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Re: Debian Testing CDs Automatic Signing Key is not available from usual places



On Mon, Nov 03, 2014 at 02:15:20AM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Erkki Lintunen <ebirdie@iki.fi> (2014-11-02):
>> I couldn't find the "Debian Testing CDs Automatic Signing Key
>> <debian-cd@lists.debian.org>" (Key fingerprint = F41D 3034 2F35 4669
>> 5F65  C669 4246 8F40 09EA 8AC3) from keyservers or from
>> keyring.debian.org. The key's information is listed on the web-page
>> "Verifying authenticity of Debian CD"
>> <https://www.debian.org/CD/verify>, which says the key should be
>> available from the keyring.debian.org. The Alioth git repository has a
>> key entry for stable release CDs however.
>> 
>> Is there some other place to get the key from, as the possibility that no
>> one has missed the key yet feels almost impossible?
>
>kibi@arya:~$ gpg --search-keys 0x09EA8AC3
>gpg: searching for "0x09EA8AC3" from hkp server keys.gnupg.net
>(1)	Debian Testing CDs Automatic Signing Key <debian-cd@lists.debian.org>
>	  4096 bit RSA key F41D30342F3546695F65C66942468F4009EA8AC3, created: 2014-04-15
>
>and yes, that key isn't the one used to sign official releases. Please
>note that the web page you linked to specifically mentions “Official
>releases of Debian CDs”.

Exactly.

>Maybe there should be some clean-up/update in that key list though.
>Steve will likely know.

At some point when I get some free time (*giggle*) I may go through
and re-sign some of the older releases with the current key. Then
we'll be able to drop some of the older keys from that page. Don't
hold your breath, though...

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
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