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I assume we won't encrypt the entire +distribution? Is it some sort of way of saying that a package is +"Approved by Mageia" so the package manager can warn about non +approved packages? + +Regards, + +David + + + +On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Pascal Terjan <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">pterjan at gmail.com</A>> wrote: +><i> On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 00:35, Dick Gevers <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">dvgevers at xs4all.nl</A>> wrote: +</I>>><i> On Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:15:36 +0100, Michael Scherer wrote about Re: +</I>>><i> [Mageia-dev] PGP keys and package signing: +</I>>><i> +</I>>>><i>Le lundi 31 janvier 2011 à 21:49 +0000, Dick Gevers a écrit : +</I>>>>><i> On Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:18:25 +0100, Michael Scherer wrote about Re: +</I>>>>><i> [Mageia-dev] PGP keys and package signing: +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> >The problem is not leaking the key, it is about cryptographic attacks +</I>>>>><i> >about older keys. +</I>>>>><i> > +</I>>>>><i> >If in 10 years, there is some technology that allows people to get our +</I>>>>><i> >private key by bruteforce on the public one +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> You can never ever obtain the private key from the public one, that is +</I>>>>><i> impossible. It can only be compromised if someone looses the private key +</I>>>>><i> plus the password is cracked. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i>Some secure systems have been seen compromised ( like +</I>>>><i><A HREF="http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/rogue-ca/,">http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/rogue-ca/,</A> who explain how the whole SSL +</I>>>><i>business was compromised 2 years ago, or see the GSM being cracked at +</I>>>><i>this year 27C3 ). +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i>And Debian also got ride of older vulnerable gpg keys ( see +</I>>>><i><A HREF="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/04/msg00018.html">http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/04/msg00018.html</A> and +</I>>>><i><A HREF="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/09/msg00003.html">http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/09/msg00003.html</A> ), +</I>>>><i>so I would not be so optimistic about the "never". +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i>Technically, MD5 should not have been reversible, but see how easy it is +</I>>>><i>using a rainbow table. Granted, that's a 20 year protocol, but that's +</I>>>><i>still widely used in lots of software. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Sorry, but I am not convinced: the gpg key we are talking about consists of +</I>>><i> 2 parts: the private key is separate from the public key, or signing key. +</I>>><i> The signing key is a separate or subkey and does not contain any part of the +</I>>><i> private key. So you can throw any amount of computing power at it, but +</I>>><i> there is nothing inside the public key that will enable the rebuilding of +</I>>><i> the private key from it. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Encrypt stuff with the public one, try to decrypt it with the 2^4096 +</I>><i> (or whatever) possible private keys. +</I>><i> +</I></PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002408.html">[Mageia-dev] PGP keys and package signing +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002411.html">[Mageia-dev] PGP keys and package signing +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2410">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2410">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2410">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2410">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |