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EMERGENCY LINUX SECURITY FAQ UPDATE: PGP KEY COMPROMISE
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexander O. Yuriev)
Sat Dec 2 17:41:10 1995
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 21:56:32 -0500 (EST)
From: "Alexander O. Yuriev" <alex@bach.cis.temple.edu>
To: Jeff Uphoff <juphoff@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu>
cc: okir@monad.swb.de, millner@millner.bevc.blacksburg.va.us, mmead@glock.com,
panzer@dhp.com, gert@greenie.muc.de, ley@cert.dfn.de,
wirzeniu@cs.helsinki.fi, marekm@i17linuxa.ists.pwr.wroc.pl,
aleph1@underground.org, cert@cert.org, Peter.Anvin@linux.org,
ndf@aleph1.mit.edu, pmurphy@nrao.edu, rgooch@atnf.csiro.au,
Linux Announce Submit <linux-announce@stc06.ctd.ornl.gov>,
big-linux-mailing-list <big-linux@netspace.org>,
Vladimir <vladimir@rosnet.rosmail.com>,
Russ DeFlavia <russ@tarkus.ocis.temple.edu>,
Matt Bishop <bishop@cs.ucdavis.edu>,
Linux Security Mailing List <linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu>,
linux-alert@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu, Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com>,
Ron Holt <ron@caldera.com>,
Roman Gollent <roman@PORTAL.STWING.UPENN.EDU>,
cpage@pandora.resnet.upenn.edu
In-Reply-To: <199511300147.UAA01344@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu>
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ONE OF LINUX SECURITY FAQ PGP KEYS HAD BEEN COMPROMISED.
EMERGENCY LINUX SECURITY FAQ UPDATE
22:13:07 EST
Copyright (C) 1995 Alexander O. Yuriev (alex@bach.cis.temple.edu)
CIS Laboratories
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
U.S.A.
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This is an official update of the Linux security FAQ, and it is supposed to
be signed by one of the following PGP keys:
1024/EFE347AD 1995/02/17 Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
1024/ADF3EE95 1995/06/08 Linux Security FAQ Primary Key <Alexander O. Yuriev>
Unless you are able to verify at least one of signatures, please be very
careful when following instructions.
Linux Security WWW: http://bach.cis.temple.edu/pub/linux/linux-security
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Jeff Uphoff <juphoff@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu>, co-moderator of
linux-security and linux-alert mailing lists had issued a key
revocation certificate for the the PGP key
pub 1024/544C7805 1994/07/17
which could be used to sign Linux Security FAQ Updates or other
security related information.
From Nov 29, 1995 21:22:07 EST everything signed or encrypted
using this key is considered to be compromised. Please notify
Alexander O. Yuriev <alex@bach.cis.temple.edu>, Olaf Kirch
<okir@monad.swb.de> using PGP encrypted email if you receive
compromised information. The PGP public keys of people involved
in Linux security will be available from the following URL:
ftp://bach.cis.temple.edu/pub/Linux/Security/PGP-KEYS.pgp
When Jeff Uphoff's new key will be available, it will be added to
the the PGP-KEYS.pgp. Please avoid emailing sensitive information
to Jeff Uphoff in the non-encrypted form.
As the result of the attack NRAO is not directly connected to
Internet. We are working on creating an emergency replacement archive
for linux-security and linux-alert mailing lists, as well as a
backup system to handle the mailing list while NRAO is being cleaned.
The following is the extract from message sent by Jeff Uphoff:
****************************************************************************
- From juphoff@tarsier.cv.nrao.eduWed Nov 29 21:06:25 1995
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 20:47:01 -0500
From: Jeff Uphoff <juphoff@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu>
To: alex%bach.cis.temple.edu@nrao.edu
Subject: PGP key compromise.
[I'm sending this to the people on my key-ring, i.e. those with which I
occasionally or frequently exchange PGP encrypted e-mail.]
Both my PGP key-ring (possible) and my pass-phrase (definite) have been
compromised. Attached to this message is a key-revocation certificate.
Please pass it on to as many people as you can think of that might have
my current key. I cannot sign this message with a recognizable key now,
but the block speaks for itself once you feed it through PGP.
Robert Millner <millner@millner.bevc.blacksburg.va.us> can verify the
compromise by telephone at 540-961-4321, as can I at 804-296-0208.
Details of the compromise will be released later to those interested
parties that have not been following this particular series of events.
(The U.S. FBI is now involved.) NRAO headquarters is no longer
interactively reachable from the Internet, though we are exchanging
e-mail as long as we can safely maintain the link.
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Alexander O. Yuriev Email: alex@bach.cis.temple.edu
CIS Labs, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY WWW: http://bach.cis.temple.edu/personal/alex
Philadelphia, PA, USA
KeyID: 1024/D62D4489 Key Fingerprint: AE84534377CCC4E2 37B13C4D8CD3D501
Unless otherwise stated, everything above is my personal opinion and not an
opinion of any organisation affiliated with me.
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