriate in the mailing list. Although I got everything to work and took the response of Geert very positively. I am really sorry of I caused some trouble! Thankyou Shreyas On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 12:26 PM Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: > On

Re: GPG Key errors

2019-05-02 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 08:49:56AM +0200, Dominik George wrote: > >To show where you can find the information is more helpful than to one > >specific inforamtion. > > Except that the needed information - how to get debsign to find the correct > key - cannot be found where the newcomer was

Re: GPG Key errors

2019-05-02 Thread Dominik George
>To show where you can find the information is more helpful than to one >specific inforamtion. Except that the needed information - how to get debsign to find the correct key - cannot be found where the newcomer was pointed. -nik

Re: GPG Key errors

2019-05-01 Thread Mechtilde
Hello, Am 01.05.19 um 23:53 schrieb Tong Sun: > On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 3:50 PM Shreyas Bapat wrote: > >> I made a stop for good, and departed from the train station in a very little >> time towards the destination. :) > > , I view such departure as the result of poking fun at the >

Re: GPG Key errors

2019-05-01 Thread Emmanuel Arias
On 5/1/19 6:53 PM, Tong Sun wrote: > On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 3:50 PM Shreyas Bapat wrote: > >> I made a stop for good, and departed from the train station in a very little >> time towards the destination. :) > , I view such departure as the result of poking fun at the > new-comers, instead of

Re: GPG Key errors

2019-05-01 Thread Tong Sun
On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 3:50 PM Shreyas Bapat wrote: > I made a stop for good, and departed from the train station in a very little > time towards the destination. :) , I view such departure as the result of poking fun at the new-comers, instead of giving them direct answers -- direct answers

Re: GPG Key errors

2019-05-01 Thread Shreyas Bapat
I made a stop for good, and departed from the train station in a very little time towards the destination. :) Thanks a lot Geert! With Warm Regards, Shreyas Bapat IIT Mandi Ph: (+91) 97362-10570 Email: b16...@students.iitmandi.ac.in Web: https://students.iitmandi.ac.in/~b16145/ On Thu, May

Re: GPG Key errors

2019-05-01 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, May 02, 2019 at 12:00:05AM +0530, Shreyas Bapat wrote: > Hi, > > I am packaging einsteinpy for debian. > And I am facing this issue. Can someone please help? > > Now signing changes and any dsc files... > signfile dsc einsteinpy_0.1.0+dfsg-1.dsc Shreyas Bapat < >

GPG Key errors

2019-05-01 Thread Shreyas Bapat
Hi, I am packaging einsteinpy for debian. And I am facing this issue. Can someone please help? Now signing changes and any dsc files... signfile dsc einsteinpy_0.1.0+dfsg-1.dsc Shreyas Bapat < bapat.shre...@gmail.com> gpg: skipped "Shreyas Bapat ": No secret key gpg:

Re: How to upgrade my gpg key to debian standards?

2016-07-11 Thread Ansgar Burchardt
On Sun, 2016-07-10 at 18:39 -0400, Paul Elliott wrote: > I am looking at upgrading my gpg key. > > What parameters should I use? [1] has a guide which options to use to make sure that you use strong hashes for the (self-)signatures on your key.  I'm not sure if GnuPG upstream ha

Re: How to upgrade my gpg key to debian standards?

2016-07-11 Thread Gianfranco Costamagna
Hi, >I am looking at upgrading my gpg key. > >What parameters should I use? > >Is there a standard way to get all the people that signed >the old key to sign the new key? some general answering should tell that it is up to the developers to sign the new one, or ask you

Re: How to upgrade my gpg key to debian standards?

2016-07-11 Thread Elena ``of Valhalla''
On 2016-07-10 at 22:53:46 +, Sean Whitton wrote: > - https://debian-administration.org/users/dkg/weblog/48 > - https://help.riseup.net/en/security/message-security/openpgp/best-practices > - the hopenpgp-tools package to check your key -- very useful! I would also recommend:

Re: How to upgrade my gpg key to debian standards?

2016-07-10 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 06:39:27PM -0400, Paul Elliott wrote: > I am looking at upgrading my gpg key. > > What parameters should I use? Do you mean increasing the key length, or other stuff too? For the other stuff, here are some nice links: - https://debian-administration.org/

How to upgrade my gpg key to debian standards?

