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-Issued for April 2022.+Issued for April 2024.
  
 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 May 2022. Special note should be taken if no new canary is published+weeks of May 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
- Piers MorganCancel culture so-called liberals are the new fascists + Friday evening newsKing to resume public duties as doctors pleased with cancer treatment briefing 
- Two men and a woman stabbed after lone attacker strikes in town centre + Thursday evening news briefing: Yousafs political future could lie in Alex Salmonds hands 
- St George's Day 2022How the dragon-slayer became the patron saint of England + Wednesday evening news briefingTeenage girl arrested after two teachers and pupil stabbed 
- Anzac Day 2022: How the Gallipoli battle helped Australia and New Zealand forge national identities + Tuesday evening news briefing: Sunak unveils biggest military spending increase in a generation 
- Saturday morning UK news briefing: Today's top headlines from The Telegraph+ When is the US election? Everything you need to know about the 2024 race
  
 $ 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
- How the Ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schrder Became Putins Man in Germany + Middle East Crisis: Israel Appears to Soften Stance in Cease-Fire Talks 
- Inside Le Pen Territory as France Votes in a Runoff Election + As Anger Grows Over Gaza, Arab Leaders Crack Down on Protests 
- A Boston Consulting Firm Became a Power Brokerand Then a Pariahin South Africa + Spains LeaderPedro Snchez, Says He Wont Quit Over Wifes Corruption Case 
- Live Updates: Zelensky Says U.S. Officials to Visit Kyiv and Expresses Confidence on Fight in East + What to Know: First Trial in Alleged Coup Plot in Germany Begins 
- Discreetly, the Young in Japan Chip Away at a Taboo on Tattoos+ How Capitalists in Communist Cuba Are an Economic Lifeline
  
 $ date -R -u $ date -R -u
-Sun24 Apr 2022 03:18:26 +0000+Mon29 Apr 2024 12:39:48 +0000
  
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