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Re: So I received a gpg-signed email, can I trust it?



On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 02:33:54PM +0200, Simon Richter wrote:

> > given that it is now possible to generate arbitrary short key ID
> > collisions[1], and that it's now computationally feasible to at least
> > generate a pair of keys with colliding long key IDs, I'd like to rethink
> > practices and tools.
> 
> With the web of trust, in principle there shouldn't be a problem.
> 
> I have a valid trust path to Piotr's correct key. I don' have any to the
> fake key, because no one I trust has signed a key from the evil32 set.

What if you received a message signed with key 9F6C6333?

That is, what do you do (please list the practical steps) to validate a
signature that is a few steps away from your key in the WoT?


Enrico

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