Re: PGP keys for [email protected]

Zitat von Michael J Rubinsky <[email protected]>:

> Quoting Thomas Jarosch <[email protected]>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> given the recent development in world wide data snooping
>> of government agencies, I guess it would be a good idea
>> if there's a secure way to report issues to [email protected].
>>
>> Otherwise information about possible exploit vectors might fall
>> into the "wrong" hands before a fix is publicly released.
>>
>> We could define a set of PGP keys on  
>> http://wiki.horde.org/SecurityManagement
>> that could be used to report issues on the "security" email alias. Or we
>> could create a distinct PGP key that's shared among a few trusted people.
>>
>> Opinions?
>
> While I don't have any objections to creating a shared PGP key for  
> this purpose, there is really no way to enforce the use of sending  
> an encrypted email. This would require someone to search for, and  
> find, the keys to use. I just don't see the advantage if we can't  
> enforce it.

Well, obviously the sender has to be aware that encryption might be a  
good idea. Chances are that people discovering vulnerabilities are  
aware of that.
Beside putting the the key(s) on the wiki/website, we would also  
upload it to a PGP keyserver. That's probably the first place where  
security aware people would look for public keys.

Jan.

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