Archive: August, 2010
Taking good care of your keyring
Published by Jon on August 25th, 2010 in Debian | 7 Comments »
Recently I was surprised to find that many of the rules I took for granted when dealing with an OpenPGP keyring, and the other activities associated with a web of trust, were new to some people I spoke to. These rules are born from a mixture of experience, accepted good practice, and wider reading, with [...]
Translation fail
Published by Jon on August 24th, 2010 in Debian | Comments Off
I got this in my Debian mailbox the other day (it’s an invitation to Facebook, in French): Bonjour Jonathan, Je vous ai invité à rejoindre Facebook récemment et je voulais vous rappeler que dès que vous serez enregistré, vous pourrez vous connecter [...] and so on, right down to the end where there is this gem: [...]
Improving the resilience of the Web of Trust
Published by Jon on August 21st, 2010 in Debian | 7 Comments »
(this is a post in two parts) At the BoF of GPG Key Management: Best Practices, dkg had two immediate recommendations for improving WoT resilience: Regularly refresh your local keyring from the key servers; If you have spare space and transit, provide a key server to take part in the pool. Regular Refreshes This is [...]
Batch importing caff signatures
Published by Jon on August 19th, 2010 in Debian | 5 Comments »
Having swapped details with many, many people at Debconf, and then been away for a week after that, I found myself with an overflowing mailbox and a long task of “open mail, provide pass-phrase, pipe to gpg –import”. I wanted a way to batch-import all these signatures (there are three times as many, because my [...]
Home, James
Published by Jon on August 18th, 2010 in Debian | 1 Comment »
Since I didn’t actually come home from Debconf, but instead took a further week’s holiday and lazed around by the beach, I haven’t sat down to write anything about it yet. Most importantly, I should say thank you to Joey Hess, Steve McIntyre and Stefano Zacchiroli for arranging the Debconf Newbies programme, without which I [...]