From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754048Ab1JCJcr (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2011 05:32:47 -0400 Received: from filtteri6.pp.htv.fi ([213.243.153.189]:38204 "EHLO filtteri6.pp.htv.fi" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753788Ab1JCJcl (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Oct 2011 05:32:41 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 12:32:39 +0300 From: Adrian Bunk To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Greg KH Subject: Re: kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust Message-ID: <20111003093239.GB25136@localhost.pp.htv.fi> References: <4E8655CD.90107@zytor.com> <201110020304.28288.rjw@sisk.pl> <4E87B885.50005@zytor.com> <201110021354.57995.rjw@sisk.pl> <4E88A537.4010008@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E88A537.4010008@zytor.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Oct 02, 2011 at 10:53:59AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 10/02/2011 04:54 AM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > On Sunday, October 02, 2011, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > > Hmm. That doesn't seem very practical if someone doesn't live close > > to any other core kernel developers. > > > > You probably know enough people (including myself) that would be willing > to sign your key over the phone. >... You have personally checked Rafael's user id (e.g. passport)? This might or might not be true in this case, but generally signing keys without having ever checked the user id (no matter how long you know the person) is a common mistake. > -hpa cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed