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-Issued for February 2022.+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 March 2022. 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
- Storm FranklinBritons warned to brace for dangerous conditions + Thursday evening news briefingWaspi scandal compensation branded a betrayal 
- Storm Franklin approaches as UK hit by three named storms in a week for first time + Wednesday evening news briefing: Leo Varadkar resigns as Irish prime minister 
- Lent 2022What to give up, how long it lasts and the meaning behind the season + Tuesday evening news briefingHMRC to close phone lines for six months every year 
- British Summer Time 2022: How Chris Martin's great-great-grandfather ensured our clocks go forward + Monday evening news briefing: March towards the guns, Ben Wallace tells Tory MPs 
- Sunday morning UK news briefing: Today's top headlines from The Telegraph+ 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
- Ukraine Live Updates: Biden Warning on Russian Attack Was Prompted by New Intelligence + In GazaWitnesses Describe Fear and Deprivation at Besieged Al-Shifa Hospital 
- Russia May Be Seeking Pretext for Ukraine InvasionOfficials Say + Sugar in IndiaFueled by Child Marriage and Hysterectomies 
- Queen Elizabeth Tests Positive for Coronavirusas England Is Poised to Relax Rules + Pope Francis Skips Palm Sunday Homily 
- Lukashenko Once Kept Russia at a Distance. Now He Is a Docile Putin Satrap. + Russians Mourn People Killed in Terrorist Concert Hall Attack 
- Dead Body Is Pulled From Burning Ferry Off Greece, With 10 Still Missing+ Brazil Police Arrest 3 for Murder of Marielle Franco
  
 $ date -R -u $ date -R -u
-Mon, 21 Feb 2022 01:06:00 +0000+Mon, 25 Mar 2024 01:12:08 +0000
  
 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
  
-iHUEARYKAB0WIQSk6G5G0KgwQYRNdeEkSefAFKcZwAUCYhLlngAKCRAkSefAFKcZ +iHUEARYKAB0WIQRlsdhNDMVQSujfnGCovW2B2flWVAUCZgDPewAKCRCovW2B2flW 
-wKeFAQCzytt59/bsqny18DseDKz4nQ9Urmy6IIRhpHN3Eq3WowD/dkKbe4ibTRMk +VI0BAPwOMweYFrk+Yg1fRzM5HHIvd4hblLde4V/RgzgaM9HNCgD+IFQRP96uBbxd 
-kj5WhUX51oCGoF4MPhqnTZecwK6bNg8+eC3hXeDOgAqt754vJTYyupOwcycaOQM
-=r0h4+=sCfB
 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
- 
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 </code> </code>
  
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