From: "Ted Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 18:52:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111001225208.GA2969@thunk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E87960A.9090104@xenotime.net>
On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 03:36:58PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>
> Who needs these privacy keys? Is it just (git) users of kernel.org?
>
> so people who send patches via email do not need to do this process?
> or are we headed into sign-all-patches territory soonish?
There is going to be discussion about security procedures at the
kernel summit; to date we've been focused on the short-term
requirements to get git.kernel.org back up so that the next merge
window can open up, hopefully without getting instantly compromised
again. That's going to require the help of everyone that we trust,
especially from folks who are maintaining git repositories.
I personally don't think we're headed into sign-all-patches, since
patches still need to be reviewed, and at some level, as long as the
patch is reviewed to be Good Stuff, that's actually the most important
thing.
That being said, if you have a GPG key, and you can participate in a
key signing exercise so that you are part of the web of trust, that
also means that you have a much better ability to trust that git trees
that you pull down to your system that have signed tags are in fact
legitimate (at least up to a signed tag).
So there are good reasons why developers who primarily participate by
e-mailing patches might want to start using GPG.
- Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-01 22:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 188+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-30 23:50 kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust H. Peter Anvin
2011-09-30 23:59 ` kernel.org status: hints on how to check your machine for intrusion Greg KH
2011-10-01 1:15 ` David Miller
2011-10-01 4:54 ` Greg KH
2011-10-01 7:35 ` Willy Tarreau
2011-10-01 14:07 ` Greg KH
2011-10-01 18:06 ` Steven Rostedt
2011-10-01 18:13 ` David Miller
2011-10-01 18:29 ` Steven Rostedt
2011-10-01 18:34 ` Willy Tarreau
2011-10-01 21:23 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2011-10-01 21:30 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2011-10-03 9:28 ` Maarten Lankhorst
2011-10-01 18:40 ` Steven Rostedt
2011-10-01 18:45 ` Steven Rostedt
2011-10-03 9:47 ` gmack
2011-10-01 22:06 ` Frank A. Kingswood
2011-10-03 9:49 ` gmack
2011-10-01 14:17 ` akwatts
2011-10-01 14:28 ` Greg KH
2011-10-01 16:29 ` Andy
2011-10-01 16:56 ` Willy Tarreau
2011-10-01 17:19 ` Andy
2011-10-01 17:54 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-01 22:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-01 17:54 ` Willy Tarreau
2011-10-01 18:40 ` Andy
2011-10-01 19:06 ` Willy Tarreau
2011-10-01 19:24 ` Greg KH
2011-10-01 20:07 ` Willy Tarreau
2011-10-01 20:29 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-10-01 20:32 ` Willy Tarreau
2011-10-01 20:24 ` Andy
2011-10-01 22:43 ` Willy Tarreau
2011-10-02 0:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-02 5:35 ` Willy Tarreau
2011-10-02 1:58 ` tmhikaru
2011-10-02 2:26 ` Greg KH
2011-10-02 3:30 ` Andy
2011-10-02 4:39 ` Greg KH
2011-10-02 6:59 ` Willy Tarreau
2011-10-02 12:03 ` Andy
2011-10-02 18:27 ` Willy Tarreau
2011-10-11 1:16 ` Andrew Watts
2011-10-02 3:31 ` tmhikaru
2011-10-07 9:28 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2011-10-13 2:34 ` Re " Matthew W.S. Bell
2011-10-13 10:59 ` Matthew W.S. Bell
2011-10-18 15:13 ` Jean Delvare
2011-10-18 15:21 ` Greg KH
2011-10-18 16:08 ` Jean Delvare
2011-10-01 14:05 ` kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust Greg KH
2011-10-01 22:07 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-10-01 22:26 ` Greg KH
2011-10-02 23:02 ` Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
2011-10-02 23:09 ` Greg KH
2011-10-03 9:14 ` Steven Rostedt
2011-10-03 14:13 ` Greg KH
2011-10-03 15:09 ` Steven Rostedt
2011-10-01 21:33 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-10-01 22:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-01 22:36 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-10-01 22:52 ` Ted Ts'o [this message]
2011-10-02 1:04 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-10-02 1:04 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-02 11:54 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-10-02 17:53 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-02 18:14 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-10-02 18:19 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-02 18:39 ` Willy Tarreau
2011-10-02 19:02 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-02 19:24 ` Willy Tarreau
2011-10-02 19:29 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-10-02 18:24 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2011-10-02 18:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-02 19:31 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-10-02 20:42 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2011-10-03 9:32 ` Adrian Bunk
2011-10-03 16:28 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2011-10-03 18:04 ` Adrian Bunk
