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blug-canary-3 [2022/08/31 01:42]
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blug-canary-3 [2024/02/26 06:08]
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-Issued for August 2022.+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 October 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
- Warm banks to be set up in museums and libraries for people who cant heat their homes + 2024 US election: Your complete guide 
- Jeremy Vine breached impartiality rules by voicing support for LTNssays BBC + Friday evening news briefing: Abdul Ezedi drowned in River Thames, police confirm 
- Phantom traffic officers on your sat nav appthe latest police trick to cut speeding + Thursday evening news briefing: Police stood by as pro-Palestine slogan projected on Parliamentclaims MP 
- British woman in a coma after being struck by lightning on Croatian holiday + Wednesday evening news briefingTory MP tables motion of no confidence in Hoyle over handling of Gaza debate 
- Potholes are getting worse ... and now you can blame Vladimir Putin+ 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
- Nuclear Inspectors Face Challenges in Reaching Zaporizhzhia Plant + The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin 
- Mikhail Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91 + In RussiaKnowing That Her Son Is Deadand Waiting for Him Anyway 
- Ukrainian Soldiers Trade Tanks and Artillery on the Front Line + 31,000 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed in Two Years of War, Zelensky Says 
- After Clashes Kill 24Iraq Cleric Works to Defuse Tension in Baghdad + Professional Softball in Mexico: A New Frontier for Women in Latin America 
- Lisa LaFlamme Ouster Sets Off Outcry in Canada+ A Re-established West Bank Settlement Symbolizes Hardened Israeli Views
  
 $ date -R -u $ date -R -u
-Wed31 Aug 2022 01:41:53 +0000+Mon26 Feb 2024 06:07:08 +0000
  
 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
  
-iHUEARYKAB0WIQRlsdhNDMVQSujfnGCovW2B2flWVAUCYw68egAKCRCovW2B2flW +iHUEARYKAB0WIQRlsdhNDMVQSujfnGCovW2B2flWVAUCZdwqwAAKCRCovW2B2flW 
-VGcEAP4jwD8fu1uAhVvCaKrK0V2zYpcA81Mtf4I2RPkgyHycfAD9EV6YVkayvgXt +VMg+AP9plcxEvLMFVJu5Jfupo46yX4wYh46p6olzzKeXATs1swD8DBgZpMIK4rCv 
-LmGTDTEXKU1GPu+Fl+vf16LJqr5XYQI+0jJTefyYm00C+Y3ERFotwy+ZWYjFXAQ
-=diof+=LR0e
 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
 </code> </code>
  
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