From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753140Ab1JBBEU (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Oct 2011 21:04:20 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:43863 "EHLO mail.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751597Ab1JBBEQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Oct 2011 21:04:16 -0400 Message-ID: <4E87B885.50005@zytor.com> Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:04:05 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:6.0.2) Gecko/20110906 Thunderbird/6.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" CC: Linux Kernel Mailing List , Greg KH Subject: Re: kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust References: <4E8655CD.90107@zytor.com> <201110012333.55428.rjw@sisk.pl> <4E8793B6.8030405@zytor.com> <201110020304.28288.rjw@sisk.pl> In-Reply-To: <201110020304.28288.rjw@sisk.pl> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 10/01/2011 06:04 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > OK, I'm taking this as "5 years is fine by us". :-) > > And the recommended procedure for rotating keys seems to be (1) generate > a new key and (2) make as many people as you can sign it before the old > one expires, right? > (3) revoke the old key with a status code of "no longer in use", or just let it expire. >> Some people have decided to opt for an unlimited key, but that >> *requires* that you have a way to revoke the old key, which is why we >> are considering a key revocation escrow service. > > That service will be necessary anyway in case some keys are lost or > compromised. > > I wonder what the procedure of restoring kernel.org access in case one > has lost keys is supposed to be? Get a new key and get it re-signed. We can work out specific details at KS. -hpa