From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Craven Subject: Re: Key 69096DFDD7028BEDACC5884BC5E051C79C0BECDB "Key has been compromised" Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 11:04:12 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20170227232542.GA7070@jasmine> <20170227234148.GA13106@jasmine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59246) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ciedn-0007UJ-6T for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2017 05:04:20 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ciedk-0004WU-2i for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2017 05:04:19 -0500 Received: from mail-qk0-x234.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c09::234]:35343) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ciedj-0004Vh-Tn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Feb 2017 05:04:16 -0500 Received: by mail-qk0-x234.google.com with SMTP id u188so10625676qkc.2 for ; Tue, 28 Feb 2017 02:04:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20170227234148.GA13106@jasmine> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Leo Famulari Cc: guix-devel Hi Leo > Can you clarify whether the key was deleted inadvertently, or if you > think it was actually "compromised". To me, key compromise means you > believe that the private key could have been copied by a 3rd party. Key revocation certificates are generated before something happens. It is possible, but unlikely that someone obtained my key file. There is a strong password on it however, and I'm not aware of anyone using my key. The signature should be valid for all before the revocation date and for none after. David