From: Mike Hearn <mike@plan99•net>
To: Bitcoin Dev <bitcoin-development@lists•sourceforge.net>
Subject: [Bitcoin-development] Fake PGP key for Gavin
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 18:03:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CANEZrP0NeDetSLXjtWnCaYYjYcdhsa=ne=a6NJOnvEp8yr7YaA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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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.
I think the Mac DMG's of Core are signed for Gatekeeper, but do we codesign
the Windows binaries? If not it'd be a good idea, if only because AV
scanners learn key reputations to reduce false positives. Of course this is
not a panacea, and Linux unfortunately does not support X.509 code signing,
but having extra signing can't really hurt.
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next reply other threads:[~2014-03-22 17:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-22 17:03 Mike Hearn [this message]
2014-03-22 17:33 ` Gavin Andresen
2014-03-22 18:21 ` Peter Todd
2014-03-23 0:59 ` Oliver Egginger
2014-03-23 22:12 ` Troy Benjegerdes
2014-03-24 19:44 ` The Doctor
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