2011-10-04 20:29 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-10-04 22:39 ` Adrian Bunk
2011-10-04 23:17 ` Frank Ch. Eigler
2011-10-05 4:37 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-10-05 7:54 ` Adrian Bunk
2011-10-05 17:06 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-10-05 19:23 ` Adrian Bunk
2011-10-05 19:50 ` Adrian Bunk
2011-10-05 20:09 ` Greg KH
2011-10-05 21:25 ` Adrian Bunk
2011-10-05 23:47 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-10-06 7:16 ` Adrian Bunk
2011-10-05 23:57 ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-10-06 0:07 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-10-06 0:18 ` Chris Friesen
2011-10-06 7:30 ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-10-06 17:19 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-10-06 8:04 ` Adrian Bunk
2011-10-06 10:22 ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-10-06 11:10 ` Adrian Bunk
2011-10-06 11:05 ` Josh Boyer
2011-10-06 11:19 ` Adrian Bunk
2011-10-05 4:23 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-10-05 20:00 ` Arnaud Lacombe
2011-10-05 20:19 ` Adrian Bunk
2011-10-05 20:36 ` Arnaud Lacombe
2011-10-05 23:55 ` Greg KH
2011-10-06 0:23 ` Arnaud Lacombe
2011-10-06 0:50 ` Arnaud Lacombe
2011-10-06 5:25 ` Greg KH
2011-10-06 13:44 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-10-06 14:43 ` Arnaud Lacombe
2011-10-06 10:05 ` Alan Cox
2011-10-06 17:05 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2011-10-06 15:58 ` Jon Masters
2011-10-06 17:39 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-06 17:45 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2011-10-06 17:52 ` Mark Brown
2011-10-06 17:48 ` Greg KH
2011-10-06 18:08 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-06 18:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-06 19:50 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-10-06 22:16 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2011-10-07 16:29 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-10-07 16:59 ` Greg KH
2011-10-07 16:59 ` Arnaud Lacombe
2011-10-07 18:22 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-10-08 5:02 ` Jon Masters
2011-10-08 14:36 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-10-08 15:28 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2011-10-08 15:48 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2011-10-08 17:59 ` Jon Masters
2011-10-08 21:06 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2011-10-08 21:09 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-09 3:01 ` Jon Masters
2011-10-08 15:44 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2011-10-08 15:16 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2011-10-05 19:43 ` Arnaud Lacombe
2011-10-02 18:36 ` Randy Dunlap
2011-10-02 22:46 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-10-02 23:16 ` Josh Boyer
2011-10-03 0:24 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-02 22:54 ` Guenter Roeck
2011-10-02 22:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-02 23:23 ` Olof Johansson
2011-10-02 23:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-03 0:44 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-10-03 1:00 ` Guenter Roeck
2011-10-03 1:00 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-10-03 1:09 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-10-03 1:21 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-10-03 1:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-03 1:42 ` Andrew Morton
2011-10-03 1:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-03 3:15 ` Geoff Levand
2011-10-03 3:29 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-10-03 3:38 ` Dmitry Torokhov
2011-10-03 3:54 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-10-03 4:02 ` Andrew Morton
2011-10-03 4:33 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-10-03 0:43 ` Lee Mathers
2011-10-03 9:53 ` Jonathan Cameron
2011-10-04 22:34 ` Ralf Baechle
2011-10-05 19:12 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2011-10-06 13:27 ` Cambridge, UK key signing meeting. Thursday 13th Oct Jonathan Cameron
2011-10-11 16:33 ` Jonathan Cameron
2011-10-02 18:20 ` kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2011-10-03 1:18 ` Ben Pfaff
2011-10-03 1:49 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-03 11:19 ` Jiri Kosina
2011-10-03 22:56 ` Josh Triplett
2011-10-04 4:49 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-10-04 4:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-04 5:11 ` Ted Ts'o
2011-10-04 16:37 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-04 7:15 ` Jiri Kosina
2011-10-04 19:23 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-10-06 3:14 ` John Johansen
2011-10-06 4:49 ` hpanvin@gmail.com
2011-10-04 12:51 ` Heiko Carstens
2011-10-04 22:02 ` Jiri Kosina
2011-10-04 22:04 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-10-05 0:27 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2011-10-03 17:50 ` Adrian Bunk
2011-10-06 18:22 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2011-10-06 18:31 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2011-10-06 21:19 ` [Warsaw Poland] " Krzysztof Halasa
2011-10-06 21:37 ` Rafael J. Wysocki
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