2016-07-10 Thread Paul Elliott
I am looking at upgrading my gpg key. What parameters should I use? Is there a standard way to get all the people that signed the old key to sign the new key? Thank You. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelli...@blackpatchpanel.com 3300 Plaza Drive

Get your GPG key signed March 25 in Blacksburg, Virginia

2014-03-23 Thread Thaddeus H. Black
If you still need your GPG key signed by two Debian Developers and live near enough to get to Blacksburg, Virginia, then DDs Jon Bernard and Thaddeus H. Black will sign your key there March 25. Feel free to attend. We would be pleased to have you. Date: Tues., March 25, 2014 Time: 4:30 p.m

Re: Should I re-upload packages after changing my GPG key?

2009-09-26 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 11:49:26PM +0400, Alexander Inyukhin a écrit : My old GPG key is getting expired soon, so I create a new one following instructions described in [1], and I upload it to d.m.n. Should I re-upload my package now? Should I increment a version number of the package

Should I re-upload packages after changing my GPG key?

2009-09-24 Thread Alexander Inyukhin
Hello! My old GPG key is getting expired soon, so I create a new one following instructions described in [1], and I upload it to d.m.n. Should I re-upload my package now? Should I increment a version number of the package and post a new RFS? Thanks. [1] http://www.debian-administration.org

Re: GPG key change

2008-02-20 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 04:23:03PM +0100, David Paleino wrote: is there any procedure to follow in case one needs to revoke his GPG key (thus creating a new one)? I mean, I have some packages in Debian, which are signed by my current key (0x1392B174). Packages in Debian are signed by a DD

GPG key change

2008-02-20 Thread David Paleino
Hi all, is there any procedure to follow in case one needs to revoke his GPG key (thus creating a new one)? I mean, I have some packages in Debian, which are signed by my current key (0x1392B174). Is it sufficient to start signing new packages with my new key? I've also applied NM, but I'm

Re: GPG key change

2008-02-20 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, David Paleino wrote: is there any procedure to follow in case one needs to revoke his GPG key (thus creating a new one)? I mean, I have some packages in Debian, which are signed by my current key (0x1392B174). Is it sufficient to start signing new packages

Re: GPG key change

2008-02-20 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:39:17 +0530 Kapil Hari Paranjape [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Hello, Hi Kapil, The only real reason to revoke the primary GPG key would be when there are security concerns about it like: 1. You feel that you have chosen a key size which is too

Re: GPG key change

2008-02-20 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello David, On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, David Paleino wrote: I've somehow lost my private key for encryption. That is, I can sign anything, also encrypt, but not decrypt anything encrypted with my key. I've already added a new encryption sub-key (and works), but having lost the private part for

Re: GPG key change

2008-02-20 Thread David Paleino
Il giorno Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:08:57 +0530 Kapil Hari Paranjape [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: Its a while since I played around with GPG but IIRC, the sub-keys are signed (and thus revoked) by the signing key. So having access to the signing key ought to be enough to generate a revocation

GPG key signing.

2006-06-22 Thread Mihai Felseghi
Hello my name is Mihai Felseghi and I write this message to you because I didm't find a Debian Developer near me to sign my key ,so I don't know how to get it signed.So please tell me what to do to get my key signed? All the best! Mihai Felseghi. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GPG key signing.

2006-06-22 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 04:54:03PM +0300, Mihai Felseghi wrote: Hello my name is Mihai Felseghi and I write this message to you because I didm't find a Debian Developer near me to sign my key ,so I don't know how to get it signed.So please tell me what to do to get my key signed? Hi, It

Re: GPG key signing.

2006-06-22 Thread Mihai Felseghi
I live in Romania Arad county to be precised and I could not find a DD near me and meet him in person that's why I wrotethis message to th list to find out how I can get the key signed. PS: And yes I want to become a DD and I already addopted 2 packages and packaged the third. On 6/22/06, Bas

Re: GPG key signing.

