Updating SSL keys on fedorahosted.org

[Tim]

On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 13:27 -0700, Stephen Smoogen wrote:
> Various SSL keys are aging out so we will be updating them before anyone
> gets a <This CERT is not valid.> page.
> 
> The first server to be updated will be fedorahosted.org.
> 
> The old certificate came from Equifax, was a 1024 bit key and had the
> fingerprint:
> 
> SHA1 Fingerprint=CC:64:67:BE:90:50:79:ED:23:E8:C1:18:02:AB:AC:83:88:FC:6C:D8
> 
> The new certificate is issued by GeoTrust, Inc and is a 4096 bit key
> with the fingerprint:
> 
> SHA1 Fingerprint=D1:54:82:77:77:F9:11:DF:E0:B1:14:37:B9:36:E2:09:20:B6:54:1D
> 
> Please report any problems with these certificates to
> admin at fedoraproject.org
> 
> Stephen Smoogen
> * interim Infrastructure Chief Coffee Officer

Hmm, this email should have included a link to verify what it says
through a SSL secured page, on the current certificates.

Anybody could post a "the new keys are this" message through email as a
hoodwinking exercise, since an email (like that) is hard to properly
verify, in itself (thanks to the nature of how PGP keys are managed in
mail - the honour system).

i.e. gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
     gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.

At least website certificates ought to have more vetting behind them.

That was a security-based announcement that's somewhat lacking in
security mindedness.

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