From: Oliver Egginger <bitcoin@olivere.de>
To: Mike Hearn <mike@plan99.net>
Cc: Bitcoin Development <bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Fake PGP key for Gavin
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 01:59:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <532E3206.3090005@olivere.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANEZrP0NeDetSLXjtWnCaYYjYcdhsa=ne=a6NJOnvEp8yr7YaA@mail.gmail.com>
Am 22.03.2014 18:03, schrieb Mike Hearn:
> In case you didn't see this yet,
>
> http://gavintech.blogspot.ch/2014/03/it-aint-me-ive-got-pgp-imposter.html
>
> If you're using PGP to verify Bitcoin downloads, it's very important
> that you check you are using the right key. Someone seems to be creating
> fake PGP keys that are used to sign popular pieces of crypto software,
> probably to make a MITM attack (e.g. from an intelligence agency) seem
> more legitimate.
From the user's perspective: In the beginning I found it difficult to
find the keys. At last I have made this side for documentation:
https://www.olivere.de/blog/archives/2013/06/02/install_bitcoin_client/
Okay, is outdated meanwhile ...
Normally people fetch the keys by key-id from a well known key server.
Not because they are paranoid, but because it is the most convenient
method under Linux.
A Google search for Gavin+Andresen+gpg brings me herein:
http://sourceforge.net/p/bitcoin/mailman/message/30551147/
Key-Id?
Nevertheless, I'm glad that you guys signed anything. That makes me
sleep better. I really check this.
- oliver
GPG: https://olivere.de/gpg
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-23 1:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-22 17:03 [Bitcoin-development] Fake PGP key for Gavin Mike Hearn
2014-03-22 17:33 ` Gavin Andresen
2014-03-22 18:21 ` Peter Todd
2014-03-23 0:59 ` Oliver Egginger [this message]
2014-03-23 22:12 ` Troy Benjegerdes
2014-03-24 19:44 ` The Doctor
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