2006-06-22 Thread Radu Spineanu
Hi Mihai, Remember, i offered to sign your key if you come to Timisoara. Cheers, Radu Mihai Felseghi wrote: Hello my name is Mihai Felseghi and I write this message to you because I didm't find a Debian Developer near me to sign my key ,so I don't know how to get it signed.So please tell me

gpg key purged from server

2004-03-11 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. I know that this is not strictly debian related (he, but I found out looking at my qa.d.o page): My gpg key seems to have been removed from the public servers (e.g. pgp.earth.li) recently. Does anyone know why such things happen? Kind regards Thomas -- Thomas Viehmann, http://beamnet.de

Re: gpg key purged from server

2004-03-11 Thread Jonathan McDowell
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 06:12:21PM +0100, Thomas Viehmann wrote: I know that this is not strictly debian related (he, but I found out looking at my qa.d.o page): My gpg key seems to have been removed from the public servers (e.g. pgp.earth.li) recently. Does anyone know why such things

Re: gpg key purged from server

2004-03-11 Thread Nico Golde
Hallo Thomas, * Thomas Viehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-03-11 20:16]: I know that this is not strictly debian related (he, but I found out looking at my qa.d.o page): My gpg key seems to have been removed from the public servers (e.g. pgp.earth.li) recently. Does anyone know why such things

Re: gpg key purged from server

2004-03-11 Thread Nico Golde
Hallo Thomas, * Thomas Viehmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004-03-11 20:16]: I know that this is not strictly debian related (he, but I found out looking at my qa.d.o page): My gpg key seems to have been removed from the public servers (e.g. pgp.earth.li) recently. Does anyone know why such things

Updating my GPG key

2003-04-21 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Hi, I was recently accepted as a Debian developer. Among the first things I understand I should do is to update my GPG key in order to include my debian.org address - But I suppose this identity must then be signed by other members of Debian, right? I understand the tight requirements

Re: Updating my GPG key

2003-04-21 Thread Daniel K. Gebhart
Gunnar Wolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 06:07:36PM -0500: I was recently accepted as a Debian developer. Among the first things I con-gratulations! :-) understand I should do is to update my GPG key in order to include my debian.org address - But I suppose this identity

Re: Updating my GPG key

2003-04-21 Thread Gunnar Wolf
I was recently accepted as a Debian developer. Among the first things I con-gratulations! :-) Yup... Long process, big satisfaction! ;-) understand I should do is to update my GPG key in order to include my debian.org address - But I suppose this identity must then be signed by other

expiring gpg key, how do I update it?

2003-02-24 Thread Jörgen Hägg
(I'm asking this because I want to be really sure that my key still works after the current expire date, there has been a lot of key-discussions, expiration date and such.) My key is about to expire in a few months, is it enough to update the expiration date and submit it to the key server? Do

Re: expiring gpg key, how do I update it?

2003-02-24 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Jörgen, On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 03:16:06PM +0100, Jörgen Hägg wrote: (I'm asking this because I want to be really sure that my key still works after the current expire date, there has been a lot of key-discussions, expiration date and such.) My key is about to expire in a few months, is

expiring gpg key, how do I update it?

2003-02-24 Thread Jörgen Hägg
(I'm asking this because I want to be really sure that my key still works after the current expire date, there has been a lot of key-discussions, expiration date and such.) My key is about to expire in a few months, is it enough to update the expiration date and submit it to the key server? Do

Re: expiring gpg key, how do I update it?

2003-02-24 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Jörgen, On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 03:16:06PM +0100, Jörgen Hägg wrote: (I'm asking this because I want to be really sure that my key still works after the current expire date, there has been a lot of key-discussions, expiration date and such.) My key is about to expire in a few months, is

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-04 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Osamu Aoki wrote: On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 03:05:57AM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote: which have that address in it. I sign a uid when these uid's address is not bouncing and the person who claims to belong to this key answers a message encrypted to him sent to the specific uid. If the

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-04 Thread Osamu Aoki
others when signing, and that is okay. but the onus is always on the signer to verify that the facts as she understands them are true. Sure I agree in your point of due dilligence. (I said a bit.) I do not want to make life any harder for the people signing my GPG key either. I think

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-04 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:09:09AM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: I do not want to make life any harder for the people signing my GPG key either. It's a reasonable thing to check whether an email-address is valid before signing it IMHO. Michael -- weasel we should propose to rename the FSG to DFSG

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-04 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 08:12:37PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:09:09AM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: I do not want to make life any harder for the people signing my GPG key either. It's a reasonable thing to check whether an email-address is valid before signing

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-04 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
Osamu Aoki wrote: On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 03:05:57AM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote: which have that address in it. I sign a uid when these uid's address is not bouncing and the person who claims to belong to this key answers a message encrypted to him sent to the specific uid. If the

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-04 Thread Osamu Aoki
others when signing, and that is okay. but the onus is always on the signer to verify that the facts as she understands them are true. Sure I agree in your point of due dilligence. (I said a bit.) I do not want to make life any harder for the people signing my GPG key either. I think

