From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758221Ab1JFKWY (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Oct 2011 06:22:24 -0400 Received: from www.linutronix.de ([62.245.132.108]:36181 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757131Ab1JFKWX (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Oct 2011 06:22:23 -0400 Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 12:22:01 +0200 (CEST) From: Thomas Gleixner To: Adrian Bunk cc: "Ted Ts'o" , "Frank Ch. Eigler" , Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, "H. Peter Anvin" , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Greg KH Subject: Re: kernel.org status: establishing a PGP web of trust In-Reply-To: <20111006080425.GB25753@localhost.pp.htv.fi> Message-ID: References: <20111003093239.GB25136@localhost.pp.htv.fi> <20111003180441.GD3072@localhost.pp.htv.fi> <34045.1317760188@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <20111004223932.GA3460@localhost.pp.htv.fi> <20111004231730.GB17089@redhat.com> <20111005075438.GA29441@localhost.pp.htv.fi> <20111005170616.GD4297@thunk.org> <20111005192349.GA14406@localhost.pp.htv.fi> <20111006080425.GB25753@localhost.pp.htv.fi> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (LFD 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Linutronix-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Linutronix-Spam-Level: - X-Linutronix-Spam-Status: No , -1.0 points, 5.0 required, ALL_TRUSTED=-1,SHORTCIRCUIT=-0.0001 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 6 Oct 2011, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 01:57:24AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > Whatfor? To regain your k.org account? Can you provide a single > > reason why that should happen? > > > > I can't think of one. You vanished away with a big bang and now you > > come back out of the blue and assume that you're a trusted person just > > by slapping a few signs on your key? > > I would say I vanished silently after several big bangs with you and > other people and some other incidents, but that's not really relevant. > > My main reason for regaining my kernel.org account is that I heavily > used my bunk@kernel.org address for kernel development (just check the > kernel history), and I was still getting emails to that. > > Assuming the @kernel.org addresses will not vanish, I need accepted > credential for accessing that address. You seem to believe that the fact that you had a @k.org address is enough of a reason that it will be restored? > > As your idea of trust seems to be based on an ID card you better find > > some other place with people who are stupid enough to believe that > > technical measures can replace deep personal trust. > > We are talking about the technical requirements for regaining an > account I was trusted to have before. As you might have noticed, the rules under which those accounts are given out have been changed and the change is not only a question of providing a signed gpg key. Thanks, tglx