Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Nov 2017 16:31:56 -0500 | From | Konstantin Ryabitsev <> | Subject | Re: leaking_addresses script.. |
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On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 08:11:24AM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote: >On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 02:45:59PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc> wrote: >> > >> > I did not sign the tag, it looks like you have not processed this yet. >> > Do you want me to re-do the pull request on a signed tag? >> >> When pulling from github? Absolutely. > >Linus I'm not in the web of trust, pulling a tag signed by an _unknown_ >key is not secure is it? Would it not be better to get into the web of >trust first before requesting you pull any code from me.
Many kernel developers use "Trust on First Use" (TOFU) approach, which is not unreasonable -- it's what ssh has been using for the past couple of decades. In the end, the goal of tag signing is not to verify your *identity* but to verify that Tobin C. Harding from today is the same Tobin C. Harding whose code was reviewed and merged 3 months ago.
>Also, once I get in the web of trust I can apply to get my tree hosted >on git.kernel.org so you don't have to pull from GitHub.
We have different rules for issuing actual accounts at kernel.org. We *do* rely on the web of trust, since I personally have no way of verifying who is a real developer and who isn't. Even then, I don't really care about your identity as much as I need to have assurances from other members of kernel.org that they have worked with you previously and they can vouch that you are their fellow kernel developer.
-K
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