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-04 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:09:09AM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: I do not want to make life any harder for the people signing my GPG key either. It's a reasonable thing to check whether an email-address is valid before signing it IMHO. Michael -- weasel we should propose to rename the FSG to DFSG

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-04 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 08:12:37PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:09:09AM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: I do not want to make life any harder for the people signing my GPG key either. It's a reasonable thing to check whether an email-address is valid before signing

signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-03 Thread Oohara Yuuma
When signing a GPG key, is it better to sign all of its uids, or just an uid that I see relevant (such as the @debian.org one)? I usually meet someone, get a hardcopy of the key fingerprint, the e-mail address and so on, then check it later and sign the uid which have that address

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-03 Thread Richard A. Hecker
Oohara Yuuma wrote: When signing a GPG key, is it better to sign all of its uids, or just an uid that I see relevant (such as the @debian.org one)? I usually meet someone, get a hardcopy of the key fingerprint, the e-mail address and so on, then check it later and sign the uid which have

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-03 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 03:05:57AM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote: Hi, Oohara Yuuma wrote: When signing a GPG key, is it better to sign all of its uids, or just an uid that I see relevant (such as the @debian.org one)? I usually meet someone, get a hardcopy of the key fingerprint

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-03 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 07:26:48PM -0800, Richard A. Hecker wrote: Oohara Yuuma wrote: When signing a GPG key, is it better to sign all of its uids, or just an uid that I see relevant (such as the @debian.org one)? I usually meet someone, get a hardcopy of the key fingerprint, the e

signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-03 Thread Oohara Yuuma
When signing a GPG key, is it better to sign all of its uids, or just an uid that I see relevant (such as the @debian.org one)? I usually meet someone, get a hardcopy of the key fingerprint, the e-mail address and so on, then check it later and sign the uid which have that address

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-03 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Oohara Yuuma wrote: When signing a GPG key, is it better to sign all of its uids, or just an uid that I see relevant (such as the @debian.org one)? I usually meet someone, get a hardcopy of the key fingerprint, the e-mail address and so on, then check it later and sign the uid which have

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-03 Thread Richard A. Hecker
Oohara Yuuma wrote: When signing a GPG key, is it better to sign all of its uids, or just an uid that I see relevant (such as the @debian.org one)? I usually meet someone, get a hardcopy of the key fingerprint, the e-mail address and so on, then check it later and sign the uid which have

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-03 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 03:05:57AM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote: Hi, Oohara Yuuma wrote: When signing a GPG key, is it better to sign all of its uids, or just an uid that I see relevant (such as the @debian.org one)? I usually meet someone, get a hardcopy of the key fingerprint

Re: signing a GPG key with multiple uids

2002-12-03 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 07:26:48PM -0800, Richard A. Hecker wrote: Oohara Yuuma wrote: When signing a GPG key, is it better to sign all of its uids, or just an uid that I see relevant (such as the @debian.org one)? I usually meet someone, get a hardcopy of the key fingerprint, the e

Re: GPG Key question

2002-06-18 Thread B. L. Jilek
Hi Steve! On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Steve Langasek wrote: On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 10:53:19PM -0400, B. L. Jilek wrote: Hi Stephen! On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Stephen Stafford wrote: On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 12:07:56AM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: Paul Cupis wrote:

Re: GPG Key question

2002-06-17 Thread Rene Engelhard
Duncan Findlay wrote: However, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is no longer a valid e-mail address. Should I delete the uid, even though it is the only signed uid, or should I leave it, even though the e-mail is not valid? Deleting uids IIRC is *not* possible, it can be that it reappears through the

Re: GPG Key question

2002-06-17 Thread Bill Jonas
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 07:21:39PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: Deleting uids IIRC is *not* possible, it can be that it reappears through the synching of the keyservers. I *think* it's possible to generate a revocation certificate, though, for just one UID. I'm not entirely sure, though. --

Re: GPG Key question

2002-06-17 Thread Paul Cupis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 17 June 2002 19:02, Bill Jonas wrote: On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 07:21:39PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: Deleting uids IIRC is *not* possible, it can be that it reappears through the synching of the keyservers. I *think* it's possible to

Re: GPG Key question

2002-06-17 Thread Rene Engelhard
Paul Cupis wrote: Present a menu which enables you to do all key related tasks: revsigRevoke a signature. GnuPG asks for every signature which has been done by one of the

