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[Python-Dev] heads up on svn.python.org ssh keys - debian/ubuntu users may need new ones

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Wed May 14 03:37:32 CEST 2008

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On May 13, 2008, at 7:12 PM, Martin v. Löwis wrote:

>> If you generated your python subversion ssh key during this time on a
>> machine fitting the description above, please consider replacing your
>> keys.
>>
>> apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade on debian will provide you with a
>> ssh-vulnkey program that can be used to test if your ssh keys are
>> valid or not.
>
> I'll ping all committers for which ssh-vulnkey reports COMPROMISED.
>
> I personally don't think the threat is severe - unless people also
> published their public SSH keys somewhere, there is little chance that
> somebody can break in by just guessing them remotely - you still need
> to try a lot of combinations for user names and passwords, plus with
> subversion, we'll easily recognize doubtful checkins (as we do even
> if the committer is legitimate :-).

It's also probably worth checking the keys for everyone who has shell  
access on the python.org machines.

- -Barry

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