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Re: APT public key updates?



On Fri, Jan 06, 2006 at 02:04:49PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Steve Langasek:

> > I would encourage you to log into merkel and verify, directly and
> > securely, the key at /org/ftp.debian.org/web/ziyi_key_2006.asc; sign it; and
> > upload your signature to the public keyservers as well, if you are satisfied
> > that this is the key that is being used on ftp-master.debian.org to sign the
> > archive.

> Or publish a statement, maybe signed with your OpenPGP key, that the key
> 1024D/2D230C5F, fingerprint 084750FC01A6D388A643D869010908312D230C5F
> is the 2006 Debian archive key.

> This conveys more information than a certifying signature, and avoids
> the problem how you got physical ID for "Debian Archive Automatic
> Signing Key (2006) <ftpmaster@debian.org>", or a verification that the
> keyholder actually reads the mailbox mentioned in the user ID. 8-)

Yes, that's also reasonable, although the downside is a lack of good
distribution channel for such a signed statement -- key signatures you can
throw at any keyserver and they'll stick. :)

-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
vorlon@debian.org                                   http://www.debian.org/

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