Just in case you haven’t heard of it, there’s a new attack vector on the SHA-1 hash algorithm. This is causing all kinds of havoc in communities that use PGP signatures, since signatures are created with this hash function by default. As an accessory to this, GnuPG‘s defaults for a key result in a key [...]
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One key to rule them all
I have to admit this is not rocket science, but this idea hadn’t crossed my mind until recently. My SSH public key has been hosted on the net for a while now, and I’ve been using Off-the-Record messaging for my Instant Messaging communications for ages. However, for a third party to trust that those keys [...]
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