Re: GPG Key question

2002-06-17 Thread Jonathan McDowell
On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 12:07:56AM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: Paul Cupis wrote: Present a menu which enables you to do all key related tasks: revsigRevoke a signature. GnuPG asks for every

Re: GPG Key question

2002-06-17 Thread Stephen Stafford
On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 12:07:56AM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: Paul Cupis wrote: Present a menu which enables you to do all key related tasks: revsigRevoke a signature. GnuPG asks for every

Re: GPG Key question

2002-06-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 12:07:56AM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: Paul Cupis wrote: So it looks like you can generate a revokation certificate for a particular signature. ^ Yes, you can revoke a _signature_. But that was not the question. He wanted to remove one of his _uid_'s.

Re: GPG Key question

2002-06-17 Thread B. L. Jilek
Hi Stephen! On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Stephen Stafford wrote: On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 12:07:56AM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: Paul Cupis wrote: Present a menu which enables you to do all key related tasks: revsigRevoke a

Re: GPG Key question

2002-06-17 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 10:53:19PM -0400, B. L. Jilek wrote: Hi Stephen! On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Stephen Stafford wrote: On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 12:07:56AM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: Paul Cupis wrote: Present a menu which enables you to do all key

GPG Key question

2002-06-16 Thread Duncan Findlay
My GPG key currently is: pub 1024D/6BE69CD0 2001-06-20 Duncan Findlay [EMAIL PROTECTED] sig 3 6BE69CD0 2002-05-12 Duncan Findlay [EMAIL PROTECTED] uidDuncan Findlay [EMAIL PROTECTED] sig 3 6BE69CD0 2001-09-22 Duncan Findlay [EMAIL PROTECTED] sig

gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread christophe barb
Hi, I wonder if it is acceptable to sign a key from someone that : - I meet him personnaly and saw his ID - I saw him in a public meeting in a specific role (We can consider he is well known) - I have a lot of public mails from him that are all signed But the key makes no references to his

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:04:20AM -0400, christophe barbé wrote: I wonder if it is acceptable to sign a key from someone that : - I meet him personnaly and saw his ID - I saw him in a public meeting in a specific role (We can consider he is well known) - I have a lot of public mails

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Chad Miller
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:04:20AM -0400, christophe barb? wrote: I wonder if it is acceptable to sign a key from someone that : [irrelevent stuff] But the key makes no references to his name. In my understanding the ID is useless but I have enough element to believe he is the guy he

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread christophe barb
I forgot to mention that we exchanged encrypted secret words and that I check the fingerprint when I meet him. He use his email address in his gpg key but his email address is not related to his name. I am sure he is the guy behind the key. I started this thread because of the debian

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Remi VANICAT
christophe barbé [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I forgot to mention that we exchanged encrypted secret words and that I check the fingerprint when I meet him. He use his email address in his gpg key but his email address is not related to his name. I am sure he is the guy behind the key. I

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:56:31AM -0400, christophe barbé wrote: I forgot to mention that we exchanged encrypted secret words and that I check the fingerprint when I meet him. He use his email address in his gpg key but his email address is not related to his name. I am sure he

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread christophe barb
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:04:39AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: I still don't understand what you mean by a 'without-ID key'. It's difficult to give you a clear answer unless you can give us tangible information. A PGP uid has three parts to it: a name, an email address, and a comment.

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread christophe barb
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:11:25AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: Upon rereading, I see what you're asking here. You're worried that if you sign a uid that doesn't have his name on it, and he adds another uid later that does have a name on it (not necessarily his), this will mistakenly be

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread christophe barb
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:50:43AM -0400, Chad Miller wrote: No! One doesn't really sign keys. One signs identification. If you meet someone, your goal is to match the picture ID with the face, and the name on the ID with the UID in the keyring. Just because we meet, and I show you an ID

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 11:20:30AM -0400, christophe barbé wrote: On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:11:25AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: Upon rereading, I see what you're asking here. You're worried that if you sign a uid that doesn't have his name on it, and he adds another uid later that does

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:11:25AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: He use his email address in his gpg key but his email address is not related to his name. I am sure he is the guy behind the key. I started this thread because of the debian implication. I believe that from the pure

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Chad Miller
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 11:22:50AM -0400, christophe barb? wrote: IDs are easily forged. I am sure of that since I have see how it works To misquote Old Man Murray, it's better than relying on scent. IDs are the best thing we have for identifying the person's real name, and real names are

