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blug-canary-3 [2021/12/20 12:05]
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blug-canary-3 [2024/02/26 06:08]
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-Issued for December 2021.+Issued for February 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 January 2022. Special note should be taken if no new canary is published+weeks of March 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
- The BriefingSign up for two-minute audio news updates on WhatsAppApple, Spotify and Alexa + 2024 US electionYour complete guide 
- Omicron symptomsWhat they are and how the new Covid variant differs from previous strains + Friday evening news briefing: Abdul Ezedi drowned in River Thamespolice confirm 
- Plan BHow the Christmas Covid rules to tackle omicron will affect your plans + Thursday evening news briefingPolice stood by as pro-Palestine slogan projected on Parliament, claims MP 
- How to book your Covid vaccine booster jab: What you need to know, from eligibility to side effects + Wednesday evening news briefingTory MP tables motion of no confidence in Hoyle over handling of Gaza debate 
- Last Post: buglers honour war dead at Christmas+ British nuclear missile 'misfires and crashes into ocean'
  
 $ 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
- Gabriel Borica Former Student ActivistIs Elected Chiles Youngest President + The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin 
- A Plan Forms in Mexico: Help Americans Get Abortions + In RussiaKnowing That Her Son Is Deadand Waiting for Him Anyway 
- Peng Shuai, Chinese Tennis PlayerDenies Sexual Assault Claim + 31,000 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed in Two Years of WarZelensky Says 
- Secret Charms and 7th SonsThe Cure Is Alive and Well in Ireland + Professional Softball in MexicoA New Frontier for Women in Latin America 
- Hamas, Claiming Victory Over Israel, Is Stuck in Same Old Cycle+ A Re-established West Bank Settlement Symbolizes Hardened Israeli Views
  
 $ date -R -u $ date -R -u
-Mon, 20 Dec 2021 12:03:53 +0000+Mon, 26 Feb 2024 06:07:08 +0000
  
 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
  
-iHUEARYKAB0WIQSk6G5G0KgwQYRNdeEkSefAFKcZwAUCYcBxTgAKCRAkSefAFKcZ +iHUEARYKAB0WIQRlsdhNDMVQSujfnGCovW2B2flWVAUCZdwqwAAKCRCovW2B2flW 
-wEcsAQDXn6cwHoUdNHpVcsi2uv0uN5xnONYZlnO/0wEQ8AY6twEA5FjCE05bQnbF +VMg+AP9plcxEvLMFVJu5Jfupo46yX4wYh46p6olzzKeXATs1swD8DBgZpMIK4rCv 
-9CGHQsNPwtWHcYyll6giuT7Aj9vhZQQ+0jJTefyYm00C+Y3ERFotwy+ZWYjFXAQ
-=KASS+=LR0e
 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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