Re: GPG Signatures for Installers

Wichert Akkerman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.zope.plone.installers
Organization Simplon
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 10/27/08 5:47 AM, Steve McMahon wrote:
>> Small problem: we have no good trust path to generate and distribute such a
>> key.
>>      
>
> Given the limited number of folks we need to coordinate, I think we
> can manage it.
>
> You, Sidnei and I could exchange public keys. I think Limi or Geir
> would recognize all our voices, and could be used to verify public-key
> fingerprints by voice contact. You could generate a keypair and send
> it to Sidnei and I encrypted against public keys, signed with yours.
>
> It's an awkward procedure, but our group of installer creators is
> small and stable.
>    

Voice contact is incredibly secure. I refuse to sign keys unless I have 
a face and a photo ID in front of me. Even though we have a need here 
that is no excuse to become sloppy about signatures.

Wichert.

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http://www.wiggy.net/                  It is hard to make things simple.

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