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-Issued for August 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 September 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
- Friday morning UK news briefingToday's top headlines from The Telegraph + Friday evening news: King to resume public duties as doctors pleased with cancer treatment briefing 
- Lockdown effects feared to be killing more people than Covid + Thursday evening news briefingYousafs political future could lie in Alex Salmonds hands 
- Greenford stabbingResidents ask where police have gone after killing of 87-year-old + Wednesday evening news briefingTeenage girl arrested after two teachers and pupil stabbed 
- Ryan Giggs trialEx-footballer penned poem to Kate Greville that read 'pulling you was my greatest ever coo' + Tuesday evening news briefing: Sunak unveils biggest military spending increase in a generation 
- Thursday evening news briefing: Generation Covid's A-levels scramble+ 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
- Heat and Drought in Europe Strain Energy Supply + Middle East Crisis: Israel Appears to Soften Stance in Cease-Fire Talks 
- Russia and Ukraine Accuse Each Other of Preparing Attacks on Nuclear Plant + As Anger Grows Over Gaza, Arab Leaders Crack Down on Protests 
- The Bloody Uprising Against the Taliban Led by One of Their Own + Spains Leader, Pedro Snchez, Says He Wont Quit Over Wifes Corruption Case 
- I Have Nothing Left: Flooding Adds to Afghanistans Crises + What to Know: First Trial in Alleged Coup Plot in Germany Begins 
- Mexico Says 43 Students Disappearance Was a State Crime+ How Capitalists in Communist Cuba Are an Economic Lifeline
  
 $ date -R -u $ date -R -u
-Fri19 Aug 2022 05:19:09 +0000+Mon29 Apr 2024 12:39:48 +0000
  
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