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Re: [Debconf-discuss] Last call for keys for keysigning in Cape Town, South Africa



Steven Chamberlain dijo [Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:34:48AM +0100]:
> Hi,
> 
> Michael Meskes wrote:
> > Ah, shoot, my plane only touches down at 13:45 on the 4th, that might
> > be tough.
> 
> This is a problem with reading the hashes only at a single event.
> 
> At DebConf15 the hashes were repeated in the morning briefings.  That's
> not conventional;  it is possible someone could announce a different
> hash that way.  But any person in the room can challenge it if they
> attended the opening event and notice it is different.

Yes, we should have the SHA repeated throughout, either organized
centrally or inviting people just to read it during their talks. Maybe
by doing it often enough we will get to memorize it!

(And, yes, I will only read the SHA, *not* the keys. That'd be
terribly boring, error-prone and inefficient)

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