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-Issued for November 2021.+Issued for March 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 December 2021. 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. 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
- Sir Paul McCartney on his Marmite, hummus and honey mustard sandwichTrust me, they come together + Tuesday evening news briefingBiden vows to move heaven and earth to rebuild Baltimore bridge 
- Wednesday evening UK news briefing: Boris Johnson's 'regret' at Owen Paterson scandal + Monday evening news briefing: UK unveils sanctions after MPs targeted by China 
- Nine Insulate Britain protesters jailed for blocking roads in legal first + Thursday evening news briefing: Waspi scandal compensation branded a betrayal 
- Children who have had Covid should wait three months to get vaccine + Wednesday evening news briefing: Leo Varadkar resigns as Irish prime minister 
- The man with the golden cufflinks ... but can you crack code on Ian Flemings jewellery?+ Tuesday evening news briefing: HMRC to close phone lines for six months every year
  
 $ 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
- Risk for Leader of BelarusMigrants He Lured May Want to Stay + Middle East CrisisHezbollah and Israel Trade Fire Across Lebanon Border 
- Intractable African Crises Flare as Bidens Top Diplomat Visits Kenya + Kremlin Treads Carefully After Moscow Attack Over Fears of Ethnic Strife 
- Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated: Europes Covid Culture War + Thailand Lawmakers Pass Bill to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage 
- Mass Detentions of Civilians Fan Climate of Fear in Ethiopia + Happy-Go-Lucky Australia Is Feeling Neither Happy, Nor Lucky 
- Womens Tennis Challenges Chinas Narrative Over Missing Player+ Inside the Garrick, the Men-Only London Club Rocked by Criticism
  
 $ date -R -u $ date -R -u
-Thu18 Nov 2021 02:20:58 +0000+Wed27 Mar 2024 13:10:15 +0000
  
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