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- | Issued for September 2021. | + | 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 October 2021. 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. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 11. Due to the ongoing security issues of OpenPGP keyservers, it makes signature | ||
+ | verification an issue and somewhat a challenge. For completeness, | ||
+ | procedures for canary verification is included here. | ||
Special Announcements | Special Announcements | ||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||
- | 0. Due to an oversight, the third canary document | + | 1. We've found a workaround |
- | signed by vimacs | + | without User-ID. The instructions |
- | This document was retroactively generated in October 2021 to fix the missing | + | been added. |
- | documents (see the timestamp at the end of this document). The validity of | + | |
- | the Statements and Special Announcements can be double-checked by examining | + | |
- | the canary documents | + | |
- | 2021. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | 1. Due to personal reasons, wnereiz (0xFDFF2E13AA25BE72) voluntarily decided | + | |
- | to quit from the warrant canary team and he is no longer a signer of the | + | |
- | warrant canary documents since April 15th, 2020. All statements from the | + | |
- | warrant canary documents before this date are still valid. This is an official | + | |
- | decision that can be verified by checking the warrant canary document in April, | + | |
- | signed by wneriez. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | 2. In the previously mentioned document designed by wneriez in April 2020, | + | |
- | the date in its statements was mistakenly written as "April 15th, 2019", | + | |
- | which was a typo, but cannot be changed due to the nature of digital signature. | + | |
- | We declare that it' | + | |
- | + | ||
- | 3. A new member, vimacs (0xEA2DB82FE04A9403) has became a new signer since this | + | |
- | month. You can validate the new keys by cross-checking the other two copies of | + | |
- | this document, signed by biergaizi and persmule. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | 4. Due to the ongoing security issues of OpenPGP keyservers, it makes signature | + | |
- | verification an issue and somewhat a challenge. For completeness, | + | |
- | procedures for canary verification has been added. | + | |
Canary Verification Procedures | Canary Verification Procedures | ||
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2. To verify persmule' | 2. To verify persmule' | ||
- | a. Unfortunately, | + | a. Due to the previous |
- | | + | the OpenPGP |
- | countermeasure, | + | |
- | | + | |
- | it's impossible to import a OpenPGP public key without User-ID | + | |
- | | + | |
- | b. We are looking for a solution. But for now, you should check the | + | b. Obtain the dummy public key from any traditional OpenPGP Keyserver, |
- | | + | such as https:// |
- | | + | |
- | to two people. It reduces | + | |
- | | + | |
+ | technical problem, Using "gpg --recv-key" | ||
+ | | ||
- | c. Once the technical problem of using a public key without | + | c. This is a special dummy public key with its User-IDs and subkeys stripped |
- | | + | |
- | | + | |
- | | + | |
- | tampering has occurred. | + | |
- | 3. To verify vimacs' | + | d. Next, with the stub key already imported, obtain the public key from |
+ | https:// | ||
+ | Because the dummy key with its stub User-ID is already in presence, it's | ||
+ | now possible to import the https:// | ||
- | | + | |
- | | + | |
- | | + | |
- | | + | |
+ | potential patent-licensing problems, causing a " | ||
+ | | ||
- | b. Use Debian GNU/Linux operating system and install GnuPG. Other operating | + | 3. To verify vimacs' |
- | systems may lack the necessary out-of-tree GnuPG patches required, Debian | + | |
- | must be used. | + | |
- | | + | |
- | | + | https:// |
- | is 0x7079B481F04B5D8B65A0ECDEEA2DB82FE04A9403. You should see an expired | + | is 0x7079B481F04B5D8B65A0ECDEEA2DB82FE04A9403. |
- | public key. | + | |
- | | + | |
- | fingerprint, | + | |
- | key has been updated. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | e. Please note that the key is still shown as " | + | |
- | has no UID associated. But you should be able to see a new, valid (not | + | |
- | expired) subkey by... | + | |
- | + | ||
- | $ gpg --list-options show-unusable-subkeys --list-keys 0x7079B481F04B5D8B65A0ECDEEA2DB82FE04A9403 | + | |
- | + | ||
- | f. Now, it's possible to verify the signature by following the standard | + | |
- | procedures. Ignore the "key expired" | + | |
- | not published, only the expired UIDs are available). | + | |
Proof of Freshness | Proof of Freshness | ||
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$ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https:// | $ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https:// | ||
- | Tuesday morning UK news briefing: | + | Thursday evening |
- | Pictures of the Day: Horse riders enjoy a spectacular sunrise on Bamburgh beach | + | Wednesday evening news briefing: Teenage girl arrested after two teachers and pupil stabbed |
- | Monday | + | Tuesday |
- | Watch: Teenager caught on CCTV faking motorbike crash | + | When is the US election? Everything you need to know about the 2024 race |
- | Met Police launch independent review into forces culture after Sarah Everard murder | + | St Georges Day 2024: Englands legendary story and how to celebrate |
$ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https:// | $ rsstail -1 -n5 -N -u https:// | ||
- | In Venice, High-Tech Tracking of Tourists Stirs Alarm | + | Gaza Authorities Say More Bodies Were Discovered in Mass Grave |
- | U.K. Braces for a Difficult Holiday Season Due to Shortages | + | Deadly Rains and Floods Sweep Cities Across East Africa |
- | Thailands Quarantine-Island Experiment | + | Ariel Henry Resigns as Prime Minister as Haiti Installs Ruling Council |
- | Rome Mayor Loses Re-election Bid, a Defeat for Five Star Movement | + | |
- | Why the Talibans Repression of Women May Be More Tactical Than Ideological | + | Far-Right Greek Party Is Banned From E.U. Parliament Elections |
$ date -R -u | $ date -R -u | ||
- | Tue, 05 Oct 2021 05:47:29 +0000 | + | Fri, 26 Apr 2024 02:32:57 +0000 |
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