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Jason Lunz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Should I sign his key ? No. Request that he adds an UID to his key with his name as it appears on his documents (the name that he would have in a international travel pass, for example), and sign THAT UID (and any others you have verified to be completely true). I

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Papa Smurf
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 05:38:40PM -0400, Jason Lunz wrote: I think this needs more consideration. What is being signed into the trust web is an identity. That can (and should) be independent of real name. Why? Because there are people in the world who live in countries or situations where

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Jason Lunz wrote: trust web is an identity. That can (and should) be independent of real name. Why? Because there are people in the world who live in countries or situations where they cannot safely reveal their real life identity. Join the cDc then, but not Debian. --

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:04:20AM -0400, christophe barbé wrote: I wonder if it is acceptable to sign a key from someone that : - I meet him personnaly and saw his ID - I saw him in a public meeting in a specific role (We can consider he is well known) - I have a lot of public mails from

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Chad Miller
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:04:20AM -0400, christophe barb? wrote: I wonder if it is acceptable to sign a key from someone that : [irrelevent stuff] But the key makes no references to his name. In my understanding the ID is useless but I have enough element to believe he is the guy he said

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread christophe barbé
I forgot to mention that we exchanged encrypted secret words and that I check the fingerprint when I meet him. He use his email address in his gpg key but his email address is not related to his name. I am sure he is the guy behind the key. I started this thread because of the debian

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:56:31AM -0400, christophe barbé wrote: I forgot to mention that we exchanged encrypted secret words and that I check the fingerprint when I meet him. He use his email address in his gpg key but his email address is not related to his name. I am sure he is the guy

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Remi VANICAT
christophe barbé [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I forgot to mention that we exchanged encrypted secret words and that I check the fingerprint when I meet him. He use his email address in his gpg key but his email address is not related to his name. I am sure he is the guy behind the key. I

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:56:31AM -0400, christophe barbé wrote: I forgot to mention that we exchanged encrypted secret words and that I check the fingerprint when I meet him. He use his email address in his gpg key but his email address is not related to his name. I am sure he is the guy

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread christophe barbé
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:04:39AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: I still don't understand what you mean by a 'without-ID key'. It's difficult to give you a clear answer unless you can give us tangible information. A PGP uid has three parts to it: a name, an email address, and a comment. What

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread christophe barbé
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:11:25AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: Upon rereading, I see what you're asking here. You're worried that if you sign a uid that doesn't have his name on it, and he adds another uid later that does have a name on it (not necessarily his), this will mistakenly be

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread christophe barbé
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:50:43AM -0400, Chad Miller wrote: No! One doesn't really sign keys. One signs identification. If you meet someone, your goal is to match the picture ID with the face, and the name on the ID with the UID in the keyring. Just because we meet, and I show you an ID

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 11:20:30AM -0400, christophe barbé wrote: On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:11:25AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: Upon rereading, I see what you're asking here. You're worried that if you sign a uid that doesn't have his name on it, and he adds another uid later that does

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 10:11:25AM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: He use his email address in his gpg key but his email address is not related to his name. I am sure he is the guy behind the key. I started this thread because of the debian implication. I believe that from the pure 'web

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Chad Miller
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 11:22:50AM -0400, christophe barb? wrote: IDs are easily forged. I am sure of that since I have see how it works To misquote Old Man Murray, it's better than relying on scent. IDs are the best thing we have for identifying the person's real name, and real names are

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, christophe barbé wrote: But the key makes no references to his name. [...] Should I sign his key ? No. Request that he adds an UID to his key with his name as it appears on his documents (the name that he would have in a international travel pass, for example), and sign

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Jason Lunz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Should I sign his key ? No. Request that he adds an UID to his key with his name as it appears on his documents (the name that he would have in a international travel pass, for example), and sign THAT UID (and any others you have verified to be completely true). I

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Papa Smurf
On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 05:38:40PM -0400, Jason Lunz wrote: I think this needs more consideration. What is being signed into the trust web is an identity. That can (and should) be independent of real name. Why? Because there are people in the world who live in countries or situations where

Re: gpg key validity question

2002-04-25 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Jason Lunz wrote: trust web is an identity. That can (and should) be independent of real name. Why? Because there are people in the world who live in countries or situations where they cannot safely reveal their real life identity. Join the cDc then, but not Debian. --

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