SeongJae Park <sj38.park@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: SeongJae Park <sjpark@xxxxxxxxx> > > PGP pathfinder[1], which is suggested for finding a trust path to > unknown PGP keys by 'maintainer-pgp-guide.rst', is not working now. > This commit replaces it with other available tools. > > [1] https://pgp.cs.uu.nl/ This looks fine to me, but I'd like Konstantin [CC'd] to have a look and let me know if he agrees... Thanks, jon > Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sjpark@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst | 14 +++++--------- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst > index 8f8f1fee92b8..29e7d7b1cd44 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-pgp-guide.rst > @@ -944,12 +944,11 @@ have on your keyring:: > uid [ unknown] Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxx> > sub rsa2048 2011-09-20 [E] > > -Next, open the `PGP pathfinder`_. In the "From" field, paste the key > -fingerprint of Linus Torvalds from the output above. In the "To" field, > -paste the key-id you found via ``gpg --search`` of the unknown key, and > -check the results: > - > -- `Finding paths to Linus`_ > +Next, find a trust path from Linus Torvalds to the key-id you found via ``gpg > +--search`` of the unknown key. For this, you can use several tools including > +https://github.com/mricon/wotmate, > +https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/kernel/pgpkeys.git/tree/graphs, and > +https://the.earth.li/~noodles/pathfind.html. > > If you get a few decent trust paths, then it's a pretty good indication > that it is a valid key. You can add it to your keyring from the > @@ -962,6 +961,3 @@ administrators of the PGP Pathfinder service to not be malicious (in > fact, this goes against :ref:`devs_not_infra`). However, if you > do not carefully maintain your own web of trust, then it is a marked > improvement over blindly trusting keyservers. > - > -.. _`PGP pathfinder`: https://pgp.cs.uu.nl/ > -.. _`Finding paths to Linus`: https://pgp.cs.uu.nl/paths/79BE3E4300411886/to/C94035C21B4F2AEB.html > -- > 2.17.1
