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--- blug-canary-1 [2023/04/29 12:13]
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+++ blug-canary-1 [2024/03/30 20:52] (current)
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-Issued for April 2023.
+Issued for March 2024.
 Don't just trust the contents of this file blindly! Verify the
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 . We plan to publish the next of these canary statements in the first three
-weeks of May 2023. Special note should be taken if no new canary is published
+weeks of April 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.
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-None.
+. 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
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 . 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 a workaround, described
-    it's impossible to import a OpenPGP public key without User-ID for a
+    below.
-rd-party to verify the canary document signed by persmule.
-    b. We are looking for a solution. But for now, you 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.com, and 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 confidence, but 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 problem, Using "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 a special dummy public key with its User-IDs and subkeys stripped
-    resolved, you 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 confidence. You can archive the
+    E-mail address, "glahamm <yiam5Od@gliwrad.invalid>"). Its sole purpose is
-    documents to your own machine as soon as it's published to ensure no data
+    allowing the subsequent import of additional subkeys.
-    tampering has occurred.
+    d. Next, with 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's 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.
 . To verify vimacs' signature...
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 $ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/rss.xml
- Surgeons carrying out operations just once a fortnight
+ Thursday evening news briefing: Michael Goves no-fault evictions ban thrown into doubt
- Dog walker 'beaten to death' after 'altercation' with schoolchildren
+ Wednesday evening news briefing: Landlords could be banned from raising rent under radical SNP crackdown
- Couple ordered to tear down 80k extension built two inches into neighbours' garden
+ Tuesday evening news briefing: Biden vows to move heaven and earth to rebuild Baltimore bridge
- Watch: The Coronation souvenirs - the good, the bad and the ugly
+ Monday evening news briefing: UK unveils sanctions after MPs targeted by China
- ChatGPT has better bedside manner than doctors, study finds
+ Thursday evening news briefing: Waspi scandal compensation branded a betrayal
 $ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/World.xml
- Russian Missile Strikes on Civilian Buildings Kill at Least 25 in Ukraine
+ How African Immigrants Have Revived a Remote Corner of Quebec
- U.S. Begins Overland Evacuation of American Civilians From Sudan
+ A Stork, a Fisherman and Their Unlikely Bond Enchant Turkey
- The Shining Promise and Dashed Dreams of Chinas Live Shopping Craze
+ Kings College Chapel, 438 Solar Panels and an Architectural Squabble in Cambridge
- Spain Bakes in Summer-Like Heat, and Worries About What Comes Next
+ Troop-Starved Ukrainian Brigades Turn to Marketing to Attract Recruits
- Lord Commander of the DMZ Has Seen It All on the Korean Frontier
+ Dispute in Israel Over Drafting Ultra-Orthodox Jews Threatens Netanyahu
 $ date -R -u
-Fri, 28 Apr 2023 21:06:47 +0000
+Sat, 30 Mar 2024 20:51:12 +0000
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