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Re: Clicompanion icon image license

 

2011/12/11 Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> On 12/09/2011 05:04 AM, bdfhjk wrote:
>
> > Unfortunatelly, Sean lost his private key and are unable to revoke
> > public key.
>
>
> This is roughly the Internet equivalent of losing your drivers licence,
> passport, birth certificate, social security card, house keys and car
> keys, all at once.  Really bad idea.
>
> > What he should do now?
>
> (1) Let everyone who might use that key know it is now invalid
> (somehow!).  This is what revocation certificates are for... so if you
> lose that too, you need to "improvise"!
>
> (2) Determine how he managed to "lose" both his key *and* his revocation
> certificate, and then implement whatever procedures are needed to ensure
> that this never ever happens again.
>
> (3) On a secure machine, generate a new keypair, using a new strong
> passphrase, generate a revocation certificate for his new private key.
>
> (4) Store keys and certificate *very* safely (see (2) above!).
>
> (5) Memorize the new passphrase, very carefully.
>
> (6) Get his new key signed by a couple of people, upload it to the
> keyservers as usual, and start using it.
>
> Jonathan
>

OK, but what with image license? We should wait until he make new key and
then ask about signing their statement?

I forward to him your points.

Thanks!
Marek Bardoński

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