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pgpkeys: use full keyid to trust Linus' key

Message ID 20230716-keyid-v1-1-bf14426a8279@weissschuh.net
State New
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Series pgpkeys: use full keyid to trust Linus' key |

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Thomas Weißschuh July 16, 2023, 7:42 p.m. UTC 
  It's possible for fingerprints to collide.
To avoid that people accidentally trust an impersonated key document the
full key fingerprint.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
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 source/pgpkeys.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)


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change-id: 20230716-keyid-8b0f50689d23

Best regards,

Comments

Konstantin Ryabitsev Oct. 17, 2023, 5:58 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Sun, 16 Jul 2023 21:42:36 +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> It's possible for fingerprints to collide.
> To avoid that people accidentally trust an impersonated key document the
> full key fingerprint.
> 
> 

Applied, thanks!

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Best regards,
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diff --git a/source/pgpkeys.rst b/source/pgpkeys.rst
index 78ba703ff42b..d036686c51dc 100644
--- a/source/pgpkeys.rst
+++ b/source/pgpkeys.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@  First, you should assign full trust to Linus's key (after importing it
 into your keyring)::
 
     $ gpg --import keys/79BE3E4300411886.asc
-    $ gpg --edit-key 79BE3E4300411886
+    $ gpg --edit-key ABAF11C65A2970B130ABE3C479BE3E4300411886
     gpg> trust
     gpg> 4
     gpg> q