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blug-canary-2 [2023/03/15 11:28]
persmule
blug-canary-2 [2023/12/20 09:53]
persmule
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-Issued for March 2023.+Issued for December 2023.
  
 Don't just trust the contents of this file blindly! Verify the Don't just trust the contents of this file blindly! Verify the
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 10. We plan to publish the next of these canary statements in the first three 10. We plan to publish the next of these canary statements in the first three
-weeks of April 2023. Special note should be taken if no new canary is published+weeks of January 2024. Special note should be taken if no new canary is published
 by that time or if the list of statements changes without plausible explanation. by that time or if the list of statements changes without plausible explanation.
  
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-None.+1. We've found a workaround for importing keys on https://keys.openpgp.org 
 +without User-ID. The instructions for verifying persmule's signatures have 
 +been added.
  
 Canary Verification Procedures Canary Verification Procedures
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 2. To verify persmule's signature... 2. To verify persmule's signature...
  
-    a. Unfortunately, it's not possible yet. Recent attacks on OpenPGP key- +    a. Due to the previous attacks on OpenPGP keyservers, persmule has published 
-    servers have raised great security concerns within the community, as a +    the OpenPGP public key to https://keys.openpgp.org without a User-ID. Using 
-    countermeasure, persmule's new public key has been published to the +    the standard method, it's impossible to import a OpenPGP public key without 
-    https://keys.openpgp.org/ keyserver, but without a User-ID. Currently, +    User-ID. But since April 2013, we have developed workaround, described 
-    it's impossible to import a OpenPGP public key without User-ID for +    below.
-    3rd-party to verify the canary document signed by persmule.+
  
-    b. We are looking for a solutionBut for nowyou should check the +    b. Obtain the dummy public key from any traditional OpenPGP Keyserver, 
-    canary documents signed by biergaizi and vimacs to decide the validity +    such as https://keyserver.ubuntu.comand import the public key. The 
-    of the canary documents. This effectively reduced the number of signers +    fingerprint is 0xEDFFE248ECFACDE3C805906804A40D21DBB89B60. Note that, to 
-    to two people. It reduces the level of confidencebut currently there is +    import this key, one must copy and paste the key in ASCII from the Keyserver 
-    no alternative option yet.+    website to a file or console and use the command "gpg --import". Due to a 
 +    technical problemUsing "gpg --recv-key" or "gpg --search-keys" does not 
 +    work.
  
-    c. Once the technical problem of using a public key without User-ID is +    c. This is special dummy public key with its User-IDs and subkeys stripped 
-    resolvedyou can check the previous signatures retroactively, and this +    that we specifically created, leaving only a "stub" User-ID (with an invalid 
-    would effectively restore the level of confidenceYou can archive the +    E-mail address, "glahamm <yiam5Od@gliwrad.invalid>"). Its sole purpose is 
-    documents to your own machine as soon as it'published to ensure no data +    allowing the subsequent import of additional subkeys. 
-    tampering has occurred.+ 
 +    d. Nextwith the stub key already imported, obtain the public key from 
 +    https://keys.openpgp.org using the same fingerprint, and import this key. 
 +    Because the dummy key with its stub User-ID is already in presence, it's 
 +    now possible to import the https://keys.openpgp.org public key directly. 
 + 
 +    e. Use the latest GnuPG in most operating system, the signatures made by 
 +    persmule'key can now be verified as usual. Debian is known to work, most 
 +    other systems should work just fine, but not Fedora. The subkeys contains 
 +    signatures made with Brainpool curves, which are disabled on Fedora due to 
 +    potential patent-licensing problems, causing a "Unknown elliptic curve" 
 +    error.
  
 3. To verify vimacs' signature... 3. To verify vimacs' signature...
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 $ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/rss.xml $ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/rss.xml
- BBC threatens Claudia Lawrence's family over unpaid licence fee 14 years after chef went missing + UK weather: Storm Pia to bring 80mph winds as Met Office issues yellow warning 
- Royal family pictures of the weekKate wears camouflage and Camilla meets Happy Valley's Sarah Lancashire + PicturedBuried seal pup saved from drowning 
- E-scooter trial suspended during Cheltenham Festival week over fears of drunken mayhem + Tuesday evening news briefing: No 'firm date' for stopping the boats, says Sunak 
- Why caffeine may help you lose weight + Schools told to presume children cant change their gender 
- Teenager arrested for possessing explosive material near High Wycombe railway station+ Monday evening news briefing: Sadiq Khan agreed to promote airline on trip to America
  
 $ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/World.xml $ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/World.xml
- Downing of U.S. Drone Raises Tensions With Russia + Israel-Hamas War: Middle East Powers Skip U.S.-led Naval Effort to Deter Houthi Rebels 
- PrigozhinHead of Wagner, Plots Political Advance in Russia + In MyanmarAccounts of Disappearances Create a Climate of Fear 
- Garbage Piles Up in Protest Against Frances Pension Change + Photos From Icelands Volcanic Eruption: A Show of Lava and Smoke 
- In Budget Speech, U.K. Government Will Issue a Call to Work + Iceland Volcano Eruption: What to Know About Risks and Air Travel 
- Court in Italy to Rule on Convictions of 2 Americans in Police Officers Killing+ Where Is Aleksei Navalny, the Missing Russian Dissident?
  
 $ date -R -u $ date -R -u
-Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:25:57 +0000+Wed, 20 Dec 2023 09:51:23 +0000
  
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