Re: [python-committers] Commit privileges for Roger Serwy for IDLE

2013-03-21 Thread serwy
Hi Everyone, My name is Roger Serwy and I would like to introduce myself. I am a graduate student at the University of Illinois in electrical and computer engineering. Python has been a primary language for my research in signal processing and the auditory system. I use IdleX almost daily

[python-committers] SSH fingerprint

2013-03-24 Thread Roger Serwy
Hi All, What should be the ssh fingerprint be for hg.python.org? I am receiving 63:75:9b:14:b7:b2:dc:e7:cd:42:d7:19:48:6a:68:8e, but I can't verify if it's correct. Thank you, Roger ___ python-committers mailing list python-committers@python.org htt

Re: [python-committers] SSH fingerprint

2013-03-24 Thread Roger Serwy
On 03/24/2013 11:10 PM, Ned Deily wrote: On Mar 24, 2013, at 21:02 , Roger Serwy wrote: What should be the ssh fingerprint be for hg.python.org? I am receiving 63:75:9b:14:b7:b2:dc:e7:cd:42:d7:19:48:6a:68:8e, but I can't verify if it's correct. I currently get: The authentici

Re: [python-committers] SSH fingerprint

2013-03-25 Thread Roger Serwy
We have new contributors (who don't have a pre-existing key) use RSA: http://docs.python.org/devguide/faq.html#id1 . I was trying to avoid a man-in-the-middle attack by verifying the server's key fingerprint. Those server fingerprints should be documented.

Re: [python-committers] SSH fingerprint

2013-03-26 Thread Roger Serwy
Well if a MITM attacker tries to use your ssh access to do anything nasty, another developer will probably notice quite quickly. (the only "nasty thing" the ssh access allows you to do is "hg push", IIRC; still, that can trigger code execution on the buildbots) Sure, but it would be better to

Re: [python-committers] SSH fingerprint

2013-03-26 Thread Roger Serwy
Also, what is the command to use on the server to get the public key fingerprint? Run "ssh-keygen -lf /path/to/public/key.pub" for the RSA, DSA, and ECDSA keys. ___ python-committers mailing list python-committers@python.org http://mail.python.or

Re: [python-committers] SSH fingerprint

2013-03-26 Thread Roger Serwy
In addition, the email you sent might be subject to MITM, either when you were submitting it, or when it was transmitted from python.org to Roger's SMTP server. So you really need to PGP sign it :-) And hope that I have Antoine's correct public PGP key... And down the rabbit hole we go. Tha