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On 4/25/19 10:48 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> I think a big problem is that gpg is sorely lacking in command line |
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> commands/options for key management. Almost anything having to do |
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> with key management involves a back-and-forth console interaction. |
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Yes and no.. One issue is it depends on context, which differs, for |
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generating a new TPK everything is easy to document, but from there |
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things gets curious for how to adjust existing key material. |
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The main issue is security can't be solved technically, it is ultimately |
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requires social interaction and proper procedures / policy (if you |
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haven't seen the movie Crimson Tide, now is the time to do so, it is the |
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only movie I'm aware of that is singularly about proper security procedure) |
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E.g --quick-add-key can be easily used to generate a new signing subkey |
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from a default generated key, but why not just do an addkey in |
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interactive mode? |
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Quite frankly I'd expect a Gentoo Developer to be able to manage the gpg |
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interface. |
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Kristian Fiskerstrand |
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OpenPGP keyblock reachable at hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net |
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fpr:94CB AFDD 3034 5109 5618 35AA 0B7F 8B60 E3ED FAE3 |
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