On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 13:06 -0500, Jon Ciesla wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 10:51 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
>> On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 18:41 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
>> > On 12 October 2011 17:44, Kevin Fenzi <kevin(a)scrye.com> wrote:
>> > > All existing users of the Fedora Account System (FAS) at
>> > >
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts are required to change
>> their
>> > > password and upload a NEW ssh public key before 2011-11-30.
>> >
>> > I have to upload a *new* public key? Why should I have two sets of
>> keys?
>>
>> Meant 'replacement'. You can only have one key in FAS, afaict.
>
>
> You can have more than one. Just paste them in place all together.
>
>
> And we're verifying key changes by checking the fingerprint of the
> pubkeys vs your prior ones.
It's really not a huge hassle. I've already done it. I configured the
.ssh/config files where I needed to, and it doesn't conflict with any
other keys I have. I don't get what the big deal is. The disruption is,
like, five minutes of work. The potential benefit is unknown, but
certainly not zero.
Why wait for a breach to do this? This is a perfect time. Doing it
after the 2008 breach was wise. This is better.
A breach won't compromise my actual keys even if it happened now or a
year ago.
Plus there are limitations on how many keys (and passpharases I can
remember, especially for stuff I use less often).
Plus there are limitation about how many keys ssh/ssh-agent can use
before failing to log you in no matter what.
Compound all this.
Simo.
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