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--- blug-canary-2 [2019/09/30 17:44]
BLUG Admin old revision restored (2019/07/24 03:57)
+++ blug-canary-2 [2020/06/18 09:06]
persmule
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 ====================================
-Issued for July 2019.
+Issued for June 2020.
 Don't just trust the contents of this file blindly! Verify the
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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-* biergaizi: 0xFAD3EB05E88E8D6D
+* biergaizi: 0x255211B2395A5A3E0E48A0F1FAD3EB05E88E8D6D
-* persmule : 0x2987A25DAC8454A5
+* persmule : 0xEDFFE248ECFACDE3C805906804A40D21DBB89B60
-* wnereiz  : 0xFDFF2E13AA25BE72
+* vimacs   : 0x7079B481F04B5D8B65A0ECDEEA2DB82FE04A9403
 THREE DOCUMENTS IN TOTAL.
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 . Our personal safety and security is not threatened.
-. To avoid security breaches and emphasize the clarity of the warrent canary
+. To avoid security breaches and emphasize the clarity of the warrant canary
 documents, if a signer is temporarily unavailable, only existing signers in the
 "Signer" list SHALL sign a special placeholder notice (this notice itself SHOULD
 NOT be considered a valid canary document) until the signer becomes available
-again and signs the missed documents. A new signer SHOULD NOT sign a warrent
+again and signs the missed documents. A new signer SHOULD NOT sign a warrant
 canary document only due to the temporary unavailability of a existing signer.
 . We plan to publish the next of these canary statements in the first three
-weeks of August 2019. Special note should be taken if no new canary is published
+weeks of July 2020. 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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-. Due to personal reasons, wnereiz (0xFDFF2E13AA25BE72) was not available and
+. Due to personal reasons, wnereiz (0xFDFF2E13AA25BE72) voluntarily decided
-couldn't sign the warrent canary before the end of June 2019.
+to quit from the warrant canary team and he is no longer a signer of the
+warrant canary documents since April 15th, 2020. All statements from the
+warrant canary documents before this date are still valid. This is an official
+decision that can be verified by checking the warrant canary document in April,
+signed by wneriez.
-. We determined that this was not a result of any incident. All statements of
+. In the previously mentioned document designed by wneriez in April 2020,
-the warrent canary documents are still valid. Furthermore, wnereiz will continue
+the date in its statements was mistakenly written as "April 15th, 2019",
-to sign the canary documents in the future.
+which was a typo, but cannot be changed due to the nature of digital signature.
+We declare that it's hereby corrected to "April 15th, 2020".
-. We determined that the decision of asking vimacs (0xEA2DB82FE04A9403) to
+. A new member, vimacs (0xEA2DB82FE04A9403) has became a new signer since this
-replace wnereiz and sign a substitution of the canary document was flawed. This
+month. You can validate the new keys by cross-checking the other two copies of
-decision is thus revoked.
+this document, signed by biergaizi and persmule.
-. To avoid future incidents, we have amended the procedure on signing warrant
+. Due to the ongoing security issues of OpenPGP keyservers, it makes signature
-canary documents, and added a new Statement to prevent similar issues.
+verification an issue and somewhat a challenge. For completeness, complete
+procedures for canary verification has been added.
-. The previous warrent canary documents issued for July 2019 are revoked. Only
+Canary Verification Procedures
-this version is valid.
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+. To verify biergaizi's signature...
+    a. Obtain the public key from any traditional OpenPGP Keyserver, such as
+    https://keyserver.ubuntu.com, and import the public key. The fingerprint
+    is 0x255211B2395A5A3E0E48A0F1FAD3EB05E88E8D6D.
+    b. Use the latest GnuPG in any operating system.
+. To verify persmule's signature...
+    a. Unfortunately, it's not possible yet. Recent attacks on OpenPGP key-
+    servers have raised great security concerns within the community, as a
+    countermeasure, persmule's new public key has been published to the
+    https://keys.openpgp.org/ keyserver, but without a User-ID. Currently,
+    it's impossible to import a OpenPGP public key without User-ID for a
+rd-party to verify the canary document signed by persmule.
+    b. We are looking for a solution. But for now, you should check the
+    canary documents signed by biergaizi and vimacs to decide the validity
+    of the canary documents. This effectively reduced the number of signers
+    to two people. It reduces the level of confidence, but currently there is
+    no alternative option yet.
+    c. Once the technical problem of using a public key without User-ID is
+    resolved, you can check the previous signatures retroactively, and this
+    would effectively restore the level of confidence. You can archive the
+    documents to your own machine as soon as it's published to ensure no data
+    tampering has occurred.
+. To verify vimacs' signature...
+    a. Due to the recent attacks on OpenPGP keyservers, vimacs has published
+    the OpenPGP public key to https://keys.openpgp.org, again, without a User-
+    ID. But it's possible for a 3rd-party to verify the signatures by following
+    these steps.
+    b. Use Debian GNU/Linux operating system and install GnuPG. Other operating
+    systems may lack the necessary out-of-tree GnuPG patches required, Debian
+    must be used.
+    c. Fetch vimacs' old public key from a traditional OpenPGP Keyserver, such
+    as https://keyserver.ubuntu.com, and import the public key. The fingerprint
+    is 0x7079B481F04B5D8B65A0ECDEEA2DB82FE04A9403. You should see an expired
+    public key.
+    d. Fetch vimacs' new public key from https://keys.openpgp.org, using the same
+    fingerprint, and import the public key. You should see that the public
+    key has been updated.
+    e. Please note that the key is still shown as "expired" because the new key
+    has no UID associated. But you should be able to see a new, valid (not
+    expired) subkey by...
+        $ gpg --list-options show-unusable-subkeys 	--list-keys 0x7079B481F04B5D8B65A0ECDEEA2DB82FE04A9403
+    f. Now, it's possible to verify the signature by following the standard
+    procedures. Ignore the "key expired" warning (because the latest UID is
+    not published, only the expired UIDs are available).
 Proof of Freshness
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 $ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/rss.xml
- Sri Lanka accuses UK of hiding human remains in 100 containers of exported recycling
+ Dame Vera Lynn dies aged 103
- Booker Prize longlist 2019: The 1,000-page novel with only one sentence
+ Latest travel news: Quarantine 'to be eased' by end of June
- Cadbury's launches 'diet' Dairy Milk as lower sugar bar marks first recipe change in 100 years
+ The R rate: Is it reliable and how does it compare across UK regions?
- Give heatwaves names so people take them more seriously, say experts, as Britain braces for hottest day
+ The NHS Test and Trace system, explained
- Swimmer goes missing after jumping into east London dock with friends
+ Do I need to self-quarantine for 14 days after travel - and what are the rules?
 $ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https://rss.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/nyt/World.xml
- For Boris Johnson, the Tumult Begins Inside Downing Street
+ As Kim Jong-un Turns Hostile to South Korea, His Sister Does the Talking
- Boris Johnson to Take Leadership of a Britain in Deep Crisis
+ Coronavirus Fears in China Find a New Target: Salmon
- Trump and Johnson: Allies in Disruption
+ On China-India Border, Xi and Modi Have Little Room to Give
- In Pakistan, a Feminist Hero Is Under Fire and on the Run
+ Englands World Beating System to Track Coronavirus Is Anything But
- South Korean Jets Fire Warning Shots Toward Russian Military Plane
+ Beijings Partial Lockdown a Sign of the Worlds New Normal
 $ date -R -u
-Wed, 24 Jul 2019 03:53:59 +0000
+Thu, 18 Jun 2020 09:01:22 +0000
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